Victor J. Andrew High School
| Victor J. Andrew High School | |
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| Address | |
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9001 W. 171st Street Tinley Park, Illinois 60487 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°34′39″N 87°50′21″W / 41.5775°N 87.8391°W |
| Information | |
| School type | public secondary |
| Opened | 1977 |
| School district | Consolidated H.S. 230 |
| Superintendent | James Gay |
| CEEB code | 144117 |
| Principal | Robert Nolting |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 2,150 |
| Average class size | 23.5 |
| Campus type | suburban |
| Color(s) |
black gold |
| Athletics conference | South Suburban |
| Team name | Thunderbolts |
| Average ACT scores | 24.8 |
| Publication | Illusions |
| Newspaper | The Circuit |
| Website | http://andrew.d230.org/ |
Victor J. Andrew High School, Andrew, or VJA, is a public four-year high school located in Tinley Park, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is the third school to become part of Consolidated High School District 230, which also includes Amos Alonzo Stagg High School and Carl Sandburg High School.
Andrew serves the following areas: sections of Tinley Park,Oak Forest,Orland Hills, and Orland Park.
In 2008, Andrew had an average composite ACT score of 22.8 and graduated 96.3% of its senior class. The average class size is 23.5. Andrew has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, the test used in Illinois to fulfill mandates in the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Andrew competes in the Southwest Suburban Conference (SWSC), and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which governs most sports and competitive activities in the state. The school's teams are stylized as the Thunderbolts. The Thunderbolt name and logo was based on the "Flash" trademark of the Andrew Corporation.
The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo. Young men may compete in baseball, football, and wrestling, while young women may compete in badminton, cheerleading, and softball.
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