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1965 – present · 69969 US 31 South
When the new high school opened in 1965, the township's high school course moved south of town to 69969 US 31 South — on the St. Joseph County side of the county line, as the line evidence in the next article shows. The opening year stands on two carriers: the old school's nomination ("when LaVille High School was built," classes moving out in 1965) and the school's own athletics site, which dates its sectional-title history "since the inception of the school in 1965." The school serves grades 7–12. Its principal, as of November 2026, is Michael Edison — named in the school's carriers from his 2023–24 welcome letter through an athletics-site item of 13 April 2026 pairing "superintendent Keith Burke and principal Michael Edison"; Jennifer Beck is Assistant Principal in the 2026–27 handbook; Nicholas Amor became the school's 9th athletic director on 13 April 2026, succeeding Will Hostrawser. Earlier principals are not established and bank as a gap on the corporation's handbooks and directories by year; additions and renovations to the building were found in no carrier opened and bank the same way. Enrollment prints by year and source, never merged: 554 students with 38.00 FTE teachers, ratio 14.58 (NCES, 2023–24); 546 (PublicSchoolReview, 2025); 526 (a DonorsChoose figure). Identifiers: NCES School ID 181191001879; the school's IDOE number was not directly carried and is not inferred — it banks as a gap on the state school directory.
The Lancers' record prints at carrier strength. The conference line is a dated sequence, not one flat claim: a Northern State Conference title in 1986 (the school's own article of 14 October 2022, calling the 2022 title the first since 1986); the Hoosier North Athletic Conference in the older reference carrier; the 2022 HNAC title itself; and by the school's own preview of 22 August 2025, membership in the Indiana Northern State Conference, where LaVille plays as "the only Class 1A school in the INSC" — a football-classification statement, printed as such. Football, from the athletics site: before 2012 the school had won three sectional titles since 1965; since 2013 it has played for a sectional championship eight times with three titles; its last sectional title before the November 2023 preview was 2021 (41–0 over Pioneer); Matt Thacker was named the school's 15th head football coach on 10 February 2026, succeeding Jeff Kaiser. An IndianaMat carrier places Cartwright as a 285-pound heavyweight in its 2017–18 coverage (LaPorte Sectional title, Crown Point Regional second, an overtime loss in the East Chicago Semistate ticket round); the weight class of the 2019 state final itself is not directly carried and banks as a gap on the IHSAA's 2019 finals bracket.