Pine Creek High School is a public high school in Academy School District 20 that serves the Pine Creek, Gleneagle, Black Forest, Northgate, Cordera, and Flying Horse Ranch neighborhoods of north Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school opened in 1998 and currently serves approximately 1,500 students in grades 9 through 12. Pine Creek, to the other students of Academy District 20, is classified as the rival, and nicknamed "Pine Crack".Achievements and recognitionThe school has won many John Irwin School of Excellence Awards, and scores well on the TCAP .Pine Creek DECA has had the largest number of Colorado participants eligible for the National DECA competition for many years running.Extracurricular activitiesPine Creek offers a diverse collection of activities for student participation. The school allows its students to design their own clubs (with the approval of a few teachers and administrators) if they are not satisfied with current clubs. The school has seen many victories in various athletics over the few years it has existed.AthleticsFootballThe football team regularly makes it to the 4A Colorado playoffs. In 2011, The team competed in its first State Championship against Valor Christian but lost, 66-10. In 2013, Pine Creek won its first state football championship, beating Montrose High School, 49–14, and bringing a football championship to Colorado Springs for the first time in more than a decade. In 2014, the school went through the season undefeated and beat Longmont High School, 45-20, en route to their second straight 4A championship. In 2016, the school won its third state championship in four years defeating Broomfield High School. They have won 25 straight games and have qualified in the state championship three times in the last four years.
