Freeport High School (Illinois)

Freeport High School
Address
701 W. Moseley St.
Freeport, Illinois, 61032
USA
Information
School type public secondary
School district Freeport S.D. 145
Superintendent Dr. Peter Flynn[1]
Principal Professor Nate Arendt
Grades 912
Enrollment 1,314[2]
Average class size 16.9[2]
Campus type rural
Color(s)      orange
     black[3]
Fight song "On Freeport", composed by L. M. Hyatt
Athletics conference NIC-10
Team name Pretzels/Lady Pretzels[3]
Average ACT scores 19.7[2]
Newspaper Pretz News
Yearbook Polaris
Website

Freeport High School is a public secondary school located in Freeport, Illinois. Their sport teams are named the Pretzels.

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Academics

In 2009, Freeport had an average composite ACT score of 19.7, and graduated 85.8% of its senior class.[2] Freeport has not made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test used in Illinois to fulfill the mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.[2] All three of the school's student subgroups failed to meet expectations in reading, and two of the three subgroups failed to meet expectations in mathematics.[2] Overall the school failed to meet expectations in both reading and mathematics.[2]

Athletics

The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournaments:[4]

Notable alumni

Notable staff

References

  1. ^ "Superintendent's Office". Freeport School District 145. http://www.freeportschooldistrict.com/141610119104425227/site/default.asp. Retrieved 17 December 2009. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Illinois School Report Card". Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). 2009. http://webprod.isbe.net/ereportcard/publicsite/getReport.aspx?year=2009&code=0808914500001_e.pdf. Retrieved 22 December 2009. 
  3. ^ a b "Freeport (H.S.)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 16 December 2009. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/0619.htm. Retrieved 17 December 2009. 
  4. ^ "IHSA Season Summaries". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 16 November 2009. http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum0619.htm. Retrieved 17 December 2009. 
  5. ^ "Season Summaries for Freeport High School". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum0619.htm. Retrieved 13 August 2009. 
  6. ^ Prell, Edward (7 February 1947). "Kentucky Five Proves Rupp's a Good Coach". Chicago Daily Tribune. pp. 25. http://www.nileslibrary.org:2065/pqdweb?index=546&did=473634432&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1250139034&clientId=68442. Retrieved 13 August 2009. "Adolph Rupp is the kind of basketball coach who never forgets a defeat. In 1928, he took his Freeport [Ill.] High school kids to the state tournament ..." 

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