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Northrop High School

7001 Coldwater Rd, Fort Wayne, IN, 46825-3696 -

tel: (260)467-2300
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Definition of Terms

Northrop High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Allen County, IN

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2196 students

% Male / % Female

49% / 51%

Total Classroom Teachers

98 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 713 students

Grade 10 - 567 students

Grade 11 - 485 students

Grade 12 - 431 students

This School

( IN ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:22

1:18

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( IN ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	1%
% Hispanic	4%	6%
% Black	17%	13%
% White	76%	79%
% Unknown	1 %	2%

Additional Student Information

This School

( IN ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

25%

32%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

( IN ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Fort Wayne Community s School District

This School's Agency

( IN ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	55	4
Number of Students Managed	31,597 students	1,844 students
District Total Revenue	$398,438,000	$18,816,000
District Expenditure	$329,844,000	$18,251,000
District Revenue / Student	$12,610	$13,221
District Expenditure / Student	$10,439	$11,482
District Graduation Rates	86%	100%

Northrop High School is a Fort Wayne Community Schools high school situated in northern Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.
The school mascot is the Bruin (brown bear).
Curriculum: Northrop has along with most of Indiana adopted a credit system called "Core 40", requiring 40 credits — four years of English, three years of Math and Social Studies and Science, and 10-12 elective credits, plus two semesters of Phys. Ed and a credit in Health Education. Northrop also offers a slightly more rigorous Academic Honors Diploma, which requires 47 credits, and a basic one that requires 40 credits like Core 40, but lowers the bar in the Core 40 six-credit subjects to just four credits.
Northrop currently operates on the "Block 4" school schedule, which divides the year into two terms and each term into two semesters. A semester is nine weeks, and four classes are scheduled per semester that meet every day. Teachers have one of the four periods free for "planning time."
Annual Events: Prom and semi-formal., Christmas talent show., A fall play and a spring musical., Lunch.
Notable alumni: Notable alumni of Northrop High School include
Dan Butler, Television, Film, and Stage Actor.
Heather Headley, Broadway and R&B singer.
Eric Wedge, Major League Baseball Manager, Cleveland Indians.
Jon Schaffer, guitar-player in the Metal band Iced Earth.
Zach Adams, also known as Zaak McTubby©, famous internet conossieur.
Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL
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About This Zip Code (46825)

School Zip (46825)

(IN) State Average

Population (Approximate)

25,032 people

5,873,444 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

34%

20%

Population Average Age

33 years old

35.2 years old

Average Household size

2.5 persons

2.4 persons

Median Household Income

$42,194

$42,072

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.5 rooms

5.5 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

27 years old

43 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

67% / 33%

69% / 31%

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