Payson-Seymour High School
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| name = Payson-Seymour High School
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| streetaddress = 420 W. Brainard
| city = Payson
| state = Illinois
| zipcode = 62360
| country = United States
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| district = Payson Community Unit 1
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| principal = Greg Buescher
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| teaching_staff = 17.40 (FTE)
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| gender = coed
| schooltype = public secondary
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| campus type = rural
| conference = Pike County Conference{{cite web |title=School Directory: Payson (Seymour) |publisher=Illinois High School Association (IHSA) |date=26 February 2016 |url=http://www.ihsa.org/Schools/SchoolDirectory.aspx?url=/data/school/p.htm |access-date=1 March 2016}}
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| motto = Hail to Blue and White{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}
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| mascot = Indian
| team_name = (Lady) Indians
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| enrollment = 229 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1730990&ID=173099003226|title=Seymour High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=January 27, 2025}}
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Payson-Seymour High School is a rural high school (grades 7–12) in Payson, Adams County, Illinois.
The ethnicity of the student population is 98% White, non-Hispanic and 2% two or more races.{{cite web|title=Seymour High School|url=http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/sch_info_popup.asp?Type=Public&ID=173099003226|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=1 March 2016}}
The district which the school belongs to is in Adams County, and includes the municipalities of Payson and Plainville, the census-designated places of Burton, Fall Creek, and Richfield, and most of the Adams CDP.{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st17_il/schooldistrict_maps/c17001_adams/DC20SD_C17001.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Adams County, IL|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|date=December 22, 2020|access-date=2025-06-02}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st17_il/schooldistrict_maps/c17001_adams/DC20SD_C17001_SD2MS.txt Text list]
Sports
The school has several sports teams. The sports that the school offers are:
Fall:
- Boys & Girls Golf
- Volleyball
- Co-Op Football
Winter:
- Boys & Girls Basketball
- Cheerleading
- Dance
Spring:
- Baseball
- Softball
- Track
References
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External links
- [http://www.cusd1.org/PJHSHS/ School Website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070220191935/http://www.cusd1.org/hs/ Payson Community Unit School District 1]
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Category:Schools in Adams County, Illinois
Category:Public high schools in Illinois
Category:Public middle schools in Illinois
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