Yorkville High School
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| Yorkville High School | |
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| Address | |
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797 Game Farm Road , 60560 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°39′07″N 88°27′07″W / 41.652°N 88.452°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary school |
| Established | 1893 |
| School district | Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 |
| Principal | David Travis |
| Teaching staff | 123.25[1] (on an FTE basis) |
| Grades | 9–12[1] |
| Enrollment | 1,781[1] (2017-18) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.45[1] |
| Campus | Suburban[1] |
| Color(s) | |
| Nickname | Foxes |
| Website | www |
Yorkville High School, or YHS, is a public high school located in Yorkville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, in the United States. It serves grades 9-12 for the Yorkville Community Unit School District 115.
The school serves Yorkville, Bristol, Montgomery, Oswego, and Plano.[2]
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:
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cheerleading
- Cross Country
- Football
- Golf
- Poms
- Soccer
- Softball
- Tennis
- Track
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
- State champion - 1976, 1993, 1994[3]
- Gymnastics
Notable people
- Jon Blackman - Tight End/Left Tackle who played in the NFL and defunct XFL, class of 1993
- Dennis "Denny" Hastert - Former U.S. representative and speaker of the House, taught and coached here
- Mike Radja - Professional ice hockey player, class of 2003
- Andy Richter - Comedian, actor and writer, class of 1984
References
- ^ a b c d e "Yorkville High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ "About Our School District" ( Archived 2015-06-08 at WebCite). Yorkville Community Unit School District 115. Retrieved on June 9, 2015.
- ^ a b c "IHSA". ihsa.org. Retrieved 30 April 2016.