Farmington Central High School (Illinois)
| Farmington Central Schools High School | |
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310 North Lightfoot Road Farmington, Illinois 61531 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°41′37″N 89°59′3″W / 40.69361°N 89.98417°WCoordinates: 40°41′37″N 89°59′3″W / 40.69361°N 89.98417°W |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Established | 2004 |
| School district | Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265 |
| Principal | Mr. Brad Hulet |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 425 |
| Campus | Rural, fringe |
| Color(s) | Purple, Gold |
| Mascot | Farmers |
| Rival | Elmwood Trojans, Canton Little Giants, North Fulton Wildcats, A-Town Tornados, Knoxville Blue Bullets |
| PSAE average | 65% |
| Website | Farmington Central High School |
Farmington Central High School, or FCHS, is a public four-year high school located at 310 North Lightfoot Road across the Peoria County line from Farmington, Illinois, a town of Fulton County, Illinois. FCHS is part of Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265, which also includes Farmington Central Junior High School, and Farmington Central Elementary School. The campus is just east of Farmington, 20 miles (32 km) west of Peoria, Illinois, and serves a mixed town and rural residential community.
Farmington Central High School is currently fully recognized meaning the school made adequate yearly progress and is currently in compliance with state tests and standards. In 2009, 65% of students tested met or exceeded standards. FCHS made Adequate Yearly Progress in 2009 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 2000–2009 was 89%.
The district's faculty is 85 teachers, averaging 14.6 years of experience, and of whom 29% hold an advanced degree. The district's instructional expenditure per student is $3,467.
The average high school class size is 19. The high school student to faculty ratio is 16.8. High school enrollment increased from 413 to 436 (6%) in the period of 1999—2009.
Farmington Central High School was a recipient of an Illinois Honor Roll Academic Improvement Award in 2008. The Illinois State Board of Education in partnership with Northern Illinois University delivers three kinds of awards to recognize schools that demonstrate exemplary academic performance. These awards make up the Illinois Honor Roll. The Academic Improvement Award recognizes schools that have sustained an upward trend in test scores for at least three years and showed a 7.5 point increase this year or a 15 point increase in test scores over the past three years.
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