title: Indianapolis Public School Conference
text: # Indianapolis Public School Conference
  
  The Indianapolis Public Schools Athletic Conference was an athletic conference consisting of high schools in the Indianapolis Public Schools district. The demise of the conference came in 2018, as four of the seven remaining schools closed in a span of two years, leaving only three schools left, one of which (Howe) is a charter school, and another (Manual) under state control (IPS has stated those two schools will close if returned to school board control). Instead, those two schools joined the Greater Indianapolis Conference, leaving George Washington as an independent.
  
  ## Membership
  
  | School | Mascot | Year joined | Previous conference | Year left | Conference joined |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Indianapolis Broad Ripple | Rockets | 1927 | Independents | 2018 | none (school closed) |
  | Indianapolis Manual | Redskins | 1927 | Independents | 2018 | Greater Indianapolis |
  | Indianapolis $Shortridge^1$ | Blue Devils | 1927 | Independents | 1981 | school closed |
  | Indianapolis $Washington^{2,3}$ | Continentals | 1927 1941 2003 | none (new school) South Central none (school reopened) | 1937 1995 2018 | South Central none (school closed) Independents |
  | Indianapolis $Howe^2$ | Hornets | 1938 2003 | none (new school) none (school reopened) | 1995 2018 | none (school closed) Greater Indianapolis |
  | Indianapolis Crispus Attucks | Tigers | 1955 2003 | Independents none (school reopened) | 1986 2009 | none (school closed) Pioneer |
  | Indianapolis Wood | Woodchucks | 1955 | none (new school) | 1978 | none (school closed) |
  | Indianapolis Arsenal Tech | Titans | 1960 | North Central | 2013 | Independents (NCC 2015) |
  | Indianapolis Arlington | Golden Knights | 1961 | none (new school) | 2018 | none (school closed) |
  | Indianapolis Northwest | Space Pioneers | 1963 | none (new school) | 2018 | none (school closed) |
  | Indianapolis $Marshall^4$ | Patriots | 1967 2009 | none (new school) none (school reopened) | 1986 2017 | none (school closed) none (school closed) |
  
  * Shortridge was closed as a high school between 1981 and 2009. When it reopened as a magnet school, instead of joining the IPS conference, the school joined the Pioneer Conference along with Attucks due to their smaller enrollments and specialized programs compared to other IPS schools.
  * Howe and Washington were closed as high schools from 1995 to 2003.
  * Washington played in the SCC from 1937 to 1943.
  * Marshall was closed as a high school from 1986 to 2009, then reopened.
  