Salisbury High School
Salisbury High School in Salisbury Township, Pennsylvania, June 2015
Address
500 East Montgomery Street

Allentown
,
Pennsylvania
18103-5225

United States
Coordinates40°35′3″N 75°26′32″W / 40.58417°N 75.44222°W / 40.58417; -75.44222
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1963 (1963)
School districtSalisbury Township School District
NCES School ID422073002833[1]
PrincipalHeather Morningstar
Staff34.23 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9th–12th
Enrollment516[1] (2021–22)
Student to teacher ratio15.07[1]
Campus typeSuburb: Large
Color(s)Navy and White   
Athletics conferenceColonial League
Websitewww.salisburysd.org

Salisbury High School is a public high school located in Salisbury Township, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is the only high school within the Salisbury Township School District.

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 516 students, according to National Center for Education Statistics data.

History

Salisbury Township was founded in 1834.

In 1955, the construction for Salisbury High School was planned. Construction started in 1962 and was finished in 1963.

Until 2011, Salisbury High School served 10th through 12th grades 10-12, with ninth grade attending Salisbury Middle School. The high school underwent major renovations between 2009 and 2011, which included making space to move the district's 9th-grade students into the high school.[2]

Athletics

Districts

Salisbury participates in the Colonial League of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's District XI. The Colonial League includes Lehigh Valley high schools deemed too small to participate in the East Penn Conference.

  • Boys Basketball (1971, 1976, 1987, 1990, 1996, 2010)
  • Baseball (1980, 1985–1987, 1996, 2003, 2011, 2013)
  • Boys Soccer (1985-1987, 1992, 2003, 2010)
  • Rifle Team (2006)
  • Boys Swimming (2012, 2013, 2014)

Colonial League titles

  • Boys Basketball (1977, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2011)
  • Baseball (1978, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2012, 2013)
  • Girls Basketball (1989, 1990, 1993, 2010)

Eastern Pennsylvania Conference championship

  • Football (2006)[3]

State championship titles

  • Swimming (2013)

The school fields teams in most major sports, including boys baseball, boys and girls basketball, boys tennis, cheerleading, girls field hockey, girls softball, football, soccer, rifle, wrestling, and track & field.[4]

Teams

Salisbury has the Colonial League titles in Basketball and Baseball. The Field hockey team has never made a district appearance. The District Swimming Team won districts in 2012. Salisbury offers twenty-one varsity and twelve junior varsity sport programs.[5]

Varsity

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - Salisbury High School (422073002833)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  2. ↑ "High School Construction / High School Construction". www.salisburysd.org. Archived from the original on 2019-02-02.
  3. ↑ "EasternPAFootball - Your source for High School Football in Eastern PA". easternpafootball.com. Archived from the original on 2004-12-09.
  4. ↑ Sports Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association (2013). "PIAA School Directory".
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