Charleston High School (Illinois)

Charleston High School
Charleston High School
Address
	1615 Lincoln Ave; Charleston, Coles, Illinois 61920; United States
Coordinates	39°29′07″N 88°09′52″W / 39.485341°N 88.164520°W
Information
Type	Public
School district	Charleston Community Unit School District 1
Principal	Trevor Doughty
Grades	9-12
Number of students	791 (2014-15)
Color(s)	Scarlet and Gold;
Athletics conference	Apollo Conference
Mascot	Trojans
Rival	Mattoon High School (Coles County Clash)
Website	School website

Charleston High School is a public high school in Charleston, Illinois, United States.

History

It is among the few public high schools in Illinois to receive a distinguished GreatSchools Rating of 8 out of 10. Charleston High School serves grades 9-12 in the Charleston CUSD 1 district. The AP® participation rate at Charleston High School is 12 percent. The student body makeup is 51 percent male and 49 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 6 percent. The total enrollment from the year 2011 was 809. There are also 50 full-time teachers on the staff of Charleston High School. The student teacher ratio is 16:1. They are rated from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) at 84. They did not meet the education standards for 2011. Charleston High School offers AP courses in nine subjects. They meet the immunization protection levels required by the state. 61.3% of students met PSAE standards in the year 2011. Charleston High School follows Illinois and Charleston CUSD 1 District guidelines. The community rating for this school is four out of five stars. This is the reported crime rate since 2006 - 0 for Assault/Battery, 1 for Weapons, and 10 for Drugs. At Charleston High School in Spring 2010, 33.7% of juniors scored high enough on at least three of the four parts of the ACT to be considered “college-ready” for key freshman classes.

Sports

Boys

Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Soccer
Swimming & Diving
Tennis
Track & Field
Wrestling

Girls

Basketball
Cross Country
Cheerleading
Dance
Golf
Softball
Soccer
Swimming & Diving
Tennis
Track & Field
Volleyball

Notable alumni

Ray Fisher, Former NFL player
Jeff Gossett, Former NFL player
Stan Royer, Former MLB player (St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox)

References

^ http://www.charleston.k12.il.us/chs/index.html
^ http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/sch_info_popup.asp?Type=Public&ID=170960000567
^ "Charleston High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 28, 2017.

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[1] ttp://www.charleston.k12.il.us/chs/index.html

[nces-2] ttp://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/sch_info_popup.asp?Type=Public&ID=170960000567

[3] "Charleston High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 28, 2017.

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