Concord High School (Delaware)

Concord High School (CHS) is a public secondary school located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States, with a Wilmington postal address.^[2] It is one of three high schools in the Brandywine School District.^[1] There was a total of 1,014 students enrolled in the fall for the 2024–2025 school year.^[3] Kevin Palladinetti is the current principal of Concord High School.^[4]

Concord High School
Address
2501 Ebright Rd Wilmington , Delaware 19810 United States
Coordinates	39°49′49″N 75°31′29″W
Information
Type	Public
Established	1969 (56 years ago) (1969)
School district	Brandywine School District
CEEB code	080156
Principal	Kevin Palladinetti
Faculty	75 (FTE) (2022–2023)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,014 (2024–25)[1]
Color(s)	Maroon and white
Athletics conference	Blue Hen Conference - Flight B
Mascot	Raider
Website	www.brandywineschools.org/concord

Its attendance boundary includes:^[5] parts of the City of Wilmington,^[6] and a small section of Ardentown.^[7]

History

CHS opened in 1967 in response to a rapidly rising population that produced too many students for Brandywine High School, then in the Alfred I. duPont District, to handle on its own.^[8][9] Upon opening, it was located on the same campus as Hanby Junior High and taught only ninth and tenth grades.^[10] Construction on CHS' own building was delayed due to a worker strike and did not open until January 1970, an entire semester after the planned date and still without its gym, auditorium, and swimming pool completed.^[8][11][12] During the delay, CHS was forced to leave Hanby and move temporarily into Brandywine High School's building; the two schools taught on a rotating basis: BHS students attended in the morning and CHS students attended in the afternoon.^[13]

Athletics

Concord is a member of Flight B of the Blue Hen Conference in the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA);^[14] the Raiders compete in Class 2A, District 1 for football.^[15] Concord fields a full slate of teams in all three sports seasons, including: crew, cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, volleyball, cheerleading, basketball, track, swimming/diving, wrestling, baseball, golf, lacrosse, and softball.^[16] Concord's Athletic Director is Larry Jacobs.^[17]

Notable alumni

• Don Schiff^[18] (born 1955, class of 1974) musician/rock instrumentalist
• Justin Brown^[19] (born 1991, class of 2009), CFL wide receiver
• Terri Dendy^[20] (born 1965), former track and field athlete
• Vicki Huber^[21] (born 1967), Olympic middle-distance runner
• Mary Knisely^[22] (born 1959), former middle- and long-distance running; Pan Am champion at 3,000 meters
• Luke Matheny^[23] (born 1976, class of 1993), Academy Award-winning motion picture director, writer and actor
• Scott A. McGregor^[24] (born 1956, class of 1974), technology executive and philanthropist
• Derrick Milano^[25] (born 1993, class of 2012), Grammy Award-winning songwriter
• Javor Mills^[26] (born 1979, class of 1998), former NFL player
• Montell Owens^[27] (born 1984, class of 2002), former NFL fullback
• Chip Reid^[28] (class of 1973), CBS news reporter
• Adam Ruben^[29] (born 1979, class of 1997), author and Science Channel host
• Ron Suskind^[30] (born 1959), Pulitzer Prize winner (journalism) and author
• Paul Worrilow^[31] (born 1990), NFL linebacker