Romeoville High School

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Romeoville High School

Established	1963
Type	Public Secondary
Principal	John Sparlin
Faculty	198
Students	1,750
Grades	9 through 12
Location	100 N Independence Blvd., Romeoville, Illinois, USA
District	District 365U
Campus	Suburban
Colors	blue, white, orange
Nickname	Spartans
Newspaper	The Spartus
Website	[http://www.vvsd.org/rhs

Opened in 1963 as Lockport West, Romeoville High School, or RHS, is a public four-year high school located in Romeoville, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Valley View School District 365U, which also includes Bolingbrook High School. It has been officially called Romeoville High School since the 1974-75 school year. Romeoville's Spartan Athletic Teams compete in the Southwest Prairie Conference for the past two years. Prior to that, they competed in the SICA conference.

[edit] General Info

City: ROMEOVILLE, IL

School type: HIGH SCHOOL

Grades: 9 10 11 12

Schools in district: 17

District: VALLEY VIEW CUSD #365U

School Enrollment: 1985

White students: 60.6%

Black students: 18.0%

Hispanic students: 15.9%

Asian students: 5.6%

Native American students: 0.0%

Low income: 17.4%

Parental involvement: 87.2%

Attendance rate: 90.9%

Mobility rate: 20.2%

Chronic truants: 34

Chronic truants rate: 1.8%

Dropout rate: 4.0%

High School graduation rate: 87.1%

HS graduation rate for male students: 82.8%

HS graduation rate for female students: 90.8%

HS graduation rate for white students: 86.6%

HS graduation rate for black students: 89.8%

HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 86.1%

HS graduation rate for Asian students: 87.1%

Average ACT composite score: 18.7

Average ACT English score: 17.8

Average ACT Math score: 18.7

Average ACT Reading score: 19.0

Average ACT Science score: 19.0

ACT test takers: 4

ACT % of school: 86.0%

Average class size HS: 22.1

Total number of teachers in district: 707

Teachers with bachelor's degree: 43.3%

Teachers with master's degree: 56.7%

Classes not taught by highly qualifed teachers: 0.0%

Male teachers: 25.5%

Female teachers: 74.5%

Teacher experience average: 17.0

Teacher/student ratio: 21.3

Statistics about ROMEOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL in ROMEOVILLE, IL

Average teacher salary: $53,344

Average administration staff salary: $97,767

Dollars spent per student: $6,502

Operating expenditure for instruction: $47,436,687

Operating expenditure for supporting services: $29,616,315

Operating expenditure for administration: $1,217,446

Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $25,376,391

Limited English Proficient students: 4.9%

Info obtained by www.schools-data.com

[edit] Miscellaneous Information

• Romeoville High School has been called "RHS", "Big Blue", and "The 'Ville" by students, especially for athletic purposes.

• 1992 graduate Ernest Benion went on to wrestle for the University of Illinois, where he was an NCAA Champion in 1995.

• Oliver Gibson of Romeoville High School played football at Notre Dame University, and Professionally for Pittsburgh and Cinncinatti.