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Plainfield South High School

7800 W Caton Farm Rd, Plainfield, IL, 60586 -

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Definition of Terms

Plainfield South High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Will County, IL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2325 students

% Male / % Female

49% / 51%

Total Classroom Teachers

152 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 516 students

Grade 10 - 453 students

Grade 11 - 741 students

Grade 12 - 615 students

This School

(IL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:15

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(IL) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	3%	2%
% Hispanic	19%	10%
% Black	8%	19%
% White	69%	66%
% Unknown	1 %	4%

Additional Student Information

This School

(IL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

n/a

22%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

n/a

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(IL) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Plainfield 202 School District

This School's Agency

(IL) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	25	3
Number of Students Managed	24,371 students	984 students
District Total Revenue	$191,968,000	$9,428,000
District Expenditure	$223,737,000	$9,311,000
District Revenue / Student	$7,877	$9,581
District Expenditure / Student	$9,180	$9,462
District Graduation Rates	88%	92%

Heartland catcher to play for Chicago State (The Pantagraph)
posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:29:20 am
NORMAL — Heartland College catcher Tony Sanchez has committed tosign a national letter of intent to play baseball at ChicagoState.
Area schedule (The Herald News)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 07:14:27 am
A roundup of upcoming sports events.
Stankus lifts Plainfield S. in OT (The Herald News)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 07:14:27 am
In Game 1, Paige Stankus gained a new appreciation as to why members ofthe Plainfield South High School girls basketball team are required toregularly practice shooting free throws.
Local digest (The Herald News)
posted on November 18, 2009 at 07:20:07 am
A roundup of local results.
classroom notes (The Herald News)
posted on November 15, 2009 at 10:01:04 am
Plainfield South High School inducted new members into its foreign language honor societies on Nov. 3. The following students were inducted into a foreign language honor society at Plainfield South.

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Plainfield South High School, or PSHS, is a four-year public high school located in Joliet, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of the Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202, which also includes three other high schools: Plainfield Central High School, Plainfield North High School and Plainfield East High School.
The school's address, phone number, and school district belong to Plainfield, however, the school is within the Joliet city limits.
History
Plainfield South High School opened its doors in August 2001. The school was the second high school in Plainfield School District 202 and its location, south of the original Plainfield High School, gave it its name.
Plainfield South had an initial enrollment of only Freshman and Sophomores. An additional freshman class was added each of the next two years, until PSHS had a full complement of classes in the school year 2003-04.
The school itself consists of more than 200 classrooms, a competition gymnasium, fieldhouse, auditorium, media center, state of the art technology, cafeteria and commons area. Outdoor facilities include a 4,000 seat stadium, baseball and softball diamonds, soccer fields, tennis courts and an all weather track. The stadium is serviced by a "stadium building" which includes locker rooms, a training room, restroom facilities and concession area.
The class of 2004 named Cletus the Cougar as the school's official mascot. During the 2004-2005 school year, the school song was changed from a piece written by Brian Van Kley, the original band director, to the University of Michigan fight song.
Bands
Plainfield South's band program has in its short history acquired numerous awards and traveled across the country to such locations as New York City in 2007 and Orlando, Florida in 2005 and 2009. Plainfield South students regularly win spots in the 9th district IMEA band, generally regarded as the most competitive district in Illinois. In addition, the marching band has begun to have a reputation as a climbing band on the competition circuit ever since having won it's first award, a second place title at the Downers Grove Music Bowl in 2005

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