Penncrest High School | |
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Address | |
134 Barren Road , , 19063 | |
Coordinates | 39°55′22″N75°25′54″W / 39.9229°N 75.4316°W |
Information | |
Established | 1955 |
School district | Rose Tree Media School District |
NCES District ID | 4220550 |
Superintendent | Joseph Meloche, Ed. D. |
CEEB code | 392287 |
NCES School ID | 422055001942 |
Principal | Edward Roth |
Faculty | 96.90 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Number of students | 1,212 (2022–23) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 12.51 (2022–23) [1] |
Color(s) | Red & Gold |
Fight song | On Wisconsin |
Athletics | Central League, AAA/AAAA, [2] |
Mascot | Lion |
Team name | Roaring Lions |
National ranking | 2,110 [3] |
Feeder schools | Springton Lake Middle School |
Website | www |
Penncrest High School is a public four-year comprehensive high school in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. [4] It is a part of the Rose Tree Media School District.
The district, and therefore the high school's attendance boundary, includes the following municipalities: Middletown Township, Media, Edgmont Township, and Upper Providence Township. [5]
As of the 2022-2023 school year, there were 1218 students enrolled in the school. Of these, there were 300 ninth-graders, 317 tenth-graders, 276 eleventh-graders, and 319 twelfth-graders. The majority, around 78.7%, of the school district identified as White, with 21.2% of students being minorities. Within this, 7.3% identified as Asian, 6.2% as two or more races, 4.7% as Black, 3.0% as Hispanic, and 0.1% as American Indian/Pacific Islander. The student body was 50% female and 50% male. [6]
22.1% of the school was considered economically disadvantaged. 18.5% were enrolled in a special education program. 47% of Penncrest students took at least one AP Exam in May 2023.
For the 2018–2019 school year. Penncrest competed in 12 interscholastic boys' sports and 11 girls' sports including boys' baseball, basketball, cross country running, American football, golf, indoor and outdoor track and field, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and wrestling. Girls competed in basketball, cross country running, field hockey, indoor and outdoor track and field, lacrosse, softball, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and volleyball. Penncrest competes in the Central League, District One, of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA).
In 2005, the ice hockey team won the state championship. In 2014, the boys' lacrosse team won the PIAA state championship.
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