John Glenn has a First Class commissioned rating from the Indiana Department of Public Instruction.

[citation needed] The school was dedicated on October 20, 1968, with NASA astronaut John Glenn, for whom it is named, present.

[8] The student-teacher ratio is slightly larger than the state average at 20 (Indiana average is 17) Source: 1NCES, 2008-2009 John Glenn offers 13 AP and college-credit courses including : John Glenn offers the following foreign languages: Spanish Chinese The ethnic make-up of John Glenn is as follows: (State Averages in parentheses) White - 92% (73%) Hispanic - 5% (8%) Multiracial - 2% (4%) Black, non-Hispanic - >1% (12%) Asian - >1% (2%) Native American - >1% (>1%) Source: IN Dept.

(Taken from the student handbook) The school's literary magazine, The Aerial, was nominated for the highest award in Indiana, but ended up finishing second.

The Falcons were formerly rivals with the North Liberty Shamrocks; however, this rivalry ended after the two schools merged.