Knoxville High School (Illinois)

Knoxville High School
Address
Map
600 East Main Street

Knoxville, Illinois
61448

United States
Coordinates40°54′25″N 90°16′34″W / 40.907°N 90.276°W / 40.907; -90.276
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoWe Are Knoxville
School districtKnoxville Community Unit School District 202
SuperintendentAndrea Guerrero
PrincipalJohn Neubaum[1]
Assistant Principal/Activities DirectorBrad Weedman
Administrative AssistantSandy Pemberton
School Board PresidentVicki Rose
Teaching staff22.80 (FTE) (2022–2023)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment314 (2022–2023)[2]
Student to teacher ratio13.77 (2022–2023)[2]
Color(s)   Navy and gold
Fight songKnoxville Cheer Song
Athletics conferenceLincoln Trail Conference
MascotBullet Bird
NicknameBlue Bullets
Rival
YearbookThe Jester
Websitebluebullets.org/page/knoxville-high-school-home

Knoxville High School (KHS) is a public four-year high school in Knoxville, Illinois, United States. KHS is part of Knoxville Community Unit School District 202, which also includes Knoxville Junior High School, and Mable Woolsey Elementary School. The campus is located in 6 miles southeast of Galesburg, Illinois, and serves a mixed small city and rural residential community. The school is in the Galesburg micropolitan statistical area which includes all of Knox and Warren counties.[3]

Academics

Knoxville High School is currently under Academic Early Warning Status. In 2009, 49% of students tested met or exceeded state standards. KHS did not make Adequate Yearly Progress in 2009 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 and 2009 was 95%.[4]

In 2009 the faculty was 69 teachers, averaging 15.0 years of experience, and of whom 30% held an advanced degree. The average class size was 14.3. The student to faculty ratio was 13.5. The district's instructional expenditure per student was $3,972. School enrollment decreased from 375 to 323 (14%) in the period of 1999-2009[4] As of 2013, the current student enrollment is 304.

Athletics

Knoxville High School competes in the Lincoln Trail Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Bullet Bird.

References

  1. ^ "KHS Staff". Knoxville CUSD #202. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Search for Public Schools - Knoxville Sr High School (172139002407)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Archived from the original on January 6, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Knoxville Senior High School | School Snapshot (2020–21)". Illinois Report Card. Archived from the original on October 24, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022.


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