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Council Rock High School North | |
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62 Swamp Road, Newtown , United States | |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1969 |
School district | Council Rock School District |
Principal | Jason Traczykiewicz |
Staff | 127.8 (on an FTE basis) [1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Number of students | 1,622 (2022–23) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 12.69 [1] |
Color(s) | Navy blue, white, silver |
Rival | Council Rock South |
Yearbook | Polaris [2] |
Website | CR High School North |
Council Rock High School North is a high school located in Newtown, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the Council Rock School District. The school is located across from Newtown Middle School and Tyler State Park, and near Bucks County Community College. The current student population is 1,588 for grades 9–12. [3]
The school is three stories tall and is divided into an East wing and a West wing. Until 2006, there was no direct connection between the third floors on each wing, so students and staff had to use hallways on the first or second floor to cross between wings.
When originally constructed, the school was the only high school in the district and was known simply as "Council Rock High School". As the local population continued to grow, a new high school, Council Rock High School South, was built in Holland, Pennsylvania, which opened in the fall of 2002, and "North" was added to the original school's name. When the new school was opened, middle schools were re-districted with Holland Middle School students attending Council Rock South and Newtown Middle School and the now closed Richboro Middle School students attending Council Rock North.
The school colors are navy blue, white, and silver, and the school sports teams are known as the Council Rock Indians. After the split in 2002, silver was given to North and gold given to South to distinguish them while still maintaining the two traditional colors of the original high school.
The school and the school district are named for Council Rock, also known as Indian Rock, a rock outcropping that forms a cliff in Tyler State Park.[ citation needed ] This rock was once a council rock for Lenape Indians living in the area.[ citation needed ]
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In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked Council Rock High School North 33rd in Pennsylvania and 1,030th nationally among high schools. [4]
Council Rock High School North offers 19 Advanced Placement courses. The Advanced Placement participation rate at the school is 48%. Council Rock North is known as one of the top tier public schools in the Bucks County Region. [5]
Among the 2009 graduates, ten were named valedictorians, 17 were named National Merit Semi-Finalists (outscoring 99.5% of all PSAT test-takers), 20 were named National Merit Commended students, and all 17 semi-finalists attained finalist status.[ citation needed ] In the 2008–09 school year, 45 students were named Advanced Placement Scholars. SAT scores routinely exceed the national and state averages; Critical Reading, Writing and Math average scores were 550, 546 and 568, respectively. The difference, for all three sections combined, in national average SAT scores and Council Rock North student average SAT scores is 163 points.[ citation needed ]
Philadelphia magazine recognized Council Rock High School North as one of the top schools in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area; Council Rock High Schools were the only high schools in Bucks County named to the "50 Best Schools List" (2004). Council Rock High School North ranked as the top public school in Bucks County in 2005, 2006, and 2008. Newsweek ranked Council Rock High School North as one of America's top schools in 2007. Mid-Atlantic Construction magazine recognized Council Rock North's renovations as the "Project of the Year" in the K–12 category.
Council Rock High School North sports teams have won multiple local and state championships. [6] [7] Rivalries include sister school Council Rock South.
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