Concord High School is a

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in Dunlap, a

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, United States. It serves Dunlap, small sections of southern Elkhart and a small section of northern Goshen.SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Elkhart County, IN
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Statistics

In the 2023–24 school year, total enrollment is at 1,735 students. Concord High School has a diverse student population with Hispanic being the largest minority population. In the 2021-22 school year the ethnicity breakdown was: *White – 44.0% *Hispanic – 41.5% *Black – 7.9% *Asian – 1.0% *Multi-racial – 5.4%

History

The school was host to President

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's first order of business meeting outside of

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, as well as the site of one of his campaign rallies before the 2008 election.

Music

Concord's music department includes several choirs, two string orchestras, three jazz bands, three concert bands, one of the largest pep bands in the area, and a championship marching band. The marching band is known as the Concord Marching Minutemen. Since the inception of the ISSMA marching band state finals in 1983, the band has only failed to qualify for the state championship twice, in 2000 and again in 2019. The band holds

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Class B state championship titles from 1992, 2003, 2005, 2011 and 2015. The book "American Band" by Kristen Laine follows the Marching Minutemen through their 2004 state runner-up season. The marching band has appeared in the Rose Bowl,

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, and

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parades and was in the

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in 1974, 1978, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2007, and 2013. Concord High School was the first high school recognized by

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as an All-American school, an award to "recognize the most outstanding high school instrumental music programs in America."

Athletics

Concord High School offers various sports, including football, cross country, golf, tennis, soccer, basketball, wrestling, swimming, track and field, baseball, lacrosse, and hockey for boys, and volleyball, cross country, soccer, tennis, cheerleading, swimming, track and field, softball, and lacrosse for girls.Concord High School
Concord's athletic teams compete in the Northern Lakes Conference and in the 5A classification, competing in Sectional 10 in football and Sectional 4 in all other class sports.

Drama department

Concord's drama department produces a straight play and a musical in November and March, respectively, held in the Beickman Performing Arts Center.

Notable alumni

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, former NCAA basketball player for the

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team * Franko House, former basketball player and American football tight end *

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, former

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basketball player for the

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and

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. * Jason Spriggs, former

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offensive lineman for the

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, and

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; selected by the Packers in the 2nd round of the

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* Emory Tate, chess international master and father of

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References

External links

Concord High School Home Page
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