Amboy High School

Amboy High School is a public four-year high school located at 11 East Hawley Avenue in Amboy, Illinois, a small city of Lee County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. It is part of Amboy Community Unit School District 272, which serves the communities of Amboy, Sublette, Harmon, and Eldena, and includes Amboy Junior High School, and Amboy Central Elementary School.[2][3] The campus is 12 miles southeast of Dixon, Illinois and serves a mixed small city, village, and rural residential community. The school lies within the Dixon micropolitan statistical area.[4]

Amboy High School
Address
11 East Hawley Avenue

Amboy
,
Lee County
,
Illinois
61310

USA
Coordinates41.7199°N 89.3335°W / 41.7199; -89.3335
Information
TypeComprehensive Public High School
Established1949
School districtAmboy Community Unit School District 272
PrincipalJanet Crownhart
Staff18.50 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment208 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.24[1]
Color(s)      Red, White, Black
Athletics conferenceNorthwest Upstate Illini Conference
NicknameClippers
YearbookAmboyan
Feeder schoolsAmboy Junior High School
Websitewww.amboy.net/ahs.html

Academics

In 2009 Amboy High School made Adequate Yearly Progress, and 69% of students met 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 and 2009 was 89%.[5]

Athletics

Amboy High School competes in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Clippers.[3] The school has 1 state championships on record in team athletics, Boys Football in 1984–1985.[6]

History

The current Amboy High School formed in 1949. The new school district replaced the former Amboy Township High School District. The North Central Association has given formal recognition status since 1924. The current building at Metcalf and Hawley Streets opened for grade 9 through 12 in September 1969, replacing the school building on Appleton Avenue, which now houses Amboy Junior High School.[7]

References
  1. "Amboy High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  2. "Amboy Community Unit School District #272". amboy.net. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. "Amboy High School". ihsa.org. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  4. U.S. Census Bureau. "Appendix II - Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: Concepts, Components, and Population" (PDF).
  5. "Illinois Report Card". niu.edu. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  6. "Season Summaries". ihsa.org. Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  7. "About Amboy High School". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
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