Morrison High School, or 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.[2][3] 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.[4]
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643 Genesee Avenue , , 61270 | |
Coordinates | 41°47′58″N 89°58′12″W / 41.79944°N 89.96995°W |
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Type | Comprehensive Public High School |
School district | Morrison Community Unit School District 6 |
Principal | David Mills |
Faculty | 20.75 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 270 (2018–19)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.01[1] |
Campus type | Small city |
Color(s) | Red, White |
Athletics conference | Three Rivers |
Team name | Mustangs/Fillies |
PSAE average | 57% |
Feeder schools | Morrison Junior High School |
Website | Morrison High School Website |
Academics
editIn 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%.[5]
The school offers courses in the following academic departments:[6]
- Math
- English
- Social Studies
- Science
- Business
- Consumer Science
- Art
- Music
- Agriculture
- Physical Education
- Foreign Language
- Miscellaneous
Athletics
editMorrison High School competes in the Three Rivers Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Mustangs (boys) and Fillies (girls).[3] The school has 4 state championships on record in team athletics or activities, Boys Track and Field in 2006 (3rd place) Boys Football in 2009-2010[7] and 2011–2012, and Girls Softball in 2010–2011.[8] Morrison's dance team, The MHS Pons have 22 state titles in the IDTA category. https://www.idta.org/
Notable alumni
edit- John R. Huizenga, professor of chemistry and physics, participated in the Manhattan Project, elected to the National Academy of Sciences
References
edit- ^ a b c "Morrison High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- ^ "Home". morrisonschools.org.
- ^ a b "IHSA Morrison High School". IHSA. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ https://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/09statab/app2.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Home". iirc.niu.edu.
- ^ http://www.morrisonschools.org/high_school/10-11-COURSE.pdf[permanent dead link] Morrison High School Course Description Handbook 2010-2011
- ^ "MUSTANGS WIN STATE FOOTBALL TITLE!". Shaw Local. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ^ "IHSA Morrison High School Season Results Summary". IHSA. Retrieved 23 February 2010.