Corydon Central High School is a public high school located in

Corydon, Indiana Corydon is a town in Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana. Located north of the Ohio River in the extreme southern part of the U.S. state of Indiana, it is the seat of government for Harrison County. Corydon was founded in 1808 and served ...

. The school is part of the

South Harrison Community School System South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

. The school serves high school age students of Harrison Township, Washington Township, Heth Township, and Webster Township. It is the largest school in Harrison County. In the 2007–2008 school year the school has a 79.2% graduation rate, and is attended by 786 students. The school is staffed by 45 certified teachers, two administrators, and 4 non certified teachers with an average salary of $44,706 during the 2007–2008 school year. The school has performed slightly below the statewide academic average for the last five years while meeting or surpassing statewide averages during the two years prior to that.School Statistics
Corydon Central serves as the central high school for the consolidated South Harrison Community School System. Students from

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School,

Heth-Washington Elementary Harrison County is located in the far southern part of the U.S. state of Indiana along the Ohio River. The county was officially established in 1808. Its county seat is Corydon, the former capital of Indiana. Harrison County is part of the Lo ...

School and New Middletown Elementary School are bused to Corydon Central for the high school education. On December 5, 2008, around 200 students protested the removal of their principal. The protest attracted many local media outlets in the

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area. The Class of 2009 recently received approximately $1.3 million in scholarship money, an all-time high for a graduating class.

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CCHS websiteIndiana DOE Statistics
Corydon, Indiana Public high schools in Indiana Schools in Harrison County, Indiana {{LouisvilleMSA-stub

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