William Penn High School (Delaware)

Public school in New Castle, Delaware, United States

William Penn High School

Address

713 East Basin Road New Castle, Delaware 19720 United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"Where Access Meets Opportunity"
Established	1921 (103 years ago) (1921)
CEEB code	080125
Teaching staff	124.00 (FTE)
Grades	9 to 12
Enrollment	2,239 (2022-2023)
Student to teacher ratio	18.06
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Cherry and black
Athletics conference	Blue Hen Conference - Flight A
Mascot	Colonial
Nickname	William Penn, Penn
Website	www.colonialschooldistrict.org/williampenn/

William Penn High School, also known as William Penn or simply Penn, is a four-year comprehensive, coeducational public high school located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is adjacent to the New Castle city limits and has a New Castle postal address. The school is a member of the Colonial School District, and is the largest high school in the state of Delaware. The school mascot is the Colonial.

In addition to New Castle the school district includes Delaware City, Port Penn, St. Georges, Wilmington Manor, portions of Wilmington, and half of Bear.

History

The school was established in 1921. The present building was designed by Wilmington architects Wason, Tingle & Brust and completed in 1966.

Notable alumni

This article's list of alumni may not follow Misplaced Pages's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (November 2022)

Cliff Brumbaugh, baseball player
Dave May, professional baseball player
Brett Oberholtzer, baseball player
Brian Oliver, professional basketball player
Jeff Otah, professional football player, Carolina Panthers
Kyle Carter, professional football player, Minnesota Vikings
Devin Smith, professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
Richard B. Weldon, Jr., former Frederick County (MD) Commissioner and member of the Maryland House of Delegates
Jheanelle Wilkins, politician and member of the Maryland House of Delegates

References

^ "Penn (William) High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
"Home". William Penn High School. Retrieved June 22, 2021. 713 East Basin Road | New Castle, DE 19720 - Compare with the New Castle zoning map
"2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
"Wason, Donald Sturgeon" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 967.
Ireland, Jack (May 24, 2010). "Oberholtzer writing a success story". The News Journal. Retrieved August 2, 2013. (subscription required)