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Streamwood High School

701 W Schaumburg Rd, Streamwood, IL, 60107-1299 -

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Definition of Terms

Streamwood High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Cook County, IL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2207 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

128 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 600 students

Grade 10 - 601 students

Grade 11 - 528 students

Grade 12 - 478 students

This School

(IL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:17

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(IL) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	9%	2%
% Hispanic	39%	10%
% Black	6%	19%
% White	46%	66%

Additional Student Information

This School

(IL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

30%

22%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(IL) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

46 School District

This School's Agency

(IL) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	56	3
Number of Students Managed	40,612 students	984 students
District Total Revenue	$361,325,000	$9,428,000
District Expenditure	$372,964,000	$9,311,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,897	$9,581
District Expenditure / Student	$9,184	$9,462
District Graduation Rates	81%	92%

Streamwood High teacher files discrimination charges against U-46 (Daily Herald)
posted on November 12, 2009 at 03:02:16 pm
A group of Elgin Area School District U-46 administrators will participate in a December fact-finding conference at the Illinois Department of Human Rights on charges that they discriminated against a Streamwood High School teacher.
U46 cuts may run deep (The Courier News)
posted on November 8, 2009 at 06:44:58 am
It's a situation that is seen by coaches across the area: juniors who don't make the varsity squad often end up as stars the next year. Even though it's more typical for exceptional athletes in School District U46 to be good from the start, there are exceptions to the rule, coaches say. Lower-level teams provide a chance to play for athletes who may not be as talented, are less experienced or ...
Flu-stricken St. Charles East H.S. to reopen (WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago)
posted on October 23, 2009 at 02:41:32 pm
(WBBM) -- Although plenty of students are still ailing, St. Charles District 303 school officials have decided to reopen St. Charles East High School on Monday. The school has had its teachers contact students from their second period classes each day to determine how they are doing. On Wednesday, 34 percent of the 1,751 students contacted said they would have been too ill to attend class ...
U46 staff braces for the 'inevitable' (The Courier News)
posted on October 23, 2009 at 09:52:21 am
ELGIN -- Nontenured teachers are scared. Secretaries are scared. Teachers' aides are scared. Many School District U46 staff contacted The Courier-News by e-mail, phone calls and in-person conversations, saying they fear that come next school year, they may be out of a job. A teacher at Streamwood High School who wished to remain anonymous said that following a PowerPoint presentation/handout was ...
North-East football game on for Saturday (The Courier News)
posted on October 23, 2009 at 09:52:21 am
The Upstate Eight Conference football contest between St. Charles North and host St. Charles East originally scheduled for tonight has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday.East High has been closed since Wednesday due to a flu outbreak, but will be allowed to resume athletic activities this weekend.As a result of the football game being moved, the St. Charles East Class 3A Boys Soccer Regional ...

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Streamwood High School, or SHS, is a public four-year high school located in Streamwood, Illinois, a north-west suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Elgin Area School District U46, which also includes Bartlett High School, Larkin High School, South Elgin High School, and Elgin High School. It is also the home of the World Languages and International Studies (WLIS) Academy.
Academics
In 2005, Streamwood had an average composite ACT score of 19.0, and graduated 87.9% of its senior class. The average class size is 28.925. Streamwood has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examinations, a statewide test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Athletics
Streamwood competes in the Upstate Eight Conference. Its nickname is the Sabres.
Fight Song: (Tune of Ohio State's Across the Field)
Forward always Streamwood High School
Let your colors show
We know that we will always be victorious everywhere we go
GO! FIGHT! WIN!
We've got spirit, more than the rest
Streamwood High is none but the best
Streamwood whose high school teams
Are the greatest in Illinois
(interlude)
Fight
to the Sabres the Sabres of SHS
Activities
Student Government
Class Council
Principal's Student Advisory Board
Student Council
Student Advisory
Student Evaluation Board
Special Interest Groups
Anime Club
Art Club
Book Club
Chess Club
Creative Writing Club
German Club!
(HOME) Helpers of my Earth
Junior National Association of the Deaf
Mathletes
Multi Cultural Club(MCC)
National Honor Society
Photography Club
Peer Mediators
Scholastic Bowl
Sign Language Club
Social Activities Club
Student Opposed to Drugs and Alcohol (SODA)
Spanish Club
Publications
Yearbook
Fine Arts
Art Club
Band
Drama Club
Media Club
Choir
Photography Club
Plays
Orchestra
HOSA
Career Planning Clubs
CWT - Co-op Work Program
DECA
Future Career & Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
Home Economics Related Occupations Club (HERO)
Future Teacher's Club
HOSA Club-Health Occupations
Office Education Association
Student Assistance Program
Athletic - Associated Clubs
ACE (Athletes Committed to Excellence)
Ski/Snowboard Club
Hockey Club (Co-op with Larkin High School)
Notable alumni
John Garcia, Class of 1982, Broadcast Journalist, ABC network affiliate WLS Channel 7 News, Chicago
Matt Ulrich, Class of 2000, inactive professional American football offensive lineman, most recently with the Indianapolis Colts.
External links
Official Website

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