New Albany Senior High School - New Albany, Indiana/IN

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New Albany Senior High School

1020 Vincennes St, New Albany, IN, 47150-3152 -

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Definition of Terms

New Albany Senior High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Floyd County, IN

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2135 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

99 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 560 students

Grade 10 - 618 students

Grade 11 - 534 students

Grade 12 - 423 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	2%	6%
% Black	12%	13%
% White	84%	79%

Additional Student Information

This School

( IN ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

29%

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

New Albany-floyd County Con School District

This School's Agency

( IN ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	19	4
Number of Students Managed	11,710 students	1,844 students
District Total Revenue	$142,350,000	$18,816,000
District Expenditure	$131,947,000	$18,251,000
District Revenue / Student	$12,156	$13,221
District Expenditure / Student	$11,268	$11,482
District Graduation Rates	88%	100%

Founded in 1853, New Albany High School is the oldest public high school in the state of Indiana. The school has the first student-run FM radio station to be licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. WNAS Radio was opened in 1949. As well students at the school have their own cable TV channel (WNAS TV) since 1980.
History: Initially known as Scribner High School, it opened in 1853 as the first high school in New Albany, Indiana. The school was operated on an irregular basis, and closed for years at a time. During part of the Civil War the school building was leased to the federal government, to be used as a hospital for Union soldiers. Continuous operation of a school has occurred since 1864 (though in varying locations). The final current location of the school was established in 1928.
Notable alumni: The following is a selective list of notable alumni of New Albany High School mainly taken from a full length list from the school. William Vaughn Moody - C/O 1885 - dramatist and poet.
Sherman Minton - C/O 1910 - United States Senator and an associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Billy Herman - C/O ???? - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player during the 1930s and 1940s.
Fuzzy Zoeller - C/O 1970 - Golfer who won multiple PGA Tours, including The Masters in 1979.
Rob Conway - C/O 1990 - Professional Wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment WWE.
Mike Wolfe - C/O 1994 - Pro Bowler on the PBA Tour, winner of the Earl Anthony Classic.
Major Dodge- C/O 1996- Actor/Model.
Notable faculty: Edwin Hubble - Astronomer and science teacher, after whom the Hubble Space Telescope was named.
Radio station: WNAS, 88.1 FM, is the student-run school radio station. It broadcasts to the greater metropolitan area (Louisville). It has been in operation since 1949, and was the first FCC-licensed high-school FM radio station in the United States.
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About This Zip Code (47150)

School Zip (47150)

(IN) State Average

Population (Approximate)

46,902 people

5,873,444 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

23%

20%

Population Average Age

37 years old

35.2 years old

Average Household size

2.4 persons

2.4 persons

Median Household Income

$38,090

$42,072

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.3 rooms

5.5 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

45 years old

43 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

64% / 36%

69% / 31%

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1. Clarksville Senior High School - 457 students - view location
2. Shawnee High School - 585 students - view location
3. Floyd Central Junior Senior High School - 1625 students - view location
4. Jeffersonville High School - 2069 students - view location
5. Central High School - 983 students - view location
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