Independence High School provides high quality educational opportunities that elevate students’ learning experience. More than a dozen Advanced Placement opportunities, including AP Literature & Composition, AP Language & Composition, AP Psychology, AP US History, AP European History, AP Government, AP Economics, multiple AP Arts classes, AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics  – combined with Honors courses and a competitive College Credit Plus program with courses taught by our own IHS teachers, prepare your high schooler for college preparedness. The Cuyahoga Valley Career Center equips career-bound students with valuable trade skills, critical thinking, hands-on and problem solving opportunities with access to more than 90 tracks and courses. Summer enrichment courses are now being planned for the future as well.

With the growing importance of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics, our S.T.E.A.M. opportunities are intertwined from elementary through middle and high school. Students are exposed to exciting hands-on opportunities for growth and rigor, with problem solving and critical thinking skills at the forefront of all lessons.

With so many industries and companies right in our own backyard, opportunities for job placements, mentorships and internships for our students are always available.

Since 2000, Independence High School athletics teams have won nearly 90 conference championships, 35 district championships, 13 regional titles, 6 state runners up, and 3 state championships. In that time, dozens of student-athletes have gone onto successful college athletic careers at Division I, Division II, NAIA, and Division III. Our coaches in key athletic programs combine years of experience, strong connections with college coaches, and a pathway for success for your student-athlete.

Student Council, National Honor Society, Bio Society, Key Club, Mock Trial, Academic Challenge, E-Sports, Actively Caring for People (ACP), and more student-based leadership groups await your child at Independence High School, with many others at Independence Middle School and Primary School. Students will develop valuable leadership, communications, and teamwork skills to complement their classroom experience.

Completely enhanced weight room facilities, field house, and outdoor athletic amenities await your students at Independence. Aspects of Independence Middle and Primary School are being retrofitted for new opportunities including a AVTV studio, Two-Lane Track Hallway courtesy of the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, turfed auxiliary training room, and refurbished classrooms equipped with the latest technology create a first rate experience.

• Our performing arts courses and clubs, such as Band, Choir, Drama Club have earned statewide recognition

• Strength, Fitness, Health and Wellness Courses

• Hands-on, Problem-solving integration between Industrial Arts and Biology

• 3D Printers, laser engraver, engineering-prep courses, AutoCAD

• American Sign Language (with an ASL Honor Society)

• Dale Carnegie Leadership Training

• Two week, career shadowing senior experience

• Family and Consumer Science courses for critical thinking and skills application