Peoria Heights High School

Comprehensive public high school in Peoria Heights, Peoria County, Illinois, USA

Peoria Heights High School

Address

508 East Glen Avenue

Peoria Heights

Peoria County

Illinois

61616

USA

Coordinates| 40°44′44″N 89°35′9″W﻿ / ﻿40.74556°N 89.58583°W﻿ / 40.74556; -89.58583
Information
Type| Comprehensive Public High School
School district| Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325
Principal| Mr. Terry Mooney
Faculty| 18.60 (FTE)[1]
Grades| 9–12
Enrollment| 206 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio| 11.08[1]
Campus type| Urban
Color(s)|  Red, White, Blue
Athletics conference| Prairieland
Inter County Athletic
Team name| Patriots
Feeder schools| Peoria Heights Grade School
Website| Official website

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,[2] and also includes Peoria Heights Grade School.[3][4] 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.[5]

## Academics[edit]

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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%.[6]

## Athletics and activities[edit]

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.[4] The school's boys baseball team won the 2017 1A state championship.[7]

The school competes in the following sports:[8]

* 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:[8]

* Academic Challenge
* Scholastic Bowl

## History[edit]

Peoria Heights High School was opened in 1971.[9][10] 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.[9][11]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Peoria Heights High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
2. ^ "School District Demographic System". US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Statistics. 2000. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
3. ^ "Peoria Heights C.U.S.D. #325". Peoria Heights C.U.S.D. #325. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
4. ^ a b "IHSA Peoria Heights High School". IHSA. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
5. ^ "Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
6. ^ "Interactive Illinois Report Card". Illinois State Board of Education. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
7. ^ "IHSA Peoria Heights High School Season Summary". IHSA. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
8. ^ a b "Peoria Heights High School 2009-2010 School Year Academics and Athletics". Peoria Heights High School. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
9. ^ a b Kravetz, Andy (12 April 2022). "Former Peoria Heights educator fought to keep district from being 'swallowed up by Peoria'". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
10. ^ "Familiar duds". Berwyn Life. 20 August 1971. p. 16.
11. ^ "Two Hgts. Boys at WHS Four Boys at Hgts. High". Peoria Heights Herald. 24 September 1971. p. 8.

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI

Geographic|

* NCES