Taylorville High School

Taylorville Senior High School
Location
815 Springfield Road Taylorville , (Christian County) , Illinois 62568 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Principal	Matthew Hutchison
Teaching staff	52.30 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment	783 [1]  (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio	14.97 [1]
Color(s)	Purple and gold    [2]
Athletics conference	Apollo [2]
Nickname	Tornadoes [2]
Website

Taylorville High School in 1913

Taylorville Senior High School is a four-year public high school located in Taylorville, Illinois. The mascot is Tommy Tornado. The school colors are purple and gold.

THS is part of TCUSD #3 which also includes a middle-school, three elementary schools located in Taylorville and Mt. Auburn Elementary School and Stonington Elementary. However, at the end of the 2008–09 academic school year, West Elementary School and Mt. Auburn closed. ^[3]

Publications

The THS journalism class publishes a monthly-newspaper and annual yearbook, the Zephyr and Drift, respectively. As of the 2011–12 school year, the Zephyr is also available through a full-color online PDF version. ^[4]

Notable alumni

• Ron Bontemps, Captain of the 1952 U.S. men's basketball team, which won the gold medal.
• Jon Corzine, former governor of New Jersey
• Vern Mullen, professional football player (Canton Bulldogs, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cardinals, and Pottsville Maroons)
• Johnny Orr, former UMass, Michigan, and Iowa State head basketball coach
• Pat Perry, former Major League Baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers)
• Doug Quick - Broadcast weatherman, author & museum curator; born in Taylorville, graduated from Taylorville High School ^[5]
• Bill Ridley, All-American basketball player at the University of Illinois

Notable staff

• Dolph Stanley, Hall of fame coach that guided the 1944 Tornadoes to the first undefeated state championship in the history of Illinois. Stanley is best known for holding the "unbreakable" record of guiding five different Illinois High School Association (IHSA) schools into the state tournament.

References

1. "Taylorville Senior High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
2. "Taylorville Senior High School". Illinois High School Association. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
3. "Village of Mt. Auburn studies fate of school building - Breeze Courier - Taylorville, IL". Breeze Courier. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
4. "Taylorville Community Unit School District #3 - Home". Taylorvilleschools.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
5. Norris, Kyle (2017). "Taylorville Native Doug Quick Wins "Best TV Anchor" Award". Taylorville Daily News. Retrieved August 17, 2024.

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