Fenton High School (Illinois)

Fenton High School
Fenton High School Logo
Address
1000 W. Green Street Bensenville, Illinois 60106
Information
School type	Public Secondary
Opened	1917, 1927 (Bensenville Community High School), 1955 (Fenton Community High School)
School district	Fenton HS District #100
Superintendent	Kathie Pierce
Principal	James Ongtengco
Teaching staff	101
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,517
Average class size	17.9
Campus	Suburban
Campus size	Approx. 1500 Students
School colour(s)	Orange      Royal Blue
Athletics conference	Metro Suburban Conference
Nickname	Bison
Average ACT scores	20.0
Publication	Kaleidoscope
Newspaper	Signal
Yearbook	Highlights
Website	http://www.fenton100.org/

Fenton High School, or FHS, is a public four-year high school located in Bensenville, Illinois, located on the western border of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is the sole school in Community High School District 100.

High school education started in Bensenville as a two-year, then three-year high school serving the Bensenville area from 1917-1924 as part of Bensenville Elementary School District 2. In 1925 Community High School District 100 was founded with a four-year program serving both Bensenville and Wood Dale. 1927 Bensenville Community High School was built. By 1951, the enrollment grew far beyond the building's capacity and a referendum was passed allowing the board to build a new building. Opened in September 1955, the school was named Fenton Community High School after Frederick C. Fenton, the district's first superintendent.

In 2007, Fenton had an average composite ACT score of 20.0, and graduated 87.3% of its senior class. The average class size is 17.9. Fenton has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, which with the ACT, acts as the test in Illinois to fulfill the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The school has not met the overall AYP in reading, as did three subgroups. One subgroup failed to meet AYP in mathematics.

The school awards credit on a semester basis, with students being required to earn 45 semester credits for graduation. Starting with the class of 2012, graduation requires 8 semesters of English, 7 semesters of physical education, 6 semesters in social studies and math, and four in science. Two credits are required in fine and applied arts (which includes foreign languages). One semester is required in health and information processing.

The school offers 19 Advanced Placement courses: Studio Art, French Language, German Language, Spanish Language, Computer Science, Statistics, Calculus (AB & BC), Biology, Chemistry, Physics 1, U.S. History, World History, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics.