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Herrin High School | |
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700 North 10th Street Herrin, Illinois 62948 United States | |
Coordinates | 37°48′35″N89°01′19″W / 37.80983°N 89.02208°W |
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Type | Public high school |
Motto | We are big tigers! |
School district | Herrin Community Unit School District 4 |
Superintendent | Nathaniel Wilson |
Principal | Jeffrey J. Johnson |
Staff | 47.85 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9 to 12 |
Enrollment | 667 (2023–2024) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.94 [1] |
Campus | Mostly white |
Color(s) | Orange and black |
Athletics conference | Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference |
Sports | Baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, soccer (co-op with neighboring high school), softball, track & field, volleyball, wrestling |
Mascot | Tiger |
Team name | Tigers, Lady Tigers, Tigerettes, Flying Tigers |
Newspaper | The Tiger Tattler |
Yearbook | Herrinite |
Website | www |
Herrin High School (established 1903) is a secondary school located in Herrin, Illinois. The high school is led by principal Jeffrey J. Johnson. It has an enrollment of about 735 students. It is one of the only high schools in the U.S. that has its own bank, The First Tiger Trust.
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