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Lewistown High School (Illinois)

Coordinates: 40°24′36″N 90°09′15″W / 40.40993°N 90.1543°W / 40.40993; -90.1543
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Lewistown High School
Address
Map
15205 North IL Route 100

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61542

Coordinates40°24′36″N 90°09′15″W / 40.40993°N 90.1543°W / 40.40993; -90.1543
Information
TypeComprehensive Public High School
School districtLewistown Community Unit School District 97
PrincipalMr. Clay Ginglen
Grades9–12
Enrollment219
Color(s)    Scarlet Red, Columbia Blue
Athletics conferencePrairieland
MascotIndians
PSAE average57%
YearbookLegend
WebsiteLewistown High School Website

Lewistown High School, or LHS, is a public four-year high school located at 15205 North IL Route 100 in Lewistown, Illinois, a small city in Fulton County, in the Midwestern United States. LHS is part of Lewistown Community Unit School District 97, which serves the communities of Bryant, Lewistown, Little America, and St. David.[1][2] The campus 13 miles southwest of Canton, and serves a mixed small city, village, and rural residential community. The school districts lies within the Canton micropolitan statistical area.[3]

Academics

In 2009 Lewistown High School did not make Adequate Yearly Progress, with 57% 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 86%.[4]

Athletics and activities

Lewistown High School competes in the Prairieland Conference and is a member school of the Illinois High School Association. The LHS mascot is the Indians with colors of scarlet red and columbia blue.[2] The school has one state championships on record in team athletics and activities, Boys Baseball in 1992-1993.[5]

The school offers competitive athletics opportunities in the following sports:[6]

The school offers the activitiees in the following areas:[7]

History

One source of potential material includes:.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Lewistown High School". Lewistown C.U.S.D. #97. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  2. ^ a b "IHSA Lewistown High School". IHSA. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Interactive Illinois Report Card". Illinois State Board of Education. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  5. ^ "IHSA Lewistown High School Season Summary". IHSA. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Lewsitown High School Athletics". Lewistown High School. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  7. ^ "Lewistown High School Organizations". Lewistown High School. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  8. ^ Motsinger, Kyle (2004). "Lewistown High School: School History". Lewistown High School. Retrieved 10 February 2010.