Radnor High School

Radnor High School is the only public high school in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Radnor Township School District. Located 13 miles west of Philadelphia, Radnor Township lies along the Philadelphia Main Line. Radnor High School offers many AP and honors courses.{{cite web|title=2012 Radnor High School Profile|url=http://www.rtsd.org/cms/lib/PA01000218/Centricity/Domain/185/2012%20Radnor%20High%20School%20Profile.pdf}}

The high school has 1,152 students in grades 9 through 12 as of March 2022.{{Cite web |title=Our District - Radnor Township School District |url=https://www.rtsd.org/our-district |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=www.rtsd.org |language=en-US}} The student body is mostly white, with a total minority enrollment of 23%. 90% of former Radnor students go on to graduate from four-year colleges and universities.

As of the 2021-2022 school year, the demographics of the student body were as follows:{{cite web |title=Radnor SHS |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&City=Radnor&State=42&SchoolType=1&SchoolType=2&SchoolType=3&SchoolType=4&SpecificSchlTypes=all&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=421992001921 |website=National Center for Education Statistics. |access-date=11 August 2018}}

Radnor offers a wide range of extracurricular and athletic activities with teams competing in the Central League. Their many clubs for students include Model UN, Robotics, Hi-Q, and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA).{{cite web|title=Activities Directory| date=June 12, 2023 |url=http://radnortsd.schoolwires.com/site/Default.aspx?PageType=1&SiteID=102&ChannelID=103&DirectoryType=6|publisher=Radnor High School}}

U.S. News & World Report ranks Radnor as the 3rd best public high school in Pennsylvania, and the PA Department of Education ranks it 1st. In 2012, The Daily Beast ranked Radnor as one of the top 500 public high schools in the nation.{{cite web|title=America's Best High Schools|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/05/20/america-s-best-high-schools.html|publisher=The Daily Beast|access-date=June 28, 2012}}

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• Jan Berenstain '41 co-authored the classic Berenstain Bears book series.
• Emlen Tunnell '42 played professional football for the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers.{{cite web|title=Notable Radnor Alumni|url=http://www.rtsd.org/Page/35|publisher=Radnor Township School District|access-date=June 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006155533/http://www.rtsd.org/Page/35|archive-date=6 October 2014}}
• Anna Moffo '50 was a prominent soprano opera singer.
• Ted Dean '56 played for the Philadelphia Eagles.
• Randal Kleiser '64 directed the musical film Grease.
• Lance Clemons '65 played in the major leagues.
• Jane Barkman '69 won bronze and gold medals in swimming in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and another gold in the 1972 Munich games.
• Thomas F. Wilson '77 played Biff Tannen in the movie trilogy Back to the Future.
• Lee Daniels '78 directed Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (2009) and The Butler (2013)
• Michael Hausman '78 founded and drummed for 'Til Tuesday. He currently manages Aimee Mann and Marc Cohn.
• Willie Sydnor '78 played football for the Pittsburgh Steelers{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Malcolm |title=Players; A Rookie Finds No Place To Go |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/09/sports/players-a-rookie-finds-no-place-to-go.html |access-date=August 14, 2018 |work=New York Times |date=November 9, 1982}}
• Joshua Wurman '78 is a leading meteorologist who invented Doppler On Wheels mobile radars.
• Beth Kephart '78 is the author of thirteen novels and was a finalist for the National Book Awards.
• David Brooks '79 is an author and columnist for the New York Times.
• Mary Ellen Clark '81 won bronze medals in platform diving in the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games.
• Kelly Corrigan '85 is a bestselling author.
• Paul Anthony Stewart '88 is an actor.
• John DeFilippo ‘96 was the quarterbacks coach for the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles. Is now the quarterbacks coach for the Chicago Bears
• Alex Ross Perry '02 directed Listen Up Philip and Queen of Earth, wrote Christopher Robin (film).{{cite web|url=http://www.rtsd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=18841&ViewID=ed695a1c-ef13-4546-b4eb-4fefcdd4f389&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=26892&PageID=455|title=Radnor Township School District|date=June 12, 2023 }}
• Scott Kahoe ‘05 played professional lacrosse for the Boston Cannons and Florida Launch{{cite web|url=http://www.guhoyas.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/roster/scott-kahoe/2493|title=4 Scott Kahoe|publisher=Georgetown University}}
• Sunil Tripathi '08 Misidentified suspect of Boston Marathon bombing{{cite web|url=https://www.delcotimes.com/2013/04/25/body-identified-as-missing-college-student-radnor-high-grad-sunil-tripathi/|title=Body identified as missing college student, Radnor High grad Sunil Tripathi|date=April 25, 2013 |publisher=Delco Times}}
• Ari Staprans Leff '12 is a multi-platinum singer, songwriter, and record producer.[https://www.delcotimes.com/news/radnor-high-school-class-of/article_ebcf09c6-d664-52d3-a2b4-d21398e6edfd.html "Radnor High School Class of 2012"], Delaware County Daily Times, June 8, 2012
• Mark Zandi, an American economist who is the chief economist of Moody's Analytics.

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• Radnor High School was said to have been an inspiration for Rydell High in Grease as director Randal Kleiser attended Radnor.{{cite web | url=https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/movies/grease-rydell-high-hbo-max-streaming-summer-loving-radnor-high-school-20191017.html | title='Grease's' Rydell High, inspired by Radnor High School, is getting an HBO Max series | date=October 17, 2019 }}

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• [http://www.rtsd.org/Domain/102 Radnor High School Website]
• [http://www.rtsd.org//site/Default.aspx?PageID=1 Radnor Township School District Website]

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