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School type
  
public secondary

Superintendent
  
Dr. Scott Helton

Staff
  
182

Phone
  
+1 630-628-3300

Number of students
  
1,988

Opened
  
1965

Principal
  
Michael Bolden

Grades
  
9—12

Mascot
  
Bucky the Blazer

Address
  
213 N Lombard Rd, Addison, IL 60101, USA

District
  
Du Page High School District 88

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Addison Trail High School (ATHS) is a public four-year high school in DuPage County, located approximately half a mile east of Interstate 355 at the intersection of Army Trail Road and Lombard Road in Addison, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of DuPage High School District 88 (originally Addison District #4), which also includes Willowbrook High School. Addison Trail draws its students from Addison and unincorporated areas adjacent to Lombard and Wood Dale.

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Addison Trail has roughly 1,939 students in the grades 9-12, and have 182 teachers staffed in the school year of 2015-2016. Addison Trail is ranked as the 472nd best high school in Illinois

The population at Addison Trail, as of 2014, is 57.6% Hispanic, 4.8% Asian, 3.1% African American, 33% white, and 2.1% being two or more races.

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History

Addison Trail opened in 1965. During construction circa 1961, it was named Army Trail High School, after the street that is situated on. The students that attended Addison Trail the year it opened were mostly transfers from York Community High School and Willowbrook High School, Addison Trail's two sister school.

Academics

In 2008, Addison Trail had an average composite ACT score of 25.5 and graduated 98.5% of its senior class. Addison Trail has met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, which with the ACT, comprise the assessments used to fulfill the mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The school as a whole exceeded expectations in reading, and three of the four students subgroups met the expectations in both mathematics and reading.

In 2009, Newsweek, using the Challenge Index, ranked Addison Trail #491 in its list of the top 1,500 public high schools in America.

Athletics

Addison Trail competes in the West Suburban Conference. The school is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) which governs most sports and competitive activities in the state. Addison Trail's teams are stylized as the Blazers.

The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in: basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving; tennis, track & field, and volleyball. Young men may also compete in baseball, football, and wrestling, while young women may compete in badminton, bowling, cheerleading, and softball.

The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament or meet.

  • Football: semifinals (1990—91, 91—92); 2nd place (1983—84 97—98)
  • Gymnastics (boys): 4th place (1987—88); 3rd place (1982—83, 86—87, 88—89, 2002—03); 2nd place (1978—79, 83—84, 2001—02); State Champions (1976—77, 77—78, 79—80, 80—81, 81—82, 84—85, 85—86)
  • Gymnastics (girls): State Champions (1977—78, 78—79, 79—80, 80—81, 90—91)
  • Soccer (boys): 4th place (1989—90)
  • Wrestling: 2nd place (1970—71); State Champions (1978—79, 79—80)
  • Hockey State Champions (1993)
  • Boys Swimming: 25th place(2009-2010)
  • Boys Volleyball: 3rd place (2014-2015)
  • Coed Cheerleading: ICCA Champions (2016) ICCA 3rd place (2015) ICCA 4th place (2014)
  • Coed Cheerleading Stunt Group: 1st place (2016)

    • Notable alumni

  • Mark Anelli (class of 1997) was an NFL tight end (2002), playing for the San Francisco 49ers.
  • Toma Dobrosavljevic (class of 1999), Winner of Season 16 of NBC's ¨The Biggest Loser¨
  • Jim Ellison, Founder and Lead Singer of the rock band Material Issue.
  • Kyle Kinane (class of 1995), Stand-up comedian
  • James Millns (class of 1967), with partner Colleen O'Connor, won three U.S. National Championships in ice dancing. The pair became the first Americans to medal in that event at the Olympics, winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
  • Mark Rodenhauser, was an NFL center (1987—99).
  • Suzi Schott, (class of 1979) Model and Actress, Playboy August 1984 Playmate
  • Rocco Sisto (class of 1970) Actor, Played Richie Gazzo in Donnie Brasco and young Junior Soprano in The Sopranos.
  • Lenae Williams (class of 1998) was a basketball player in the WNBA (2002) with the Detroit Shock.

    • References

    Addison Trail High School Wikipedia
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