Dakota Junior Senior High School, formerly Dakota High School, is a combined junior-senior high school located in the town of
Dakota, Illinois
Dakota is an incorporated town in Stephenson County, Illinois. The population was 506 at the 2010 census, up from 499 in 2000.
History
Dakota was laid out in 1857 when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office has been in operation ...
. It is located northeast of
Freeport along
Illinois Route 75
Illinois Route 75 (IL 75) is an east–west state highway in north-central Illinois. It runs from downtown Freeport at Illinois Route 26 to WIS 67 at the Wisconsin state line southeast of Beloit, Wisconsin. This is a distance of .
Route ...
in northeast
Stephenson County about northwest of
Rockford, is located in the town of
Dakota, Illinois
Dakota is an incorporated town in Stephenson County, Illinois. The population was 506 at the 2010 census, up from 499 in 2000.
History
Dakota was laid out in 1857 when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office has been in operation ...
. The Dakota Community Unit School District became the third-largest school district in Stephenson County in 1949 when the State of
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...
mandated that larger school districts be created and Davis High School was consolidated into Dakota's High School. Only the districts of
Freeport, and Lena-Winslow are larger.
Facilities
Dakota Community Unit School District No. 201 includes students from the villages of Dakota,
Davis,
Rock City,
Rock Grove and
Lake Summerset ''(Stephenson County residents only)''. Even though the village of Davis has a larger population, because the village of Dakota is the most centrally located community, its name was given to the new union. All students within the
CUSD attend
Dakota Elementary prior to attending the high school.
Athletics
The Indians compete in the
Northwest Upstate Illini Conference
The Northwest Upstate Illini Conference is a high school conference in northwest and north central Illinois. The conference participates in athletics and activities in the Illinois High School Association. The conference comprises 20 small publ ...
. They participate in several
IHSA sponsored athletics and activities, including; football, girls' volleyball, boys' and girls' basketball, wrestling, boys' and girls' golf, boys' and girls' track and field, boys' baseball, girls' softball, speech, and music.
Athletic achievements
Teams
The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournaments:
*''Football'':
2A State Champions (2005–06)
2A State Champions (2007–08)
1A State Champions (2011–12)
*''Volleyball'' ''(girls)'':
1A State Champions (2011–12)
2nd place (2012–13)
2nd place (2014–15)
*''Wrestling'':
4th place (1988–89)
2nd place (1993–94)
3rd place (2004–05)
1A State Champions (2005–06)
3rd place (2006-07)
1A State Champions (2012–13)
1A State Champions (2013–14)
1A State Champions (2014–15)
1A State Champions (2015–16)
References
External links
*
Illinois State Report Card - 2016
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Public high schools in Illinois
Schools in Stephenson County, Illinois