Penn High School has once again been ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the nation's best public high schools. Penn ranks 1st in the South Bend area, 22nd in Indiana (out of 377 schools ranked in Indiana), and #1,581 in the national rankings (out of 17,680 nationally ranked high schools). This puts Penn in the top 8.9% of the nation's best high schools for 2023!
In coordination with North Carolina-based RTI International, a global nonprofit social science research firm, U.S. News ranked approximately 17,680 public high schools out of nearly 25,000 reviewed. This is the count of public high schools that had a 12th grade enrollment of 15 students or greater, or otherwise had sufficient enrollment in other high school grades. Data from the 2020-2021 school year was used in the analysis. Click here to read more about the methodology.
Based on last school year, 2022-2023 the most recent school year, Penn’s students achieved a 98% graduation rate.
For the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years, Penn High School ranked FIRST in the state with the highest number of students earning ICC (Indiana College Core) or AGS (Associate of General Studies) certificates earned! Penn is also the State leader (2021-2022 and 2022-2023) for Ivy Tech dual credit completions!
Highlights from the Class 0f 2023 include:
- $15 million in scholarships
- 446 earned Academic Honors diplomas
- 253 earned High Honors diplomas
- 41 earned Technical Honors diplomas
- 119 Early College Students
- 106 earned ICC through Ivy Tech Community College
- 89 earned Associates Degrees from Ivy Tech
The Academies at Penn High School provide the framework for student success. Through their work in each academy, students find relevant and meaningful coursework taught in a supportive environment where each student is known well by his teachers and peers. Through these “smaller learning communities,” students build relationships while engaged in relevant learning experiences.
Early College Academy was endorsed in 2019 as an “Early College High School” by The Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL) at the University of Indianapolis. In 2022, the Academy was endorsed as a Level 2 program WITH DISTINCTION.
Penn High School is the first and only Early College High School in Indiana to achieve this level of distinction! The IDOE named the Early College Academy a “UCAN Mentor School”
Click to see the full list of Indiana High Schools as ranked by US News & World Report in 2023.
