As Herron is becoming better known, Herron High School is able to accept more and more students. To accommodate the incoming students, Herron High School is adding more buildings to its campus, such as Fesler, its newest addition.

“There are 156 (students) in the class of 2015.  There are 85 more students this year over last year and 30 more freshman this year than last (the rest being transfers),” said Mrs. House, Herron High School Admissions Coordinator.

This year has the largest freshman class in the history of Herron with a total of 156 students. Students from over 70 districts of Indiana applied.  

“Student are from just about everywhere.  There is really no specific area that they come from,” said Mrs. Torres, Dean of Students.

Herron has many qualities that attract new students.

“I think that the college preparatory [attracts students to Herron].  If your student plans to go to college and you have those expectations, then this is the place for them to be,” said Mrs. Torres.  

Elise Collins, a freshman from St. Simon, chose to come to Herron for different reasons.

“I like the diversity, atmosphere, and the teaching style.  All the students I talked to love the school and that’s rare to find a school where everyone loves it,” said Collins.

While the school is growing, the class sizes remain under 24 students and quality of the teachers remains the same. 

“Yes I like the class size. It’s bigger than what I am used to, but it’s smaller than let’s say Tech or North Central.  It’s the perfect balance,” said Tatum Theaman, a freshman from Center for Inquiry.

The faculty at Herron thought seriously about how the new school year would function with the growing number of students. 

“We’re finding the stakes of having more students will really play into the organization of everything.  We really had to think in depth, of course, before we started how to manage going from one building to the other,” said Mrs. Torres. 

The main building is set to be finished and opened in the year of 2013-14.  This new building will allow Herron High School to add more students to the school; however, the cutoff remains at 600 students.

“I think it’s exciting to see the growth, and to see what’s happening with these historic buildings,” said Torres. 

Devon Hoover, a sophomore transfer student from Center Grove High School, shares Torres’ excitement.

“I am happy that we get to share the knowledge that we are learning with more students,” said Hoover.

Herron has grown from a small, fairly unknown student high school to a larger, award-winning student high school over the six years it’s been open.   The amount of new students exemplifies a great achievement that Herron High School has reached.