Eisenhower High School (Decatur, Illinois)

Dwight Eisenhower High School is a public high school located in Decatur, Illinois. The school serves about 1200 students in grades 9 to 12 in Decatur Public Schools District 61. Students from this school were featured on The N's Student Body, a show on which students competed against other students from their crosstown rival, MacArthur High School, to see who could lose the most weight for a $25,000 grand prize. Eisenhower High School organizes its students into communities divided by class, and has instituted a mandatory school uniform policy along with MacArthur High School. The fight song is "EHS Fight Song".[4]

Dwight Eisenhower High School
Address
1200 S 16th St

Decatur, Illinois 62521

United States
Coordinates39.829°N 88.9354°W / 39.829; -88.9354
Information
TypePublic secondary
School districtDecatur Public Schools
PrincipalAmy Zahm-Duncheon[1]
Faculty47.1 (on FTE basis)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,059 (2016-17)[3]
Student to teacher ratio26.1[2]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)Black and white   
MascotPanther
NewspaperPanther Press
Websitewww.dps61.org/ehs

History

Eisenhower High School was named after the World War II general and 34th President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "About Eisenhower / Contact Information, Attendance Lines, & School Hours". Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  2. Eisenhower High School. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
  3. "Eisenhower High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  4. http://www.dps61.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=378&ModuleInstanceID=4314&ViewID=047E6BE3-6D87-4130-8424-D8E4E9ED6C2A&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=10150&PageID=983&GroupByField=&GroupYear=0&GroupMonth=0&Tag=


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