Peoria Heights High School
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{{Infobox school
| name = Peoria Heights High School
| logo = Phhslogo.jpg
| logo_alt = The Peoria Heights High School Patriots mascot
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| streetaddress = 508 East Glen Avenue
| city = Peoria Heights
| state = Illinois
| zipcode = 61616
| county = Peoria County
| country = USA
| coordinates = {{coord|40|44|44|N|89|35|9|W|region:US-IL_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| type = Comprehensive Public High School
| established =
| district = Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325
| principal = Terry Mooney
| grades = 9–12
| enrollment = 206 (2017-18){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1731270&ID=173127003300|title=Peoria Heights High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=24 November 2019}}
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| campus type = Urban
| colors = {{Color box|red|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}} Red, White, Blue
| conference = Prairieland
Inter County Athletic
| team_name = Patriots
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| feeders = Peoria Heights Grade School
| website = {{official|http://www.phcusd325.net/}}
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Peoria Heights High School, or PHHS, is a public four-year high school located at 508 East Glen Avenue in Peoria Heights, Illinois, a village in Peoria County, in the Midwestern United States. PHHS is part of Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325, which serves the community of Peoria Heights and a small section of Peoria,{{cite web|url=http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/ed/index.asp?st=IL|title=School District Demographic System|year=2000|publisher=US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=22 February 2010}} and also includes Peoria Heights Grade School.{{cite web|url=http://www.phcusd325.net/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030312111547/http://phcusd325.net/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=12 March 2003|title=Peoria Heights C.U.S.D. #325|publisher=Peoria Heights C.U.S.D. #325|accessdate=10 February 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/1627.htm|title=IHSA Peoria Heights High School|publisher=IHSA|accessdate=10 February 2010}} The campus is adjacent to the city of Peoria, and serves a mixed city and village residential community. The school district lies within the Peoria metropolitan statistical area.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/09statab/app2.pdf|title=Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=9 February 2010}}
Academics
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In 2009 Peoria Heights High School did not make Adequate Yearly Progress, with 42% of students meeting standards, on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act. The school's average high school graduation rate between 1999-2009 was 72%.{{cite web|url=http://iirc.niu.edu/|title=Interactive Illinois Report Card|publisher=Illinois State Board of Education|accessdate=10 February 2010}}
Athletics and activities
Peoria Heights High School competes in the Prairieland Conference and Inter County Athletic Conference as a member school of the Illinois High School Association. The PHHS mascot is the Patriots with colors of red, white, and blue. The school's boys baseball team won the 2017 1A state championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum1627.htm|title=IHSA Peoria Heights High School Season Summary|publisher=IHSA|accessdate=10 February 2010}}
The school competes in the following sports:{{cite web|url=http://www.phcusd325.net/phhsactivities.htm |title=Peoria Heights High School 2009-2010 School Year Academics and Athletics |publisher=Peoria Heights High School |accessdate=10 February 2010 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303153030/http://www.phcusd325.net/phhsactivities.htm |archivedate=3 March 2009 }}
- Boys Baseball
- Boys and Girls Basketball
- Boys and Girls Cross Country
- Boys Football
- Boys and Girls Track & Field
- Girls Volleyball
- Boys Wrestling
Other school activities include:
- Academic Challenge
- Scholastic Bowl
History
Peoria Heights High School was opened in 1971.{{Cite web |last=Kravetz |first=Andy |date=2022-04-12 |title=Former Peoria Heights educator fought to keep district from being 'swallowed up by Peoria' |url=https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/education/2022/04/12/peoria-heights-educator-roger-bergia-dies-kept-district-independent/7279348001/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Peoria Journal Star |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=1971-08-20 |title=Familiar duds |pages=16 |work=Berwyn Life}} Before that, high school students in the Peoria Heights area attended Richwoods High School in Peoria, until the late 1960s, when they attended Woodruff High School in Peoria.{{Cite news |date=1971-09-24 |title=Two Hgts. Boys at WHS Four Boys at Hgts. High |pages=8 |work=Peoria Heights Herald}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030312111547/http://phcusd325.net/ Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325]}}
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