South Spencer High School | |
Location: | 1142 N. Orchard Road |
City: | Rockport |
County: | Spencer County |
Zipcode: | 47635 |
Country: | United States |
Coordinates: | 37.9035°N -87.1063°W |
Type: | Public high school |
District: | South Spencer School Corporation |
Grades: | 9 to 12 |
Enrollment: | 357 (2022-23)[1] |
Faculty: | 26.00 (FTE) |
Ratio: | 13.73 |
Team Name: | Rebels |
Conference: | IHSAA Pocket Athletic Conference[2] |
Mascot: | Rebel Man |
Free Label1: | Gym Capacity |
Free 1: | 3,500 |
Footnotes: | [3] [4] |
Homepage: | Official Website |
South Spencer High School is a public high school in Reo, Indiana. The school educates about 471 students in grades 9 to 12 in the South Spencer School Corporation district.
The school formed in 1965 by the merger of Luce Township High School and Rockport High School.[5]
The school's athletic nickname is the "Rebels", and it participates in the Pocket Athletic Conference.
In 2007, 2011, 2013, & 2015 the boys' baseball team won the Division 2A State Title.[6]
In 2014, the softball team won the Division 2A State Title.
On 10/8, the South Spencer varsity volleyball team lost their neutral tournament match against Washington (IN) by a score of 2-0.
South Spencer's football team has played for a state championship one time in 1988.
South Spencer's marching band, known as the Marching Rebels, has made it to regionals every year since 1981. They have competed at state in class D in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018 and in class C in 1988 and 1989.
There are many chants for the South Spencer Rebels. But, the one in use goes like " Rebels Nation, *clap clap clap clap* "
The mascot of South Spencer is the Rebel Man.[7]