Excellence in Education!

Penn High School is a large public high school located in suburban northern Indiana. As the flagship school of the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation, Penn serves all the district’s 9-12th grade students as well as hundreds of out-of-district students who have made Penn High School their school of choice.

The IDOE’S Graduates Prepared to Succeed Dashboard provides student-focused data to empower Indiana’s educators & families with information on how we are preparing our students for college and career success. Click here to view Penn’s GPS Report Card.

Penn’s national reputation for excellence is based on its outstanding academic, athletic and fine arts programs. 

The IDOE honored Penn in Fall 2025 with the Excellence in Data-Driven Support Award along with a $25,000 grant!

Penn was named a 2023 Cognia^® School of Distinction. Cognia, a global nonprofit school improvement organization grounded in research-based performance standards, accredits 40,000 public and private schools in 90 countries. Only 96 schools globally were recognized as Schools of Distinction, and Penn High School was among them, and the only high school in Indiana!

With a 97.3% graduation rate the Penn High community is focused on graduating responsible young adults who are college and career ready. 52% of Class of 2025 students graduated with Academic High Honors!

Points of Pride

• The Class of 2026 has 15 National Merit Scholarship Finalists–the most ever in Penn’s history!
• 2025 Graduates earned more than $22 million in scholarships!
• Penn’s Class of 2025 has 6 National Merit Scholarship Finalists!
• Since this award began in 1998, Penn has had 40 total Lilly Scholars which accounts for more than any other high school in St. Joseph County!
• Penn High School students enjoyed a significant boost in Advanced Placement scores. Penn High School almost doubled the number of Advanced Placement students who scored a 3+ since 2021 and had 83 percent of its students score a 3+ in the 2024-2025 school year. 
• Among public Indiana high schools in SAT pass percentage, Penn High School moved up from #27 in 2024, to #15 in 2025.
• 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”
• For the 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 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! This statistic is based on Ivy Tech Community College data.
• IDOE recognized Penn with Excellence in College Readiness Award along with a $250,000 grant in 2023.
• Penn earned the Project Lead the Way Distinguished School for the 4th year in a row, and 5th time overall!
• U.S. News & World Report ranks Penn #26 on its list of 2026 “Best High Schools,” out of Indiana’s 395 public high schools
• In October 2019, Penn students were highlighted on CBS Evening News for their work on a service learning project that resulted in building an oversized Incredible Hulk Halloween wheelchair costume for a 4-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. Click here to watch the story. The interdisciplinary project brought together art/sculpture students with robotics/engineering students; the lessons taught transcended the classroom.

Quick Facts

• Click to view Penn’s profile on the IDOE GPS Dashboard
• Start time: 8:25 a.m. Dismissal: 3:17 p.m.
• School colors: Black and Gold
• Mascot/nickname: The Kingsmen
• Constructed: 1958
• Extensively renovated: 1996
• Building size: 581,621 sq. ft.
• Class structure: Four-Block schedule in every-other-day rotation
• School year: 180 day traditional calendar (Aug-June)

Opportunities for students with these Community Partners:
 

What does Management & Business prepare me for after high school?
 

What content and courses are included in Management & Business?

Course descriptions

Freshmen

• Introduction to Business
• Web Design
• Introduction to Computer Science (PLTW)
• Computer Science I **
• CINS/Ivy Tech Dual Credit **

Sophomore

• Introduction to Business
• Web Design
• CINS/Ivy Tech Dual Credit **
• Introduction to Computer Science (PLTW)
• Computer Science I **
• Computer Science II/Programming
• Computer Science II/Special Topics
• Principles of Marketing
• Personal Financial Responsibility
• Sports, Recreation & Entertainment Marketing
• Introduction to Accounting
• Principles of Business Management
• Introduction to Entrepreneurship
• Business Law & Ethics

Junior and Senior

• Web Design
• CINS/Ivy Tech Dual Credit **
• Introduction to Entrepreneurship
• Principles of Marketing
• Strategic Marketing-Advanced
• Principles of Business Management
• Personal Financial Responsibility
• Business Law & Ethics
• Introduction to Accounting
• Advanced Accounting
• Computer Science I **
• Computer Science II/Programming
• Computer Science II/Special Topics
• ACP Cadet Teaching I**
• Advanced Cadet Teaching II (seniors only)
• ACP Principles of Business Administration **
• Professional Career Internship
• Sports Recreation & Entertainment Marketing
• AP Computer Science
• Computer Internship Support
• Business-Related Work Experience
• Entrepreneurship and New Ventures (St. Joe Start-up Moxie for Seniors Only) **
• Banking and Investment Careers
• Dual Credit Courses **

** Indicates classes that can be taken for both  high school and college credit.

Students of the Management & Business Academy can graduate with a Core 40, Academic Honors or Technical Honors Diploma.  All MBA classes qualify for the Technical Honors Diploma.

What activities and opportunities are available within Health & Human Services?

• Exploring local career and educational partners within the community

• Participating in career exploration and speakers highlighting careers within Health and Human Services

• Positively impacting the community through community service and outreach programs

• Participating in a student health fair

• Engaging in problem-based learning experiences to explore how students can problem solve and positively impact the world

• Visiting corrections facilities

• Visiting local hospitals and clinics 

What does Health & Human Services prepare me for after high school?

Health Sciences

Careers in this path are related to the promotion of health and the treatment of disease. These include research, prevention, treatment, and related health technologies.

Characteristics: 

Do you like to care for people or animals that are sick or help them stay well? Are you interested in diseases and in how the body works? Do you enjoy reading about science and medicine?  Would it be fun to learn first aid or volunteer at a hospital or veterinary clinic?

 Occupations:

Human Services

 Careers in this path are related to economic, political, and social systems. These include education, government, law, and law enforcement, leisure and recreation, military, religion, childcare, social services, and personal services.

 Characteristics:

Are you friendly, open, understanding, and cooperative? Do you like to work with people to solve problems? Is it important to you to do something that makes things better for other people? Do you like to help friends with family problems? Do you like reading, storytelling, traveling, or tutoring young children?

Occupations:

English 9 or English 9 Honors

 Algebra I, Geometry, Geometry Honors, or Algebra II Honors

Biology or Biology Honors

Geography and History of the World

​Study Skills

• Full Overview of STEM Academy
• 2015-2016 STEM Academy Update
• Hand of Grace
• CSI – Computer Support Interns

There will be a mandatory Penn High School Girls Basketball meeting Thursday, Aug. 25, in room 165 for all girls interested in playing basketball for the 2016-2017 season. Players in fall sports will be released once required paperwork has been received. The meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m.