Corydon Central High School is a public high school located in
Corydon, Indiana
Corydon is a town in Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana, Harrison Township and the county seat of Harrison County, Indiana, located north of the Ohio River in the extreme southern part of the state. Corydon was founded in 1808 and serve ...
. The school is part of the
South Harrison Community School System. The school serves high school age students of
Harrison Township,
Washington Township,
Heth Township, and
Webster Township. It is the largest school in
Harrison County.
In the 2007–2008 school year the school has a 79.2% graduation rate, and is attended by 786 students. The school is staffed by 45 certified teachers, two administrators, and 4 non certified teachers with an average salary of $44,706 during the 2007–2008 school year. The school has performed slightly below the statewide academic average for the last five years while meeting or surpassing statewide averages during the two years prior to that.
School Statistics
Corydon Central serves as the central high school for the consolidated South Harrison Community School System. Students from Corydon Elementary School, Heth-Washington Elementary School and New Middletown Elementary School are bused to Corydon Central for the high school education.
On December 5, 2008, around 200 students protested the removal of their principal. The protest attracted many local media outlets in the Southern Indiana
Southern Indiana is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern third of the U.S. state of Indiana and borders the states of Illinois to the west, Kentucky to the south, and Ohio to the east. Spanning the state's southe ...
area.
The Class of 2009 recently received approximately $1.3 million in scholarship money, an all-time high for a graduating class.
See also
* List of high schools in Indiana
This is a list of high schools in the U.S. state of Indiana.
A
Adams County
Allen County
B
Bartholomew County
Benton County
Blackford County
Boone County
Brown County
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Carroll County
Cass County
Clark County
Clay Count ...
References
External links
CCHS websiteIndiana DOE Statistics
Corydon, Indiana
Public high schools in Indiana
Schools in Harrison County, Indiana
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