River Forest High School

River Forest High School is a secondary school located in New Chicago, Indiana serving grades 7–12. It is the secondary school in the River Forest Community School Corporation, serving the entire town of New Chicago, portions of the cities of Gary, Hobart and Lake Station, and unincorporated areas in Hobart Township, Lake County. It opened in 1958 and as of 2013-14 had 635 students. The Golden Ingot Marching Band can be viewed in the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in the film The Fugitive.

River Forest High School
Address
3300 Indiana St

New Chicago, Indiana
,
Indiana
46342

United States
Coordinates41.558602°N 87.279263°W / 41.558602; -87.279263
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1958
School districtRiver Forest Community School Corporation
SuperintendentSteven Disney
PrincipalRyan Pitcock [1]
Faculty30.02 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment497 (2017-18)[2]
Student to teacher ratio16.56[2]
Color(s)         
Athletics conferenceGreater South Shore Athletic Conference
Team nameIngots
NewspaperIngot Informer
YearbookRiver Forest High School Yearbook
WebsiteOfficial Site
[3][4]

Academics

River Forest's high school academic team consists of United States Academic Decathlon, Spell Bowl and Academic Super Bowl. River Forest participated in the Online Nationals for United States Academic Decathlon.[5]

Demographics

The ethnic breakdown of the 2013-14 enrollment is:[3]

  • White - 48.8%
  • Hispanic - 41.1%
  • Black - 4.7%
  • Multiracial - 4.3%
  • Native American - 0.9%

Athletics

River Forest's athletic teams are known as the Ingots, harking back to the steel-making heritage of the area. They belong to the Greater South Shore Athletic Conference and their colors are cardinal red and gold. River Forest offers the following sports:[4][6]

  • Baseball (boys)
  • Basketball (boys & girls)
  • Cross country (boys & girls)
  • Football (boys) (1994 2A ihsaa state runner ups)
  • Golf (boys)
  • Softball (girls)
  • Tennis (boys & girls)
  • Track (boys & girls)
  • Volleyball (girls)
  • Wrestling (boys) (2020 state qualifier in Jeffrey Bailey)
  • Soccer (co -Ed)

See also

References

  1. https://www.rfcsc.k12.in.us/domain/453. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "River Forest High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  3. "River Forest Jr-Sr High School (3791)". compass.doe.in.gov. IDOE. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  4. "IHSAA 2014-2015 School directory" (pdf). ihsaa.org. IHSAA. p. 66. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. "Ranking of Team Overall Scores by Division". United States Academic Decathlon. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  6. "Athletics". rfcsc.k12.in.us. Retrieved 23 January 2015.


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