{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Penncrest High School | logo = Logo of Penncrest High School.png | image = PenncrestHighschool.png | motto = | established = 1955 | type = | affiliation = | district = Rose Tree Media School District | us_nces_district_id = 4220550 | superintendent = Joseph Meloche, Ed. D. | grades = 9–12 | ceeb = 392287 | us_nces_school_id = 422055001942 | principal = Edward Roth | teaching_staff = 97.70 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | ratio = 12.56<ref name=NCES/> | faculty = | enrollment = 1,227 (2023–2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4220550&ID=422055001942|title=Penncrest HS|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=January 30, 2025}}</ref> | fight_song = On Wisconsin | athletics = Central League, AAA/AAAA,<ref>[http://www.piaa.org/schools/directory/details.aspx?ID=11027 PIAA - Schools - Directory - Penncrest High School]. The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc.</ref> | athletic_conference = | colors = Red and gold {{color box|red}} {{color box|gold}} | mascot = Lion | team_name = Roaring Lions | national_ranking = 2,110 <ref name=USWRP>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/pennsylvania/districts/rose-tree-media-school-district/penncrest-high-school-17307|title=U.S. News World Report Penncrest High School}}</ref> | feeder_schools = Springton Lake Middle School | free_text = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | address = 134 Barren Road | city = Media, PA | county = Delaware County | state = Pennsylvania | zipcode = 19063 | country = United States | coordinates = {{Coord|39.9229|-75.4316|region:US-PA_type:edu|display=inline,title}} | website = {{URL|https://phs.rtmsd.org/}} }}

'''Penncrest High School''' ('''PHS''') is a public four-year comprehensive high school in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://middletowndelcopa.gov:443/vertical/sites/%7BE08CD8FE-6BF2-4104-AF8F-C16770381A63%7D/uploads/Middletown_Map_Best.pdf|title=Township Map|publisher=Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|access-date=2020-04-23}} - The map indicates "Penncrest H.S."</ref> It is a part of the Rose Tree Media School District.

The district, and therefore the high school's attendance boundary, includes the following municipalities: Middletown Township, Media, Edgmont Township, and Upper Providence Township.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtmsd.org/Content2/-district-boundaries|title=copy of street names with schools|publisher=Rose Tree Media School District|access-date=2020-04-23|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804223746/https://www.rtmsd.org/Content2/-district-boundaries|url-status=dead}} - This document lists which elementary schools are assigned to particular addresses, but as Penncrest High is the sole high school of Rose Tree Media School District, the document indirectly reveals which municipalities the high school serves.</ref>

== Demographics == As of the 2022-2023 school year, there were 1218 students enrolled in the school. Of these, there were 300 ninth-graders, 317 tenth-graders, 276 eleventh-graders, and 319 twelfth-graders. The majority, around 78.7%, of the school district identified as White, with 21.2% of students being minorities. Within this, 7.3% identified as Asian, 6.2% as two or more races, 4.7% as Black, 3.0% as Hispanic, and 0.1% as American Indian/Pacific Islander. The student body was 50% female and 50% male.<ref>{{Cite web |title=School Fast Facts - Penncrest HS - Future Ready PA Index |url=https://futurereadypa.org/School/FastFacts?id=204073048154061101203093146025067059156205212041 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=futurereadypa.org}}</ref>

22.1% of the school was considered economically disadvantaged. 18.5% were enrolled in a special education program. 47% of Penncrest students took at least one AP Exam in May 2023.

==Extracurricular activities== ===Academic teams=== *Hi-Q – the oldest academic quiz competition in the United States, began in 1948. Delco Champions (1999, 2000, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015), National Champions (2015) *Envirothon – PA State Champions (2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017),<ref>[http://www.envirothonpa.org/history.shtml Pennsylvania Envirothon - History]. {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114013638/http://www.envirothonpa.org/history.shtml|date=2010-11-14}}</ref> North American Champions (2000, 2005, 2009, 2017) *Physics Olympics – a regional competition combining problem solving and various construction oriented competitions. Penncrest holds two national records for consecutive championships and consecutive meets won. *Science Olympiad – PA State Champions (2014), PA State 2nd Place finalists (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013); National results: 8th in 2004; 11th in 2005; 5th in 2006; 7th in 2007; 8th in 2008; 6th in 2009; 4th in 2010; 4th in 2011; 14th in 2013; 8th in 2014

===Music===

*Concert Band *Wind Ensemble *[http://www.penncrestband.org Roaring Lions] Marching Band *Orchestra *Choir *Jazz Band *Jazz Lab *Indoor Drumline *Indoor Color Guard *Symphonic Orchestra *Pit Orchestra

===Sports===

For the 2018–2019 school year. Penncrest competed in 12 interscholastic boys' sports and 11 girls' sports including boys' baseball, basketball, cross country running, American football, golf, indoor and outdoor track and field, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and wrestling. Girls competed in basketball, cross country running, field hockey, indoor and outdoor track and field, lacrosse, softball, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and volleyball. Penncrest competes in the Central League, District One, of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA).

In 2005, the ice hockey team won the state championship. In 2014, the boys' lacrosse team won the PIAA state championship.

==Notable alumni== *Jeff Ayars, American filmmaker and actor<ref>[https://www.inquirer.com/philly/local/pa/main_line_delaware/nabes/20080224_School_Notes_4.html School Notes]. ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. Accessed June 22, 2020.</ref> *Stephen Bloom, a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. *Gary Dauberman, American screenwriter and director, writer of <i>It</i> (2017) and <i>It Chapter Two</i> (2019). *Paul DiMeo, cast member of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition<ref name="Rose Tree Media School District">{{cite web|title=Rose Tree Media Alumni Hall of Fame|url=http://www.rtmsd.org/Page/216|publisher=Rose Tree Media School District|access-date=2012-11-22}}</ref> *Michael A. O'Donnell, Ph.D., award-winning author and international scholar.<ref name="Rose Tree Media School District"/> *Kenneth A. Oye, political science professor at MIT and early contributor to regime theory<ref name="Rose Tree Media School District" /> *Robert Engle, American economist and the winner of the 2003 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel *Ronald Yeaw, US Navy SEAL and former commander of Seal Team Six<ref name="Rose Tree Media School District"/> *Auston Trusty, professional soccer player for Celtic F.C. and United States men%27s national soccer team (2026 World Cup) *Jonah Jackson, NFL player for the Chicago Bears *Bill Whitaker, television journalist and a correspondent on the CBS News program ''60 Minutes'' *Bruce Roth, American chemist and the inventor of Lipitor(atorvastatin) *Kate Fonshell, American distance runner, U.S. National 10,000m champion (1996) and Olympian (1996). *Candace Finn Rocha, American lacrosse player, USA Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee (1998), first woman Tewaaraton Legends Awardee (2016).

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website}} {{Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania}} {{Pennsylvania Central League High Schools}} {{Delaware County, Pennsylvania School Districts}} {{authority control}}

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