Morrison High School (Illinois)

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Morrison High School
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Morrison High School Building
Location
Morrison High School (Illinois)
643 Genesee Avenue

Morrison
,
Whiteside County
,
Illinois
61270

USA
Coordinates 41°47′58″N89°58′12″W / 41.79944°N 89.96995°W / 41.79944; -89.96995
Information
Type Comprehensive public high school
School district Morrison Community Unit School District 6
PrincipalDusti Markham [1]
Teaching staff19.93 (FTE) [2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment290 (2023–2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio14.55 [2]
Campus typeSmall city
Color(s)   Red, white
Athletics conference Three Rivers
Team nameMustangs/Fillies
PSAE  average57%
Feeder schoolsMorrison Junior High School
Website Morrison High School

Morrison High School (MHS) is a public four-year high school located at 643 Genesee Avenue in Morrison, Illinois, a small city of Whiteside County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. MHS is part of Morrison Community Unit School District 6, which serves the community of Morrison, and includes Morrison Junior High School, and Northside Elementary School, and Southside Elementary School. [3] [4] The campus is 13 miles west of Sterling, Illinois. The school serves a mixed small city, village, and rural residential community. The school lies within the Sterling micropolitan statistical area. [5]

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Academics

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School mascot

In 2009, Morrison High School did not make Adequate Yearly Progress, with 57% of students meeting standards, on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act. The school's average high school graduation rate between 1999 and 2009 was 93%. [6]

The school offers courses in the following academic departments: [7]

Athletics

Morrison High School competes in the Three Rivers Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Its teams are known as the Mustangs (boys) and Fillies (girls). [4]

The school has won four state championships in team athletics or activities: boys' track and field in 2006 (3rd place), boys' football in 2009-2010 [8] and 2011–2012, and girls' softball in 2010–2011. [9] Morrison's dance team, the MHS Pons, have 22 state titles in the IDTA category. [10]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ https://www.morrisonschools.org/page/high-school
  2. 1 2 3 "Morrison High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Home". morrisonschools.org.
  4. 1 2 "IHSA Morrison High School". IHSA. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: Concepts, Components, and Population" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Home". iirc.niu.edu.
  7. ↑ http://www.morrisonschools.org/high_school/10-11-COURSE.pdf%5B%5D Morrison High School Course Description Handbook 2010-2011
  8. ↑ "MUSTANGS WIN STATE FOOTBALL TITLE!". Shaw Local. November 27, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  9. ↑ "IHSA Morrison High School Season Results Summary". IHSA. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
  10. ↑ https://www.idta.org/
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