The Indianapolis Public Schools Athletic Conference was an athletic conference consisting of high schools in the Indianapolis Public Schools district. The demise of the conference came in 2018, as four of the seven remaining schools closed in a span of two years, leaving only three schools left, one of which (Howe) is a charter school, and another (Manual) under state control (IPS has stated those two schools will close if returned to school board control). [1] Instead, those two schools joined the Greater Indianapolis Conference, leaving George Washington as an independent. [2]
School | Mascot | Colors | Year Joined | Previous Conference | Year Left | Conference Joined |
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Indianapolis Broad Ripple | Rockets | 1927 | Independents | 2018 | none (school closed) | |
Indianapolis Manual | Redskins | 1927 | Independents | 2018 | Greater Indianapolis | |
Indianapolis Shortridge 1 | Blue Devils | 1927 | Independents | 1981 | school closed | |
Indianapolis Washington 2, 3 | Continentals | 1927 1941 2003 | none (new school) South Central none (school reopened) | 1937 1995 2018 | South Central none (school closed) Independents | |
Indianapolis Howe 2 | Hornets | 1938 2003 | none (new school) none (school reopened) | 1995 2018 | none (school closed) Greater Indianapolis | |
Indianapolis Crispus Attucks | Tigers | 1955 2003 | Independents none (school reopened) | 1986 2009 | none (school closed) Pioneer | |
Indianapolis Wood | Woodchucks | 1955 | none (new school) | 1978 | none (school closed) | |
Indianapolis Arsenal Tech | Titans | 1960 | North Central | 2013 | Independents (NCC 2015) | |
Indianapolis Arlington | Golden Knights | 1961 | none (new school) | 2018 | none (school closed) | |
Indianapolis Northwest | Space Pioneers | 1963 | none (new school) | 2018 | none (school closed) | |
Indianapolis Marshall 4 | Patriots | 1967 2009 | none (new school) none (school reopened) | 1986 2017 | none (school closed) none (school closed) |
Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) is the largest school district in Indianapolis, and the largest in the state of Indiana, with 31,885 students enrolled as of the 2019–20 school year and 70 schools in operation The district's headquarters are in the John Morton-Finney Center for Educational Services.
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