Metea Valley High School
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1801 N. Eola Road Aurora, Illinois 60502 United States |
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| Coordinates | N 41° 47'28.37" W 88° 14' 19.71" |
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| School type | public secondary |
| Motto | Live with integrity, Inspire passion for learning, Foster positive relationships, and Expect equity and excellence for all. |
| Opened | 2009 |
| School district | Indian Prairie SD 204 |
| Superintendent | Karen Sullivan |
| Principal | Darrell Echols |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | co-ed |
| Enrollment | 2,851 |
| Campus | suburban |
| School color(s) |
black gold |
| Athletics conference | DuPage Valley Conference |
| Mascot | Marty the Mustang |
| Nickname | Mustangs |
| Average ACT scores | 23.9 |
| Newspaper | The Stampede |
| Website | http://mvhs.ipsd.org |
Metea Valley High School is a high school in Aurora, Illinois that opened in August, 2009 in DuPage County. The school is one of four high schools operated by the Indian Prairie School District. The others in Aurora are: Waubonsie Valley High School and Indian Plains, while Neuqua Valley High School is in Naperville.
Serving Indian Prairie School District 204, and opened for the 2009-2010 academic year for freshman and sophomore classes (grades nine and ten), Metea Valley cost $124.7 million to build, and can hold 3,000 students. The school met its full enrollment of students for grades 9-12 during the 2011-2012 academic year. The school began its first Prairie State Achievement Exams (used as a standardized testing measure of academic achievement) during the 2010-2011 academic year, and per Illinois High School Association Policy, the school was not fully recognized for interscholastic sports until that same academic year.
The school's namesake, a chief of the Potawatomi tribe, was selected during 2006. The school's colors are black and gold (maintaining a tradition of '<color> and gold' in all three high schools) and the school's mascot is the 'Mustangs'. The colors were announced in February 2007, and the mascot selection in March 2007. Both were chosen by those middle school students who began attending the school in 2009, as well as the current Neuqua and Waubonsie students in 2007. The School joined the Upstate Eight Conference in the 2010-2011 school year.
Metea Valley High School's first principal was Jim Schmid, former principal of Waubonsie Valley High School. On January 8, 2014, Principal Schmid announced that Dr. Darrell Echols, Principal at Hill Middle School at the time, had been named the new Metea Valley High School Principal. Echols assumed his position July 1, 2014 following Mr. Schmid's retirement.
During the 2013-2014 school year, Metea Valley was ranked as the 669th best high school in America and the 29th best in Illinois according to U.S. News & World Report. Metea Valley was also ranked the 23rd most challenging high school in Illinois. This ranking is based on standardized test scores and percentage of students on subsidized lunch, among other factors.
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