Amboy High School is a

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four-year

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located at 11 East Hawley Avenue in Amboy, Illinois, a small

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of Lee County, Illinois, in the

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. It is part of Amboy Community Unit School District 272, which serves the communities of Amboy, Sublette, Harmon, and

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, and includes Amboy Junior High School, and Amboy Central Elementary School. The campus is 12 miles southeast of

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and serves a mixed small

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, and

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residential community. The school lies within the

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micropolitan statistical area.

Academics

In 2009 Amboy High School made

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, and 69% of students met standards, on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test that is part of the

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. The school's average high school graduation rate between 1999 and 2009 was 89%.

Athletics

Amboy High School competes in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference and is a member school in the

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. Its mascot is the Clippers. The school has 1 state championships on record in team athletics, Boys Football in 1984–1985.

History

The current Amboy High School formed in 1949. The new school district replaced the former Amboy Township High School District. The North Central Association has given formal recognition status since 1924. The current building at Metcalf and Hawley Streets opened for grade 9 through 12 in September 1969, replacing the school building on Appleton Avenue, which now houses Amboy Junior High School.

References

External links

Amboy High School

Amboy Community Unit School District 272
{{authority control Public high schools in Illinois Schools in Lee County, Illinois Educational institutions established in 1949 1949 establishments in Illinois