Crown Point High School

Crown Point High School (CPHS) is a 9-12 public school located in Crown Point, Indiana, United States. It is the only high school in the Crown Point Community School Corporation.

Crown Point High School
Address
1500 S Main Street Crown Point , Lake County , Indiana 46307 United States
Coordinates	41°23′23″N 87°21′38″W
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	Crown Point Community School Corporation
Superintendent	Todd Terrill
Principal	Russ Marcinek[1]
Teaching staff	143.77 (on a FTE basis)[2]
Grades	9-12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	2,998 (2023-2024)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	20.85[2]
Color(s)
Athletics conference	Duneland Athletic Conference
Team name	Bulldogs
Rivals	Lake Central High School Merrillville High School Portage High School Lowell High School[3]
Accreditation	AdvancED
Newspaper	Inklings
Feeder schools	Taft Middle School John Wheeler Middle School
Website	www.cps.k12.in.us/Page/372

Academics

CPHS is accredited by AdvancED.^[4] For the 2021-2022 school year, Crown Point was ranked 2,059 nationally and 26 in Indiana in U.S. News & World Report's annual school rankings.^[5]

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 2,942 students enrolled in the 2021-2022 school year was as follows:

• Male - 50.4%
• Female - 49.6%
• Native American - 0.2%
• Asian/Pacific islander - 3.0%
• Black - 3.16%
• Hispanic - 14.24%
• White - 76.2%
• Multiracial - 3.16%

19.1% of students were eligible for free or reduced cost lunch.^[6]

Athletics

The Crown Point Bulldogs compete in the Duneland Athletic Conference. The school colors are red and white. The following IHSAA sanctioned sports are offered:^[7]

• American football (boys')
• Baseball (boys')
• Basketball (boys' and girls')
  • Girls state champions - 1984, 1985, 2021 (4A)^[8]
• Cross country (boys' and girls')
• Golf (boys' and girls')
• Gymnastics (girls')
  • State champions - 2022
• Soccer (boys' and girls')
  • Boys state champions - 2011 (2A), 2013 (2A)^[8]
• Softball (girls')
  • State champions - 2017 (4A)^[8]
• Swimming (boys' and girls')
• Tennis (boys' and girls')
  • Boys state champions - 1972^[8]
• Track (boys' and girls')
• Volleyball (boys and girls')
• Wrestling (boys')
  • State champions - 2009, 2022,^[8] 2023

Notable alumni

• Spike Albrecht - former player for the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball and Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball teams
• Austin Holloway - actor
• Bay Kurtz - Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer player
• Tre Manchester - film producer and director^[9]
• Dan Plesac - former professional baseball player, baseball analyst on MLB Network
• Zach Plesac - pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians
• Jerry L. Ross - astronaut^[10]
• Geoffrey G. Slaughter - Indiana Supreme Court justice^[11]
• Sasha Stefanovic - former Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball guard

See also

• List of high schools in Indiana

References

1. "Crown Point High School reveals new principal", The Times of Northwest Indiana
2. "Crown Point High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
3. "Rivalry-Crown Point High School (IN)". MaxPreps. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
4. "AdvancED - Institution Summary". Cognia. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
5. "Crown Point High School in CROWN POINT, IN - Best High Schools". US News. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
6. "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Crown Point High School". U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
7. "IHSAA 2014-2015 School directory" (pdf). IHSAA. p. 44. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
8. "IHSAA State Championships by School". IHSAA. Archived from the original on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
9. "Crown Point High School class of 2010". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
10. "Documents - STS-74 Biographies". history.nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
11. "Crown Point native joins Indiana Supreme Court". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 15 October 2016.

External links

• CPHS website
• Crown Point Community School Corporation