Governor Mifflin Senior High School is the only secondary school in the Governor Mifflin School District. It is located in Shillington, Berks County, Pennsylvania and serves students in the Reading area. It is named for prestigious Revolutionary War major and the first governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin. Governor Mifflin Senior High School replaced Shillington High School in 1953. The Shillington High School building became the Governor Mifflin Junior High School. Governor Mifflin's mascot and logo is "Marvin the Mustang", and the school competes at the AAAAA and AAAAAA level in the PIAA categories. As Shillington High School, it was notably attended by famed American author John Updike.
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Governor Mifflin Senior High School has a total enrollment of 1303 students. The school has a student teacher ratio of 15:1 including a graduation rate of 90%. The percent female population is 48% and male is 52%.
Notable alumni
John Updike- Famed Pennsylvanian author, notable for the novel "Rabbit, Run".
The Governor Mifflin SGA is a student-run body that serves as the government of student affairs. They serve to organize events such as Homecoming, Mini-thon, miscellaneous spirit events, and Senior Awards.
The Governor Mifflin TSA is a prestigious organization founded in 2016. TSA is an Organization that seeks to empower students by exposing them to events in the engineering sphere as well as other creative disciplines. Students compete in regional, local, and can even qualify for national competitions. The TSA is run by Tyler "The Robot" Smith.
Mustang Mile and Key Club are Clubs run by serve in service roles in the school, community, and state. Members of these organization seek to aid new students, participate in donation drive events and soup kitchens, and assist in blood donations events through the Miller-Keystone Blood Center.
Ping Pong Club
Club has the largest membership of a club at Governor Mifflin High School after its creation in 2017 by Jakob Bolles who is also the current organizer. Students compete in three competitive brackets to decide who is the ultimate Ping Pong champion.
