Vernon Hills High School
| Vernon Hills High School | |
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145 Lakeview Parkway Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061 United States |
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| School type | Public secondary |
| Motto | Excellence Is Our Standard |
| Established | 1999 (freshmen only) 2000 (all grades) |
| School district | CHS District 128 |
| Principal | Jon Guilliame |
| Faculty | 111 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,361 |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) |
Royal blue Silver |
| Mascot | Cody the Cougar |
| Nickname | Cougars |
| Newspaper | The Scratching Post |
| Yearbook | Continuum |
| Website | www.vhhscougars.org |
Coordinates: 42°13′41″N 87°57′3″W / 42.22806°N 87.95083°W
Vernon Hills High School, or VHHS, is a public four-year high school located in Vernon Hills, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Community High School District 128, which also includes Libertyville High School. The school is a blue ribbon of excellence school.
Following the successful passage of a $48.5 million bond referendum in 1997, construction on the school began. The doors opened on September 7, 1999 for all freshmen in District 128. Construction continued for the next year, upon which the school opened for all grades in August 2000. The school was formally dedicated on April 9, 2000. The first graduating class was that of 2002. The Cougar mascot was chosen following a poll of the freshmen and sophomore students attending the new school in August 2000.
In 2012, Vernon Hills had a mean composite ACT score of 25.4. The average class size is 20.3. Vernon Hills has made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.
The faculty consists of 111 teachers, of whom 97 hold a master's degree or beyond.
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