Type Public secondary Grades 9–12 Campus Small city Phone +1 309-289-2328 Number of students 304 Faculty 62 | Principal Mr. Chad Bahnks Enrollment 304 Website Knoxville High School Mascot Blue Bullets Color Navy Blue and Gold | |
Address 809 E Main St, Knoxville, IL 61448, USA Similar Galesburg High School, Mabel Woolsey Elementa, Abingdon High School, Churchill Junior High School, Rowva Community Unit Scho | ||
Knoxville High School, or KHS, is a public four-year high school located at 600 E. Main Street in Knoxville, Illinois, a small city of Knox County, Illinois. KHS is part of Knoxville Community Unit School District 202, which also includes Knoxville Junior High School, and Mable Woolsey Elementary School. The campus is located in 6 miles southeast of Galesburg, Illinois, and serves a mixed small city and rural residential community. The school is in the Galesburg micropolitan statistical area which includes all of Knox and Warren counties.
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Academics
Knoxville High School is currently under Academic Early Warning Status. In 2009, 49% of students tested met or exceeded state standards. KHS did not make Adequate Yearly Progress in 2009 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 95%.
In 2009 the faculty was 69 teachers, averaging 15.0 years of experience, and of whom 30% held an advanced degree. The average class size was 14.3. The student to faculty ratio was 13.5. The district's instructional expenditure per student was $3,972. School enrollment decreased from 375 to 323 (14%) in the period of 1999-2009 As of 2013, the current student enrollment is 304.
Athletics
Knoxville High School competes in the Prairieland Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Blue Bullet. The school is the home of the 2012 IDTA State Champions for class 1A Pom Dance.
List of Current Teacher Faculty