Lewistown High School (Illinois)

Lewistown High School, or LHS, is a public four-year high school located at 15205 North IL Route 100 in Lewistown, Illinois, a small city in Fulton County, in the Midwestern United States. LHS is part of Lewistown Community Unit School District 97, which serves the communities of Bryant, Lewistown, Little America, and St. David.^[2][3] The campus 13 miles southwest of Canton, and serves a mixed small city, village, and rural residential community. The school districts lies within the Canton micropolitan statistical area.^[4]

Lewistown High School
Address
15205 North IL Route 100 Lewistown , Fulton County , Illinois 61542 USA
Coordinates	40.40993°N 90.1543°W / 40.40993; -90.1543
Information
Type	Comprehensive Public High School
School district	Lewistown Community Unit School District 97
Principal	Clay Ginglen
Teaching staff	23.07 (FTE)[1]
Grades	7–12
Enrollment	268 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	11.62[1]
Color(s)	Scarlet Red, Columbia Blue
Athletics conference	Prairieland
Mascot	Indians
PSAE average	57%
Yearbook	Legend
Website	Lewistown High School Website

Academics

In 2009 Lewistown 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 1999–2009 was 86%.^[5]

Athletics and activities

Lewistown High School competes in the Prairieland Conference and is a member school of the Illinois High School Association. The LHS mascot is the Indians with colors of scarlet red and Columbia blue.^[3] The school has one state championships on record in team athletics and activities, Boys Baseball in 1992–1993.^[6]

The school offers competitive athletics opportunities in the following sports:^[7]

• Boys Baseball
• Boys and Girls Basketball
• Girls Cheerleading
• Boys and Girls Cross Country
• Girls Dance Team
• Boys Football
• Girls Softball
• Boys and Girls Track & Field
• Girls Volleyball

The school offers the activities in the following areas:^[8]

• Marching Band
• Chorus
• FCCLA
• Future Farmers of America (FFA)
• Legend
• National Honor Society
• Scholastic Bowl
• Science Olympiad
• Spanish Club
• Spanish National Honor Society
• Speech
• Student Senate
• Tube band
• Web Design

History

One source of potential material includes:.^[9]

References

1. "Lewistown Jr/Sr High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
2. "Lewistown High School". Lewistown C.U.S.D. #97. Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
3. "IHSA Lewistown High School". IHSA. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
4. "Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
5. "Interactive Illinois Report Card". Illinois State Board of Education. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
6. "IHSA Lewistown High School Season Summary". IHSA. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
7. "Lewsitown High School Athletics". Lewistown High School. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
8. "Lewistown High School Organizations". Lewistown High School. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
9. Motsinger, Kyle (2004). "Lewistown High School: School History". Lewistown High School. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.

External links

• Lewistown High School