Danville High School (Illinois)
Public secondary school in Danville, Illinois, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Danville High School (DHS) is a public high school located in Danville, Illinois, United States. It is part of Danville District 118, which also includes two middle schools and eight elementary schools.[9]
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Danville High School | |
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Address | |
202 East Fairchild Street Danville , Illinois 61832 United States | |
Coordinates | 40.1381°N 87.6267°W / 40.1381; -87.6267 |
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School type | Public secondary |
Motto | Service |
Opened | 1870 |
School district | Danville District 118 |
Superintendent | Alicia Geddis[1] |
Principal | Tracy Cherry[2] |
Staff | 151[3] |
Teaching staff | 86.81 (FTE)[4] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Gender | Coed |
Enrollment | 1,424 (2018–19)[4] |
Average class size | 21.6[5] |
Student to teacher ratio | 16.40[4] |
Campus type | urban |
Color(s) | Maroon White[6] |
Athletics | IHSA |
Athletics conference | Big Twelve |
Mascot | Odin[7] |
Team name | Vikings/Lady Vikings[6] |
Newspaper | Maroon & White[8] |
Yearbook | Medley[8] |
Website | dhs |
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The school is perhaps best known for four of its alumni who went on to success in acting: Gene Hackman, Ned Luke, the brothers Dick and Jerry Van Dyke, Donald O'Connor; and one who became an important figure in popularizing early twentieth-century popular music, Bobby Short.