| Definition of Terms |
Crystal Lake Central High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Mchenry County, IL |
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| Total Students |
1411 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
52% /
48% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
80 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 369 students | | Grade 10 - 354 students | | Grade 11 - 333 students | | Grade 12 - 355 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:18 |
1:16 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
2% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
12% |
10% |
| % Black |
1% |
19% |
| % White |
84% |
66% |
| % Unknown |
1 % |
4% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
10% |
22% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
1% |
4% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Community High 155 School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
4 |
3 |
| Number of Students Managed |
6,939 students |
984 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$74,692,000 |
$9,428,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$64,488,000 |
$9,311,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$10,764 |
$9,581 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$9,294 |
$9,462 |
| District Graduation Rates |
91% |
92% |
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- Crystal Lake Central High School, often referred to as "Central" or "CLC," is the oldest of the three high schools in Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States.
- History
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The school's current building was built in 1924, and was originally known as Crystal Lake Community High School. Before then it was located at what is now Husmann Elementary School across the street. After Crystal Lake South was founded in 1978, Crystal Lake Community High School changed its name to Crystal Lake Central High School. Crystal Lake Central has the largest campus, but is the least populated of the four high schools in District 155 of Illinois, with a 2006-2007 year population of less than 1500.
- Athletics
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Its mascot is the Tiger, with school colors orange and black. Traditionally, it has been a cross-town rival with CLS, sharing both a football and baseball rivalry. Recently, Prairie Ridge's basketball team has provided competition for CLC's team. Also South and Central don't compete against each other anymore because of recent changes. Central's Girls Volleyball team were class 3A state champions in 2007 after going 42-0.
- The original school was opened in 1884. The building which still houses the school wasn’t created until 1924 and didn’t get its first state title until 1946, when Harold Legel won the state discus championship.
- The Tigers were a football force in the area before the creation of new schools depleted their player pool. Central was represented in the NFL by John Bock, Bob Franz and Keith Kinderman. One of the greatest stories in Illinois High School basketball has a Crystal Lake connection as well. Fritz Schneider scored 34 points for the Tigers in a 71-68 win of Alden-Hebron in 1952. It was the Giants' only loss of a state championship season, despite the school’s enrollment of less than 100. The basketball team again made some history in 1991.
- Hosting Woodstock in a hotly contested Fox Valley Conference game, the two teams played to a final score of 123-117. The game produced more points in 32 minutes than any NBA game or any listed on The Associated Press' college scorelist that night and was picked by the Northwest Herald No. 1 on the list of memorable games in the McHenry County area for the century.
- Ten players scored in double figures, which is a state record.
- "When I tell people the score," Woodstock coach Eddie Mickhead said, "they think it was triple overtime."
- Baseball coach Jeff Aldridge led the baseball team to a 29-6-1 record in 2003, winning the Fox Valley Conference and the school’s first regional title in over 40 years. That team was led by a trio of stars, pitchers Ted Ratliff and Bobby Steinsdoerfer, and shortstop Adam Varrassi; and took the Tigers to the state quarterfinals.
- The boys distance runners at Central have a storied past as well, winning 10 of the last 11 FVC titles. The boys track team has won 18 conference championships and won every year save one (finishing second) from 1982-1997.
- Notable alumni
- Tom Amandes - Class of 77, American actor and a veteran of both film and television, including TV Series Everwood
- John Bock - offensive lineman for the Miami Dolphins
- Mike Felumlee - Drummer for Smoking Popes, Alkaline Trio, as well as others.
- Phyllis Morse - Class of 52, an archaeologist.
- Mike Myers - pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Chicago White Sox
- David Radford, 2006 - American Idol contestant
- Chuck Swenson - Class of 72, Son of Basketball Coach John Swenson went on to Indiana and was manager for undefeated 76 Indiana Hoosiers and then was assistant coach at Army and Duke with Coach Krzyzewski , later was Head Coach at William & Mary. Swenson later came back to Duke as Coach K Director of Basketball Operations.
- Brittney Theriault, 2001 - 14th place female finisher of the Chicago Marathon 2007
- Notable Achievements
- Boys Cross Country IHSA State Champions, 1995.
- Girls Volleyball- Class 3A IHSA State champions (2007) with an undefeated record of 42-0. Crystal Lake was ranked No. 6 on the top 100 teams in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com.
- Girls Poms- The Tiger Poms have won 13 State Championships since 1997. 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. In 2006 and 2007 Central took home 2 state trophies. Also, in 2009 Central took home 3 state trophies, one being the Dance AA Grand State Champions.
- Boys Baseball in Spring '08, placed 4th at state.
- Wrestling in 2009, placed 3rd place at state, and had two first place state wrestlers.
- Clubs
- Cheerleading
- Color guard
- Debate
- Foreign Exchange Program
- French Club
- Gaming Club
- German Club
- Improv
- Ind. Speech Events
- Intramural Sports
- Jazz Band
- WYSE
- Literary Magazine
- Madrigals
- Mentors
- National Honor Society
- Pom Pons
- Scholastic Bowl
- Science Olympiad
- Spanish Club
- Student Council
- Student Newspaper
- Thespians/Stage Crew
- Tiger Leaders
- Varsity Club
- Web Club
- Yearbook "Tiger Tales"
- External links
- clcfootball.org – Tiger Football Website
- - CLC Choirs
- 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 (60014) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
44,468 people |
12,207,380 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
43% |
24% |
| Population Average Age |
34 years old
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33 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.9 persons
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2.6 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$69,395
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$46,557 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
6.8 rooms |
5.4 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
31 years old |
49 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
82% / 18% |
62% / 38% |
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