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Yorkville High School

Coordinates: 41°39′07″N 88°27′07″W / 41.652°N 88.452°W / 41.652; -88.452
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Yorkville High School
Address
Map
797 Game Farm Road

,
60560

United States
Coordinates41°39′07″N 88°27′07″W / 41.652°N 88.452°W / 41.652; -88.452
Information
TypePublic secondary
Established1893
School districtYorkville Community Unit School District 115
PrincipalDavid Travis
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,746 (2016-17)[1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)   
NicknameFoxes
Websitewww.y115.org

Yorkville High School, or YHS, is a public four-year high school located in Yorkville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Yorkville Community Unit School District 115.

The service area of the school district, and therefore the high school, includes Yorkville, Bristol, Montgomery, Oswego, and Plano.[2]

History

Yorkville dates back to 1893, and opened up a new building in 1998. The current main campus building was built on the former Illinois State Game Farm, which raised pheasants and other game birds. The Yorkville High School Academy opened in the fall of 2008 for Freshmen students.

Athletics

Yorkville competes in the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference and Illinois High School Association. It used to compete in the Western Sun Conference, The Little Seven Conference, and the Suburban Prairie Conference. Its mascot is the Foxes.

Yorkville athletes compete in a range of sports, including:

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Yorkville High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "About Our School District" ( Archived 2015-06-08 at WebCite). Yorkville Community Unit School District 115. Retrieved on June 9, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "IHSA". ihsa.org. Retrieved 30 April 2016.