Amboy High School is a
public
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four-year
high school
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located at 11 East Hawley Avenue in
Amboy, Illinois, a small
city
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of
Lee County, Illinois, in the
Midwestern United States
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. It is part of Amboy Community Unit School District 272, which serves the communities of Amboy,
Sublette,
Harmon, and
Eldena
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, and includes Amboy Junior High School, and Amboy Central Elementary School.
The campus is 12 miles southeast of
Dixon, Illinois
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and serves a mixed small
city
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,
village
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, and
rural
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residential community. The school lies within the
Dixon Dixon may refer to:
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micropolitan statistical area.
Academics
In 2009 Amboy High School made
Adequate Yearly Progress
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, and 69% of students met standards, on the
Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test that is part of the
No Child Left Behind Act
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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
Illinois High School Association
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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 SchoolAmboy Community Unit School District 272
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Public high schools in Illinois
Schools in Lee County, Illinois
Educational institutions established in 1949
1949 establishments in Illinois