Castle High School, previously known as John H. Castle High School is a public high school located about a mile northeast of Newburgh, Indiana on Indiana 261. Castle is one of three high schools in the Warrick County School Corporation. It is the only non-Evansville school that plays in the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference as well as the largest high school in Southwestern Indiana by enrollment. Castle High School offers classes in agriculture, art, business and computers, English, family and consumers science, industrial technology, mathematics, music and fine arts, physical education, science, social studies, resource education, and world languages. Castle also offers advance placement, or AP, classes in English language, English literature, calculus, physics, chemistry, US history, biology, government, and European history.
History
Castle High School was founded in 1959 and later moved in 1975 to its current location on. In 2004 a new wing was added to the school containing a large Band Facility, two science labs, and several classrooms. Also associated with this project was a new weight room facility and new locker rooms for the varsity sports. In 2008, Castle began construction on a library, to supplement the existing Media Center, and also broke ground on the natatorium, containing an Olympic-size pool, both completed by the 2009-2010 school year.
Facilities
Castle High School is on a site. The high school has a 6,000-seat football and track stadium. There is also a baseball and softball field, a soccer field, five tennis courts and an Olympic sized pool. The building contains two gymnasiums, the North gym with a capacity of 3500, and the South gym with a capacity of 600.
Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 1,940 students enrolled in 2014-2015 was:
Male - 52.3%
Female - 47.7%
Native American/Alaskan - 0.3%
Asian/Pacific islanders - 3.0%
Black - 1.9%
Hispanic - 2.5%
White - 87.7%
Multiracial - 4.6%
19.6% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.
Castle also offers the following club sports: archery, bowling, soccer, lacrosse, and hockey.
Arts
The marching band, known as the Marching Knights, features over 200 members in the wind, percussion and color guard sections. The marching band consistently lives up to its motto of continuing a tradition of excellence, performing admirably in many local and national level competitions, with accolades including placing 2nd in the Indiana State School Music Association State Finals in 2005 and 2017, and performing in Bands of America Grand National Finals in 2016 and 2017, being considered the class AAA national champion. The Marching Knights also received The Sudler Shield in 2016, recognizing the ensemble's world class excellence. Castle's top jazz ensemble has performed in the ISSMA State Jazz Finals each year since its inception in 2016 and was deemed the honor band in 2017. The concert band, and all other musical ensembles at the school, reflect the same level of excellence. Castle is home to the Knightingales, the basic all girls show choir, and the Knight Sensations, the advanced mixed show choir.
