Warrick County School Corporation | |
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Location | |
United States | |
District information | |
Grades | K-12 |
Superintendent | Todd Lambert |
Students and staff | |
Students | 9,647 (27) [1] |
Athletic conference | Big 8, PAC, SIAC |
District mascot | Brave, Knight, Pioneer |
Colors | See school list at left and below |
Other information | |
Graduation rate | 84.7% [2] |
Website | Official website |
The Warrick County School Corporation (WCSC) is the second largest public school-governing body in Southwestern Indiana, and the 27th largest in the state. [1] It is responsible for providing education to the second largest county in the area,[ clarification needed ] Warrick County.
The WCSC has two high schools, two middle schools, one junior/senior high school, and ten elementary schools. Its headquarters is located at 300 East Gum Street in Boonville, Indiana. WCSC was in one of the three Indiana counties of the Gibson-Pike-Warrick Special Education Cooperative, along with Gibson and Pike, but now operates its special education independently.
School | Location | Principal | 2008 size | IHSAA class | Nickname | Colors | Conference |
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Boonville High School | Boonville | Mike Whitten | 890 | AAA(A) | Pioneers | Big Eight | |
John H. Castle Sr. High School | Newburgh | Jim Hood | 1,783 | AAAA(A) | Knights | Southern Indiana | |
Tecumseh Sr. High School | Lynnville | Richard Lance | 344 | A | Braves | Pocket Independent* |
(A) Castle: 5A in football, 4A in all other classed sports. Boonville: 4A in football, 3A in all other classed sports.
School | Location | Principal | 2008 size | Grades | Mascot | Colors | High school |
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Boonville Middle School | Boonville | William Wilder | 480 | 6-8 | Panthers | Boonville High School | |
Castle North Middle School | Newburgh | John Bertram | 905 | 6-8 | Squires | John H. Castle High School | |
Castle South Middle School | Newburgh | Jim Hood | 670 | 6-8 | Dragons | John H. Castle High School | |
Tecumseh Junior High School | Lynnville | Richard Lance | 190 | 7-8 | Braves | Tecumseh Sr. High School |
Warrick County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 63,898. The county seat is Boonville. It was organized in 1813 and was named for Captain Jacob Warrick, an Indiana militia company commander killed in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. It is one of the ten fastest-growing counties in Indiana.
Gibson County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 33,011. The county seat is Princeton.
Boonville is a city in Boon Township, Warrick County, Indiana, United States. The population was 6,246 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Warrick County.
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The Gibson-Pike-Warrick Special Education Cooperative was a three-county special education cooperative, based in Oakland City, Indiana, that provided education for handicapped and special needs students in Gibson, Pike, and Warrick Counties in Southwestern Indiana. It operated its own system of buses designed for handicapped children and teenagers independently of the school corporations. Starting in 2011, each school corporation, starting with Warrick County, began assuming the function of the cooperative, essentially ending it.
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