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Peoria Heights High School
Address
Map
508 East Glen Avenue

Peoria Heights
,
Peoria County
,
Illinois
61616

USA
Coordinates40°44′44″N 89°35′9″W / 40.74556°N 89.58583°W / 40.74556; -89.58583
Information
TypeComprehensive Public High School
School districtPeoria Heights Community Unit School District 325
PrincipalMr. Joseph Stoner
Grades9–12
Enrollment223 (2014-15)[1]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)      Red, White, Blue
Athletics conferencePrairieland
MascotPatriots
PSAE average42%
Feeder schoolsPeoria Heights Grade School
WebsitePeoria 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,[2] and also includes Peoria Heights Grade School.[3][4] 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.[5]

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%.[6]

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.[4] The school's boys baseball team won the 2017 1A state championship.[7]

The school competes in the following sports:[8]

Other school activities include:[8]

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. ^ "Peoria Heights High School". Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. ^ "School District Demographic System". US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Statistics. 2000. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Peoria Heights C.U.S.D. #325". Peoria Heights C.U.S.D. #325. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  4. ^ a b "IHSA Peoria Heights High School". IHSA. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Interactive Illinois Report Card". Illinois State Board of Education. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  7. ^ "IHSA Peoria Heights High School Season Summary". IHSA. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Peoria Heights High School 2009-2010 School Year Academics and Athletics". Peoria Heights High School. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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