Beardstown High School

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Beardstown Junior/Senior High School
Address
Beardstown High School
500 East 15th Street

Beardstown
,
Cass County
,
Illinois
62618

USA
Coordinates 40°0′27″N90°25′21″W / 40.00750°N 90.42250°W / 40.00750; -90.42250
Information
Type Public junior/senior high school
School district Beardstown Community Unit School District 15
PrincipalBill Myers
Grades6–12
Enrollment449
Campus typeSmall city
Color(s)   Black, Orange
Athletics conference Western Illinois Valley
Team nameTigers, Lady Tigers
PSAE  average30%
Feeder schools
  • Gard Elementary School
  • Grand Avenue Elementary School
[1]
Website www.beardstown.com

Beardstown Junior/Senior High School, also known as Beardstown Middle/High School or BHS, is a public school for grades 6 through 12 at located at 500 East 15th Street in Beardstown, Illinois, a small city in Cass County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. BHS is the only middle school and only high school of Beardstown Community Unit School District 15. [1] [2] The campus is located 45 miles northwest of Springfield, Illinois, and serves a mixed village and rural residential community. The school does not lie within a metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area. [3]

Contents

Academics

In 2009 Beardstown Middle/High School did not make Adequate Yearly Progress, with 30% of high school students meeting standards, on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act. However, their scores have continued to improve and they made AYP in the following years without issue. The school's average high school graduation rate between 1999–2009 was 92%. [4]

Athletics

Beardstown High School Mascot Beardstownhslogo.jpg
Beardstown High School Mascot

The middle/high school runs numerous athletics programs that differ based on the season. For example; football, golf, cheerleading, boys soccer and cross country all meet in the fall. [5] Basketball, wrestling, and volleyball all meet in the winter. [6] Baseball, track, girls soccer and softball all meet in the spring. [7]

Beardstown High School competes in the West Central Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. The BHS mascot is the Tigers, with school colors of orange and black. The school has no state championships on record in team athletics and activities. [2] [8]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 "Beardstown Community Unit School District 15". Beardstown Community Unit School District 15. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
  2. 1 2 "IHSA Beardstown". Ihsa.org. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  4. ↑ "Interactive Illinois Report Card". Iirc.niu.edu. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  5. ↑ "Fall Sports". Beardstown Middle/High School. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Winter Sports". Beardstown Middle/High School. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Spring Sports". Beardstown Middle/High School. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "IHSA Season Summaries". Ihsa.org. 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
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