Peoria Heights High School

Peoria Heights High School
Address
508 East Glen Avenue
Peoria Heights, Illinois, Peoria County, 61616
USA
Coordinates 40°44′44″N 89°35′9″W / 40.74556°N 89.58583°WCoordinates: 40°44′44″N 89°35′9″W / 40.74556°N 89.58583°W
Information
Type Comprehensive Public High School
School district Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325
Principal Mr. Joseph Stoner
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 223
Campus type Urban
Color(s)                Red, White, Blue
Athletics conference Prairieland
Mascot Patriots
PSAE average 42%
Feeder schools Peoria Heights Grade School
Website Peoria Heights High School

Peoria Heights High School, or PHHS, is a public four-year high school located at 508 East Glen Avenue in Peoria Heights, Illinois, a village in Peoria County, in the Midwestern United States. PHHS is part of Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325, which serves the community of Peoria Heights and a small section of Peoria,[1] and also includes Peoria Heights Grade School.[2][3] The campus is adjacent to the city of Peoria, and serves a mixed city and village residential community. The school district lies within the Peoria metropolitan statistical area.[4]

Academics

In 2009 Peoria Heights High School did not make Adequate Yearly Progress, with 42% of students meeting standards, on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act. The school's average high school graduation rate between 1999-2009 was 72%.[5]

Athletics and activities

Peoria Heights High School competes in the Prairieland Conference and is a member school of the Illinois High School Association. The PHHS mascot is the Patriots with colors of red, white, and blue.[3] The school has no state championships on record in team athletics and activities.[6]

The school competes in the following sports:[7]

Other school activities include:[7]

History

Peoria Heights High School was opened in 1971. Before that, High School students in the Peoria Heights area attended Richwoods High School in Peoria, until the late 1960s, when they attended Woodruff High School in Peoria.


References

  1. ↑ "School District Demographic System". US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Statistics. 2000. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "Peoria Heights C.U.S.D. #325". Peoria Heights C.U.S.D. #325. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "IHSA Peoria Heights High School". IHSA. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "Interactive Illinois Report Card". Illinois State Board of Education. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  6. ↑ "IHSA Peoria Heights High School Season Summary". IHSA. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Peoria Heights High School 2009-2010 School Year Academics and Athletics". Peoria Heights High School. Retrieved 10 February 2010.

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