Kaneland High School

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Kaneland High School
Address
Kaneland High School
47w326 Keslinger Rd

Maple Park, Illinois 60151
Information
TypePublic
EstablishedJuly 1, 1958
School district Kaneland Community Unit School District 302
PrincipalJames Horne
Staff83.10 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment1,300 (2018–19) [1]
1,375 (2020-21) [2]
Student to teacher ratio15.64 [1]
CampusCountry
Color(s)Black and white    [3]
Athletics conference Interstate Eight Conference
Nickname Knights [3]
NewspaperKaneland Krier
Website khs.kaneland.org

Kaneland High School, or KHS, is a public four-year high school located in Maple Park, Illinois, United States. It is part of Kaneland Community Unit School District 302.

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History

Kaneland first opened in 1958.

In Molitor v. Kaneland Community Unit District 302, Illinois opened up school districts to civil lawsuits. The case was over a bus crash during the early years of the school. The father of a student injured in the crash sued for $56,000. The court stated that public school districts should not be immune from civil tort action. [4]

Academics

Kaneland's graduating class of 2014 had an average composite ACT score of 22.2, the highest in the school's history, and graduated 100.0% of its senior class. Kaneland has made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE), a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act. [5] In 2013, the school was placed on the Illinois Honor Roll for significantly improving its performance on the PSAE. [6]

Athletics

Kaneland competes in the Interstate Eight Conference and Illinois High School Association. They have a total of eleven Illinois High School State Championships, in football (1997, 1998), boys' track and field (1975, 1977), girls' track and field (1987, 1988, 2016), boys' cross country (1987, 2019), girls' basketball (1982), and baseball (2011).

Kaneland went to the playoffs in football eight times in the past ten school years. From 2010 to 2013, Kaneland did not lose a regular season game.

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kaneland Senior High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - Kaneland Senior High School (172448002655)". National Center for Education Statistics. National Center for Educational Statistics. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Kaneland High School". Illinois High School Association. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  4. ↑ Mercuro, Nicholas; Margaret Oppenheimer (2005). Law and Economics. ME Sharpe. p. 110. ISBN   978-0-7656-1331-8.
  5. ↑ Illinois School Report Card [ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ Daily Herald: Kaneland High, Nicholson schools receive state honors

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