Northrop High School

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Northrop High School
Address
Northrop High School
7001 Coldwater Road

Fort Wayne
,
Indiana
46825

United States
Coordinates 41°8′47″N85°8′22″W / 41.14639°N 85.13944°W / 41.14639; -85.13944
Information
Type Public, Secondary
Established1971
LocaleSuburban
School district Fort Wayne Community Schools
PrincipalAdam Swinford
Teaching staff129.17 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,158 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.71 [1]
Color(s)  
Athletics conference Summit Athletic Conference
Nickname Bruins
Website northrop.fortwayneschools.org

Northrop High School is a Fort Wayne Community Schools high school located in the northern suburbs of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, United States. Northrop is classified as 5A by the IHSAA. Northrop High School has had a sister school, the Goethe Gymnasium, in Fort Wayne's sister city, Gera, Germany, since 1994.

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Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 2180 students enrolled in 2021–2022 was: [1]

Arts

Northrop's Mixed show choir, Charisma competes in competitions and festivals throughout the Midwest. Allure is Northrop's all female show choir. Allure competes similar to Charisma all around the Midwest. The Big Orange Pride or BOP is Northrop High School's Marching Band. They compete as an ISSMA Class A Open school, but switched to Class A Scholastic under the direction of Rob F. Wilson in 2016. They were 1983 ISSMA Class A State Champion. [2]

Athletics

The Bruins are members of the Summit Athletic Conference. The school's team name is the Bruins and their colors are burnt orange, brown and teal. [3] Many sports are offered at Northrop. Here is a listing, along with the state team championships won. [4] [5]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Northrop High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State School Music Association". issma.net. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ "IHSAA Member School Directory Search". ihsaa.org. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Northrop Athletics". Northrop Athletics. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ "IHSAA State Championships by School". ihsaa.org. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
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