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Freeport High School | |
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701 W. Moseley St. , 61032 | |
Coordinates | 42°17′14″N 89°37′44″W / 42.2873°N 89.6288°W |
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School type | public secondary |
School district | Freeport S.D. 145 |
Superintendent | Dr. Peter Flynn[1] |
Principal | King Nate Arendt (i like men) |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,314[2] |
Average class size | 16.9[2] |
Campus type | rural |
Color(s) | orange black[3] |
Fight song | "On Freeport", composed by L. M. Hyatt |
Athletics conference | NIC-10 |
Team name | Pretzels/Lady Pretzels[3] |
Newspaper | Pretz News |
Yearbook | Polaris |
Website | Official site |
Freeport High School is a public secondary school located in Freeport, Illinois. Their sport teams are named the Pretzels.
Academics
In 2009, Freeport had an average composite ACT score of 19.7, and graduated 85.8% of its senior class.[2] Freeport has not made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test used in Illinois to fulfill the mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.[2] All three of the school's student subgroups failed to meet expectations in reading, and two of the three subgroups failed to meet expectations in mathematics.[2] Overall the school failed to meet expectations in both reading and mathematics.[2]
Athletics
The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournaments:[4]
- Basketball (boys): 3rd place (1928–29, 41–42); 2nd place (1913–14); State Champions (1914–15, 25–26, 50–51)
- Basketball (girls): 3rd place (1993–94, 94–95); 2nd place (2007–08, 08–09)
- Bowling (boys): 3rd place (2003–04); 2nd place (2002–03); State Champions (2007–08)
- Bowling (girls): 2nd place (1998–99)
- Golf (boys): 4th place (1990–91), 3rd place (1961–62, 99–2000)
- Soccer (boys): 4th place (2009–10)
- Swimming & Diving (girls): 4th place (1998–99)
- Wrestling: 3rd place (1982–83)
Notable alumni
- McKinley "Deacon" Davis, was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters
- Jason Pearson, baseball player
- Preston Pearson, Played 14 years in the National Football League
- Robert L. Johnson, Former CEO, Chairman, Founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET)
- Dan Balz, Washington Post journalist
Notable staff
- Adolph Rupp was the boys basketball coach (1926–30). He left to coach at the University of Kentucky (1930–72), leading the Wildcats to four NCAA Men's National Championships.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Superintendent's Office". Freeport School District 145. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Illinois School Report Card" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- ^ a b "Freeport (H.S.)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 16 December 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ "IHSA Season Summaries". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 16 November 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ "Season Summaries for Freeport High School". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- ^ Prell, Edward (7 February 1947). "Kentucky Five Proves Rupp's a Good Coach". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 25. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
Adolph Rupp is the kind of basketball coach who never forgets a defeat. In 1928, he took his Freeport [Ill.] High school kids to the state tournament ...
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