School type Public high school CEEB code 143-450 Gender Coed Phone +1 872-800-7534 Number of students 933 | Established 1937 Grades K–12 Enrollment 933 Principal Diann Duke | |
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Address 1800 NE Perry Ave, Peoria, IL 61603, USA District Peoria School District 150 Similar Richwoods High School, Manual Academy, Peoria Notre Dame Hi, East Peoria Community High Sch, Peoria Heights High Sch | ||
Woodruff Career and Technical Center is a public vocational school located in Peoria, Illinois. Until 2010, it was a standard comprehensive high school known as E. N. Woodruff High School, and was more commonly known as Woodruff High School or simply Woodruff. The original high school opened in 1937 and was closed for one school year (2010–2011), re-opening as a specialized high school with its current name from 2011 onward.
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History
Woodruff opened in 1937 replacing Kingman High School. (Kingman had formerly been named Averyville High School, prior to Peoria's annexation of Averyville in 1927.) The school was named after Edward Nelson Woodruff, who served as mayor of Peoria off and on from 1903 to 1945.
The Woodruff campus was built at 1800 Northeast Perry Avenue; on what was called the North Side when the school was built, but is now in the northeast part of the city. Perry Avenue was removed in front of the school during expansion of the high school in the late 1970s, but the school's address was not changed.
On September 21, 2009, District 150 voted to close Woodruff High School, effective with the 2010-2011 school year. The vote was 4-3. Students were moved to the other three high schools in Peoria: Manual, Peoria (Central) or Richwoods.
The school only remained closed for one year. For the 2011–2012, it was re-opened as the Woodruff Career and Technical Center, a specialized high school with vocational training.
Athletics
Woodruff's athletic teams competed in the Mid-State 6 Conference, along with the three other high schools in Peoria Public Schools District 150. It is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which governs most sports and activities in Illinois. The school's sports teams were known as the Warriors, and the colors were blue and gold.
The following teams qualified for their respective IHSA State tournament or meet:
*as Averyville High School
Clubs and activities
The following clubs and teams qualified for their respective IHSA State competition or tournament: