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Centennial High School (Champaign, Illinois)

Centennial High School
Centennialbuilding.jpg
Address
913 S Crescent Dr
Champaign, Illinois, Champaign County 61821
USA
Information
School type public high school
Opened 1966
School district Champaign Community Unit School District #4
Superintendent Dr. Robert Malito
Dean D'Andre Weaver, Charles Neitzel and Angela Schoonover
Principal Gregory Johnsonus
Faculty 164
Teaching staff 89
Grades 912
Number of students 1517 (2009)
 • Grade 9 420
 • Grade 10 381
 • Grade 11 356
 • Grade 12 360
Average class size 20.7
Student to teacher ratio 16:1
Hours in school day 8:10am – 3:18pm
Color(s) Columbia Blue, Navy, White
Athletics conference Illinois High School Association
Mascot Charger
(knight seated on a horse)
Rival Central High School
Average ACT scores 22 (2007)
Newspaper The Centinal
Website

Centennial High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Champaign, Illinois, USA. It is part of Champaign Unit 4 School District. As of 2006, it had 1517 students. The principal is currently Greg Johnson. The school is located next to Jefferson Middle School and Centennial Park.

The school offers a variety of courses, including AP courses in Macroeconomics, English, Calculus AB or BC, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, US History, American Government, and Statistics. In addition, many consumer science and industrial technology courses are offered. The school also offers a Young Adult Program for students 18–21 years of age, which is based at Parkland College. The student-teacher ratio is 16:1, average for the state.

The school's student composition includes 26.7% low-income students. 0.7% of student are of limited English proficiency. There is a high school dropout rate of 1.8%. The ethnic background of students includes 59.5% White, 28.7% African-American, 3.2% Hispanic, 8.2% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.4% Native American.

Centennial competes in interscholastic sports in the Big Twelve Conference (Illinois) of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA).

The girls tennis team won consecutive Illinois state championships in 1995 and 1996.

The school's basketball team also won their first state championship game in 2009, beating Oswego 61-59. They had a repeat appearance to the state championships in 2010, taking 4th place overall.

In 2011, Centennial High School hosted the inaugural Central Illinois History Bee and Bowl, a history quiz tournament which a team from Centennial also won.


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