East Dubuque High School

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East Dubuque High School and jr. high school
Address
East Dubuque High School
200 Parklane Drive

East Dubuque
,
Jo Daviess County
,
Illinois
61025

United States
Coordinates 42°29′50″N90°37′33″W / 42.4972°N 90.6257°W / 42.4972; -90.6257
Information
Type Comprehensive Public High School
School district East Dubuque Community Unit School District 119
SuperintendentTJ Potts [1]
PrincipalDarren Sirianni
Faculty16.85 (FTE) [2]
Grades7–12
Enrollment219 (2018-19) [2]
Student to teacher ratio13.00 [2]
Campus typeSmall city
Color(s)   Royal Blue, White
Athletics conference Northwest Upstate Illini
MascotWarriors East Dubuque High School logo.gif
RivalsGalena Piates
Website East Dubuque High School Website

East Dubuque High School and jr high, or EDHS / js, is a public four-year high school located at 200 Parklane Drive in East Dubuque, Illinois, a small city in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. EDHS serves the community and surrounding area of East Dubuque. [3] [4] The campus is located 2 miles east of Dubuque, Iowa, and serves a mixed small city and rural residential community.

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Academics

East Dubuque has had successful academic teams, accumulating many winning seasons and playoff appearances. The Warriors made it to the Regional Championship of the IHSA Scholastic Bowl tournament in 2008. [5] East Dubuque also got academic attention when one of its students received a perfect score on the ACT. In 2019, East Dubuque ranked as the 3,725 best schools in the United States, and 129 in Illinois based on U.S. News & World Report . [6]

Athletics

East Dubuque High School competes in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Their mascot is the Warriors, with school colors of royal blue and white. In 2001, Abby Redmon, while running for the Galena (coop) track & field team, won a state championship in the 300-meter low hurdles. [7] The football team won the NUIC championship in 2009 and 2010 and participated in the IHSA state football tournament, making it to the quarterfinals each season, ironically losing both years to Lena-Winslow High School, a team from the same conference. [3] [8] [9]

History

East Dubuque High School has no known consolidations in the recent past. Surrounding communities may have possessed high schools at some time which were consolidated into the current EDHS. Potential reference/citation: [8] [10] East Dubuque High School's original home was built in 1893 atop Montgomery hill overlooking the Mississippi River and the Iowa/Illinois border. The old building saw its last graduating class in 1978 when a new school was built near the Wisconsin border. The old school still stands today at 430 Sidney Street as Ahva Living of East Dubuque, housing some people who attended the school as students decades earlier. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ IHSA.org-Schools Directory
  2. 1 2 3 "East Dubuque High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 "IHSA East Dubuque High School". IHSA. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "East Dubuque High School". East Dubuque High School and East Dubuque CUSD. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  5. ↑ IHSA.org
  6. ↑ U.S. News & World Report
  7. ↑ IHSA.org Track & Field Records
  8. 1 2 "IHSA East Dubuque High School Season Summaries". IHSA. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  9. ↑ "IHSA Coop Teams". IHSA. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "車買取相場表の使い方を間違うと損をする？". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
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