Wayne High School (Indiana)

Wayne High School
Location

9100 Winchester Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Coordinates	41°0′3″N 85°8′23″W / 41.00083°N 85.13972°W / 41.00083; -85.13972
Information
Type	Public, secondary
Established	1971^[1]
School district	Fort Wayne Community Schools
Principal	John Houser
Staff	80.33 (on an FTE basis)^[2]
Enrollment	1,419 (2022–23)^[2]
Student to teacher ratio	17.66^[2]
Color(s)
Athletics conference	Summit Athletic Conference
Nickname	Generals
Yearbook	Sentry
Website	wayne.fortwayneschools.org

Wayne High School is a public high school in Fort Wayne Community Schools, located in the southern suburbs of Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States.

Notable alumni

Joe Andrew, National Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 1999–2001
Jason Baker, professional football punter, NFL Carolina Panthers
Roosevelt Barnes, former professional football player, NFL Detroit Lions
Molly Hagan, actress
Michael Derrick Hudson (Class of 1982), poet and librarian who came under fire for using the Chinese female pseudonym Yi-Fen Chou (allegedly the name of a classmate at WHS)^[3]
Chuck Surack, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and musician; founder of Sweetwater Sound

^ "WAYNE HS CELEBRATES 50 YEARS!". The Waynedale News. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Wayne High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
^ Jennifer Schuessler, "Family Protests White Poet’s Use of Chinese Pen Name", The New York Times, September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.

v t e Allen County high schools
East Allen	East Allen University (alternative) Heritage Junior/Senior High School Leo Junior/Senior High School New Haven High School Woodlan Junior/Senior High School
Fort Wayne Community Schools	North Side High School Northrop High School R. Nelson Snider High School South Side High School Wayne High School
Northwest Allen	Carroll High School
Southwest Allen	Homestead High School
Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend	Bishop Dwenger High School Bishop Luers High School
Other private schools	Blackhawk Christian School Canterbury School Concordia Lutheran High School
Closed	Elmhurst High School Paul Harding High School Keystone Schools

v t e Indiana's Summit Athletic Conference (SAC)
Current membership	Bishop Dwenger (Saints) Bishop Luers (Knights) Concordia Lutheran (Cadets) North Side (Redskins) Northrop (Bruins) Snider (Panthers) South Side (Archers) Wayne (Generals)
Former membership	Central Central Catholic Elmhurst Harding

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