Carlisle High School is a

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located in

Carlisle, Pennsylvania Carlisle is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2020 United States census ...

, United States. It serves grades 9–12 for the Carlisle Area School District. The district includes Carlisle and Mount Holly Springs boroughs (the latter being an

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of the school district), and the townships of and Dickinson and North Middleton. The district also includes the

Carlisle Barracks Carlisle Barracks is a United States Army facility located in Pennsylvania, with a Carlisle post office address and with a portion in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The site of the U.S. Army War College, it is the nation's second-oldest active military ...

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as well as most of the Schlusser census-designated place.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1,526 students enrolled for 2018–19 was: *Male – 50.7% *Female – 49.3% *Native American/Alaskan – 0.2% *Asian – 1.7% *Black – 7.6% *Hispanic – 7.7% *White – 75.6% *Multiracial – 7.2% 27.7% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch. For 2018–19, Carlisle was a

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school.

Notable alumni

* Deborah L. Birx, physician and ambassador *

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(MLB)

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, Dupee Family Professor of Social Science at

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* Bob Lilley, professional soccer coach *

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(NBA)

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(class of 1988),

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(NFL)

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{{authority control Carlisle, Pennsylvania Educational institutions in the United States with year of establishment missing Public high schools in Pennsylvania Schools in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania