Waterloo High School (Illinois)

Waterloo High School is a high school in Waterloo, Illinois, and is the only public high school in the Waterloo area.

Waterloo High School
Address
505 East Bulldog Boulevard

Waterloo
,
Illinois
62298

United States
Coordinates38.31917°N 90.13917°W / 38.31917; -90.13917
Information
TypePublic
Established1895
School districtWaterloo Community Unit School District 5
PrincipalLori Costello
Staff51.29 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment804 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.68[1]
Color(s)  orange
  black
MascotBulldogs
Team nameBulldogs
YearbookWahischo
WebsiteWaterloo High School Website

Campus

In 2007, ground was broken on a new building. The school's cost is roughly $38 million. The school is built on 62 acres (250,000 m2)[2] of land and holds 1,400 students. The school has a total of 57 classrooms.

Waterloo High School has an auditorium that can hold 462 people. The school also has a fitness center and weight room used for PE students and athletes, four computer labs, a library, a cafeteria that can seat 600 students, band room, chorus room, and an engineering lab. The school has an interior courtyard area for agricultural classes.[3]

Sports

The school has a 20,040-square-foot (1,862 m2) gym that holds a total of 2,000 people. The school has six tennis courts, one softball field, one baseball field, and a football/soccer field as well as the marching field and a track.

Extracurricular activities

Waterloo High School offers a large number of extracurricular activities.[4]

  • Art Club
  • Auto Club
  • Band
  • Chess Club
  • Chorus
  • Diversity Club
  • Drama Club
  • FFA
  • FCA
  • Gaming Club
  • German Club
  • FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America)
  • Friends for Friends
  • Lifesavers
  • Math Team
  • NHS (National Honors Society)
  • Orange Crush (Pep Club)
  • Renaissance
  • Saturday Scholars
  • Science Club
  • Spanish Club
  • Speech Team
  • Scholar Bowl
  • SHOW (Students Helping Out Waterloo)
  • Student Council
  • Wahischo (Yearbook Committee)
  • WYSE

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Waterloo High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  2. "Guarantee Electrical Completes $38 Million, 227,000SF High School in Waterloo, Ill". Guarantee Electrical. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  3. "Guarantee's Innovative Electrical Design Advances Technology & Energy Savings at Two Illinois High Schools". Guarantee Electrical. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  4. "Extracurricular Activities". Waterloo Community Unit School District 5. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
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