Indianapolis Public School Conference

The Indianapolis Public Schools Athletic Conference was an athletic conference consisting of high schools in the Indianapolis Public Schools district. The demise of the conference came in 2018, as four of the seven remaining schools closed in a span of two years, leaving only three schools left, one of which (Howe) is a charter school, and another (Manual) under state control (IPS has stated those two schools will close if returned to school board control).[1] Instead, those two schools joined the Greater Indianapolis Conference, leaving George Washington as an independent.[2]

The Indiana Public Schools Conference in Indiana

Membership
School Mascot Colors Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
Indianapolis
Broad Ripple		 Rockets     1927 Independents 2018 none (school closed)
Indianapolis
Manual		 Redskins     1927 Independents 2018 Greater Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Shortridge1		 Blue Devils     1927 Independents 1981 school closed
Indianapolis
Washington2, 3		 Continentals     1927
1941
2003		 none (new school)
South Central
none (school reopened)		 1937
1995
2018		 South Central
none (school closed)
Independents
Indianapolis
Howe2		 Hornets     1938
2003		 none (new school)
none (school reopened)		 1995
2018		 none (school closed)
Greater Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Crispus Attucks		 Tigers     1955
2003		 Independents
none (school reopened)		 1986
2009		 none (school closed)
Pioneer
Indianapolis
Wood		 Woodchucks     1955 none (new school) 1978 none (school closed)
Indianapolis
Arsenal Tech		 Titans     1960 North Central 2013 Independents
(NCC 2015)
Indianapolis
Arlington		 Golden Knights     1961 none (new school) 2018 none (school closed)
Indianapolis
Northwest		 Space Pioneers       1963 none (new school) 2018 none (school closed)
Indianapolis
Marshall4		 Patriots       1967
2009		 none (new school)
none (school reopened)		 1986
2017		 none (school closed)
none (school closed)
  1. Shortridge was closed as a high school between 1981 and 2009. When it reopened as a magnet school, instead of joining the IPS conference, the school joined the Pioneer Conference along with Attucks due to their smaller enrollments and specialized programs compared to other IPS schools.
  2. Howe and Washington were closed as high schools from 1995 to 2003.
  3. Washington played in the SCC from 1937 to 1943.
  4. Marshall was closed as a high school from 1986 to 2009, then reopened.

References
  1. Weddle, Eric (2017-09-17). "IPS Board Votes to Close 3 High Schools, 1 Middle School". WFYI-21. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  2. "IHSAA Athletic Conferences". Indiana High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 2018-08-26.


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