Dixon High School (Illinois)

Dixon High School
Location
300 Lincoln Statue Drive Dixon , (Lee County) , Illinois 61021 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Principal	Jared Shaner
Staff	41.34 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment	755 [1]  (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio	18.26 [1]
Color(s)	Purple and white    [2]
Nickname	Dukes/Duchesses [2]
Website

Dixon High School (DHS) is a high school located on Lincoln Statue Drive and Peoria Avenue on the northern side of Dixon, Illinois. It is a part of the Dixon Unit School District 170.

In addition to Dixon, the district includes Nachusa. ^[3]

Notable alumni

• Charles Rudolph Walgreen (c. 1889), founder of Walgreens ^{[4] [5]}
• Louella Parsons (1901), first Hollywood gossip columnist ^[6]
• Douglas MacLean (c. 1906), silent film actor, producer, and writer ^{[7] [8]}
• Ronald Reagan (1928), 40th president of the United States ^[9]
• Lou Bevil (1939), former MLB player (Washington Senators) ^[10]
• Rondi Reed (1970), Tony Award-winning actress ^{[11] [12] [13]}
• Rita Crundwell (1971), criminal convicted of the largest municipal embezzlement in U.S. history ^{[14] [15]}
• Isaiah Roby (2016), basketball player for NBA's OKC Thunder

References

1. "Dixon High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
2. "Dixon High School". Illinois High School Association. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
3. Geography Division (December 22, 2020). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lee County, IL (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved December 13, 2024. - Text list
4. Bacon, John U: America's corner store: Walgreens' prescription for success, page 5. John Wiley and Sons, 2004.
5. U.S. Department of Labor: Labor Hall of Fame Honoree--Charles R. Walgreen Archived 2009-05-10 at the Wayback Machine , 2006.
6. Barbas, Samantha: The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons, page 17. University of California Press, 2006.
7. Golden, Eve: Golden images: 41 essays on silent film stars, page 84. McFarland, 2001.
8. Parson, Louella (April 3, 1921). New York Telegraph, reprinted in Long, Bruce (editor), "Douglas and Faith MacLean" Archived December 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , Taylorology, Issue 31, July 1995.
9. Cahill, Robert; Mcticol, Richard (Editors): The Dixonian - 1928 (DHS Yearbook), page 29.
10. "1939 Dixon High School Yearbook" . Classmates.com . Classmates, Inc. p. 13. Retrieved May 21, 2016. Louis Bevilacqua
11. The Dixonian - 1970; Vol. 56.
12. Houlihan, Mary (April 2, 2004). "Old friends reunite and 'Fall to Earth'". Chicago Sun-Times.
13. "1968 Dixon High School Yearbook" . Classmates.com . Classmates, Inc. p. 122. Retrieved May 21, 2016. Rhondi Reed
14. Jenco, Melissa (February 14, 2013). "Ex-Dixon comptroller gets 19 1/2 years for $54 million fraud". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
15. "1971 Dixon High School Yearbook" . Classmates.com . p. 143. Retrieved May 21, 2016. Rita Humphrey

External links

• Dixon Public School District 170 Website

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