Tell City Junior-Senior High School

Tell City Junior Senior High School
Tell City Junior Senior High School
Location
	900 12th Street; Tell City, Perry County, Indiana 47586; United States
	37°57′17″N 86°45′48″W / 37.954674°N 86.763373°W
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1922
School district	Tell City-Troy Township School Corporation
Principal	Brad Ramsey
Teaching staff	44.00 (on a FTE basis)
Grades	7–12
Enrollment	616 (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio	14.00
Color
Athletics conference	Pocket Athletic Conference
Nickname	Marksmen
Rival	Perry Central High School
Website	tcjshs.tellcity.k12.in.us/o/tcjshs

Tell City Junior-Senior High School is a public school in Tell City, Indiana. It is a part of the Tell City-Troy Township School Corporation.

The school district includes Tell City and Troy.^[3]

The senior high school mascot is the marksmen; the junior high school mascot is the archer.

History

Previously Troy had its own high school, but at one point the students were moved to Tell City High School.^[4]

Athletics

The Tell City Marksmen are members of the Pocket Athletic Conference. The school colors are cream and crimson. The following IHSAA sanctioned sports are offered:^[5]

Baseball (boys)
Basketball (girls and boys)
Cross country (girls and boys)
Football (boys)
Golf (girls and boys)
Soccer (girls and boys)
Softball (girls)
Swimming (girls and boys)
Tennis (girls and boys)
Track (girls and boys)
Volleyball (girls)
Wrestling (boys)

Arts

Tell City has a marching band and a chorus that participate in interscholastic competition.

Notable alumni

Krista Blunk – TV personality ^[6]
Wally Bruner – journalist, radio station owner – Class of 1949
Paul D. Etienne – Archbishop of Seattle – Class of 1977
Tommy Kron – NBA basketball player^[7]
Bob Polk – college basketball coach^[8]
Burke Scott – college basketball player and high school basketball coach^[9]

References

1 2 3 "Tell City Jr-Sr High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
↑ "Tell City Jr-Sr High School". NCES. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
↑ Geography Division (December 18, 2020). 2020 CENSUS – SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Perry County, IN (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 5, 2025. – Text list
↑ Blackford, Nathan (July 15, 2014). "School's Out Forever". Evansville Living. Evansville, Indiana. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
↑ "2017–18 School Directory" (PDF). ihsaa.org. IHSAA. p. 114. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
↑ "Krista Blunk".
↑ "Basketball Reference Bio – Tommy Kron". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
↑ "Sports Reference – Bob Polk". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
↑ "Hoops Hall Bio – Burke Scott". Hoopshall.com. Retrieved March 23, 2016.

External links

Official website

[NCES-1] 1 2 3 "Tell City Jr-Sr High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 12, 2024.

[2] "Tell City Jr-Sr High School". NCES. Retrieved November 5, 2017.

[3] Geography Division (December 18, 2020). 2020 CENSUS – SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Perry County, IN (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 5, 2025. – Text list

[4] Blackford, Nathan (July 15, 2014). "School's Out Forever". Evansville Living. Evansville, Indiana. Retrieved June 12, 2024.

[5] "2017–18 School Directory" (PDF). ihsaa.org. IHSAA. p. 114. Retrieved November 25, 2017.

[6] "Krista Blunk".

[7] "Basketball Reference Bio – Tommy Kron". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2016.

[8] "Sports Reference – Bob Polk". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2016.

[9] "Hoops Hall Bio – Burke Scott". Hoopshall.com. Retrieved March 23, 2016.

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