John Glenn High School (Walkerton, Indiana)

John Glenn High School is a public high school in Walkerton, Indiana. It is the only high school in the John Glenn School district.John Glenn High School is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (N.C.A.). This association is an organization, which establishes the highest standards of education for their member schools. Credits earned at John Glenn High School are accepted by all high schools and colleges in Indiana and by all schools that are members of the N.C.A. John Glenn has a First Class commissioned rating from the Indiana Department of Public Instruction.The school was dedicated on October 20, 1968 with NASA astronaut John Glenn present.Glenn has won 18 state spell bowl competitions.AcademicsJohn Glenn is given a score of 7/10 on greatschools.org. The school has scored higher than the state averages on the End-of-Course-Assessments given by the state of Indiana.The student-teacher ratio is slightly larger than the state average at 20 (Indiana average is 17) Source: 1NCES, 2008-2009John Glenn offers 13 AP and college-credit courses including : Calculus AB Chemistry English Literature & Composition Government & Politics: U.S. Physics B John Glenn offers the following foreign languages: Spanish French ChineseStudent DemographicsThe ethnic make-up of John Glenn is as follows: (State Averages in parentheses)White - 92% (73%)Hispanic - 5% (8%)Multiracial - 2% (4%)Black, non-Hispanic - >1% (12%)Asian - >1% (2%)