Elmwood Park High School (Illinois)
| Elmwood Park High School | |
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Our Pride, Our Students, Our Future | |
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8201 West Fullerton Avenue Elmwood Park, Illinois USA | |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Established | 1954 |
| Principal | Jim Jennings |
| Faculty | 164 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,050 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Black Gold |
| Mascot | Tigers |
| Yearbook | Scroll |
| Website | www.epcusd401.org/ephs |
Elmwood Park High School, or EPHS, is a public four-year high school located in Elmwood Park, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401.
About EPHS
Elmwood Park High School is a four-year comprehensive high school located in Elmwood Park, Illinois. Students are all residents of Elmwood Park.
Opened for classes in 1954, Elmwood Park now has an enrollment of approximately 1030 students with approximately 225 students in the senior class. Follow-up studies indicate that approximately 90% of the graduates have continued their education beyond high school.
Accreditation
Elmwood Park High School is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Illinois State Board of Education.
Faculty
The school has a professional staff of 64 certified personnel.
National Honor Society
Elmwood Park High School is chartered as the Harold Grothen Chapter of the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools.
Academics
In 2005, Elmwood Park had an average composite ACT score of 22.0, and graduated 92.9% of its senior class. The average class size is 20.3. Elmwood Park has made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination in 2009 for the first time in years, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.[1] As of 2013, U.S. News and World Report had ranked the school in the top 10 percent in Illinois and in the U.S.[2]
Athletics
Elmwood Park competes in the Metro Suburban Conference and Illinois High School Association.
Elmwood Park Tigers 2012 Football team won the Metro Suburban Conference Title for the first time since 1985
Activities
- Indo-Pak
- Cheerleading
- Music-Instrumental
- Music-Choral
- Concert Band
- Pep Band
- Jazz Band
- Concert Choir
- Swing Choir
- Chorale
- Student Council
- Operation Snowball
- DECA
- Key Club
- Rugby Club
- Social Studies Club
- Science/Environmental Club
- Yearbook
- Drama Club
- Dance Team
- Polish Club
- National Honor Society
- Art Club
- Theater
References
External links
Coordinates: 41°55′20″N 87°49′46″W / 41.92222°N 87.82944°W