| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| School Type |
Other/alternative school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Mclean County, IL |
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| Total Students |
622 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
46% /
54% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
42 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 164 students | | Grade 10 - 157 students | | Grade 11 - 145 students | | Grade 12 - 156 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:15 |
1:16 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
1% |
n/a |
| % Asian |
8% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
2% |
10% |
| % Black |
9% |
19% |
| % White |
80% |
66% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
n/a |
22% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
n/a |
4% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Isu Laboratory s School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
2 |
3 |
| Number of Students Managed |
1,050 students |
984 students |
| District Total Revenue |
n/a |
$9,428,000 |
| District Expenditure |
n/a |
$9,311,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
n/a |
$9,581 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
n/a |
$9,462 |
| District Graduation Rates |
99% |
92% |
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- University High School (commonly referred to as "U-High"), located in Normal, Illinois, is one of two "laboratory schools" of the College of Education at Illinois State University designed for research and teacher-training; the other is Thomas Metcalf School, an elementary school. University High School offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities and has a strong history of sports and academics. Founded in 1857, it is the oldest laboratory school and among the oldest high schools in the United States.
- The principal is currently Dr. Jeff Hill, and the vice principal is Stephen Wilder. The mascot is the Pioneer. The school colors are (kelly) green and gold.
- Student Enrollment
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U-High enrolls approximately 600 students while Metcalf enrolls about 400. However, the IHSA institutes an enrollment multiplier for schools such as U-High that do not have restrictive geographic boundaries for their students, thus classifying it as a larger school in athletic competitions. This multiplier counts each student as 1.65 students, thus moving the athletic division to AA as opposed to A as previous years.
- Important Traditions
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As one of the oldest high schools in Illinois, U-High has many established traditions and rituals. One of the most important of these is Class Night, an event which takes place in late May, usually the evening of the awards ceremony and the Senior Brunch. Class Night features a mix of student skits (which in recent years have been replaced by student-produced films), student bands, and the all-important Moving Up of Classes. In this ceremony, the seniors vacate their seats as a symbol of their departure from U-High and each class moves up to take the seats that they will occupy in the next year. The freshmen are welcomed into the U-High community, and the Lamp of Knowledge is passed from the departing seniors to the rising seniors. Class Night is always followed by a dance, which is usually fairly well attended.
- Other traditions include the senior chorus concert (where all the music is selected by seniors and each graduating choir member gets a solo), the football games, the welcoming of freshmen on the first day, and the "open campus" that students value so dearly. Individual activities have their own long-standing traditions, and each new class of students adds to them.
- Sports
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U-High is known nationally as being one of the best golfing schools in the country. The boy's team has won the IHSA state championship 7 years running, and the girl's team has won it 4 years in a row. U-High is also known for its basketball program which was home to coach Cal Hubbard. The girls' basketball team of 2007-2008 was just as strong, winning intercity, which they had not done in many years. The swimming, cross country, wrestling, football, and soccer teams as well as many more are also highly competitive in the IHSA. While not technically sports, U-High’s chess, speech, math, and WYSE teams are highly competitive. The math team received 7th place in 2007 and 9th place in 2008 for class 2A. For chess, in 2008 they scored 5-2 to win first in their class with an impressive win fourth round against number 1 seed Niles North. U-High’s WYSE team garnered 2nd place in their division. In 2009 the chess team went 6-1 to earn 6th place in the Illinois high school chess tournament. The Speech Team in 2009 took the Regional and Sectional Championship in both Regionals and Sectionals.
- Notable alumni
- Adlai Stevenson, Politician, former U.S. presidential candidate
- Ogonna Nnamani, Two-time U.S. indoor volleyball Olympian and winner of the Silver Medal
- Jim Crews, U-High basketball player, university-level player and coach
- External links
- Official web site for University High School
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (61790) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
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12,207,380 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
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24% |
| Population Average Age |
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33 years old |
| Average Household size |
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2.6 persons |
| Median Household Income |
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$46,557 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
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5.4 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
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49 years old |
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62% / 38% |
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