Knox Community High School | |
Location: | 1 Redskin Trail |
City: | Knox |
State: | Indiana |
County: | Starke County |
Zipcode: | 46534 |
Country: | United States |
Coordinates: | 41.2861°N -86.6236°W |
Type: | Public high school |
District: | Knox Community School Corporation |
Grades: | 9 to 12 |
Principal: | Glenn Barnes [1] |
Teaching Staff: | 38.17 (FTE) |
Ratio: | 13.73 |
Enrollment: | 524 (2023-2024)[2] |
Team Name: | Redskins |
Mascot: | Indian |
Conference: | Hoosier North Athletic Conference[3] |
Established: | 1894 |
Homepage: | Official Website |
Knox Community High School is the only high school in Knox, Indiana. Knox is located centrally in Starke County, in the northwest/north central part of the state.
Knox High School is a public school that houses approximately 830 students in grades 9-12., the school's principal is Mr. Glenn Barnes.[4]
There are 45 full-time faculty members, two administrators, one full-time athletic director, and two guidance counselors.[5] Knox High School has over 100 course offerings. Students are also encouraged to aspire to a Core 40 or Academic Honors Diploma. There are 19 varsity athletic programs and a large arts department, which includes marching band, concert band, jazz band, indoor percussion, a fall play, and a spring musical, along with academic teams such as Spell Bowl, Academic Super Bowl, and the Speech Team.
The mascot is an Indian. The school colors are red, white, and blue.[6]
Knox Community High School has received multiple Bronze Medal ratings in the U.S. News/School Matters Best High Schools survey.[7]
Knox was first named as one of the NAMM Foundation's "Best Communities for Music Education" in 2016, an honor that it has maintained annually.[8]