Payson-Seymour High School

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| streetaddress = 420 W. Brainard

| city = Payson

| state = Illinois

| zipcode = 62360

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|39.8167|-91.2496|display=inline}}

| district = Payson Community Unit 1

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| principal = Greg Buescher

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| teaching_staff = 17.40 (FTE)

| ratio = 13.16

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| avg_class_size = 15.5{{Cite web|title=Illinois School Report Card |publisher=Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) |year=2009 |url=http://www.cusd1.org/highschool/HSReporCard08-09.pdf |access-date=29 December 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| ACT = 18.7

| gender = coed

| schooltype = public secondary

| grades = 712

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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

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