Shikellamy High School

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Shikellamy High School
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Address
Shikellamy High School
600 Walnut Street

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17801-3297

United States
Coordinates 40°51′23″N76°47′21″W / 40.8565°N 76.7893°W / 40.8565; -76.7893
Information
Type Public
Opened1965 (59 years ago)
School district Shikellamy School District
SuperintendentJason Bendle [1]
CEEB code 394740
PrincipalMarc Freeman [2]
Faculty106 (2023) [3]
Grades High School (9-12)
Number of pupils879 (2023) [4]
Student to teacher ratio20:1
LanguageEnglish
Color(s)Maroon, white, and blue
   
Team nameShikellamy Braves
Website http://www.shikbraves.org/

Shikellamy High School is a public high school located in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States. The school was named after Oneida Chief Shikellamy. The building was built in 1929. In 1965, a merger between Northumberland High School and Sunbury High School created Shikellamy High School. It is part of the Shikellamy School District. It is the sole public high school for the communities of Northumberland, Point Township, Rockefeller Township, Snydertown Borough, the City of Sunbury, and Upper Augusta Township. It was a combined middle/high school between 2011 and 2016 due to the deconstruction of C.W. Rice Middle School, but Shikellamy Middle School now exists for grades 6-8 in Northumberland.

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Rankings

In 2023, Shikellamy High School was named #11,315 best high school in the United States, #434 in the state, and #5 in Sunbury, Pennsylvania Metro Area by U.S. News & World Report. [5]

Extracurriculars

Shikellamy High School offers many extracurricular activities to its students. It has many clubs, including: foreign language clubs, Future Scientists/Business Leaders of America, science clubs, and community service clubs. The school is well known for its band and theatre, forensics programs and the JROTC.

Athletics

The school contains:

According to PIAA directory February 2024 [6]

Notes and references

  1. "EDNA".
  2. "UPDATE New principal ready to hit the ground running". 8 August 2019.
  3. "Teachers & Staff - Shikellamy High School".
  4. Pennsylvania Department of Education, Enrollment and Projections, May 2023
  5. "Shikellamy High School". U.S. News & World Report . February 28, 2024. Archived from the original on February 28, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  6. "PIAA School Directory". Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association. 2024.

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