Brimfield High School

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Brimfield High School
Address
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323 East Clinton Street
P.O. Box 380

Brimfield
,
Peoria County
,
Illinois
61517

USA
Coordinates40°50′30″N 89°52′51″W / 40.84164°N 89.88093°W / 40.84164; -89.88093Coordinates: 40°50′30″N 89°52′51″W / 40.84164°N 89.88093°W / 40.84164; -89.88093
Information
TypeComprehensive Public High School
School district
PrincipalMr. Tony Shaleen
Teaching staff17.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–11
Enrollment232 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.65[1]
Campus typeRural, fringe
Color(s)    Red, White
Athletics conferencePrairieland
MascotIndian
PSAE average69%
Feeder schoolsBrimfield Grade School
WebsiteBrimfield Schools Website

Brimfield High School, or BHS, is a public four-year high school at 323 East Clinton Street in Brimfield, Illinois, a village in Peoria County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. BHS is part of , which serves the communities of Brimfield, Kickapoo, and Edwards, and also includes Brimfield Grade School.[2][3] The campus is located 15 miles northwest of Peoria, IL, and serves a mixed village and rural residential community. The school lies within the Peoria metropolitan statistical area.[4]

Academics[]

In 2009 Brimfield High School did not make Adequate Yearly Progress, with 63% of students meeting standards, on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act. The school's average high school graduation rate between 1999-2009 was 93%.[5]

Athletics[]

High School competes in the Prairieland Conference and also the Inter County Athletic Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. It co-ops with neighboring Elmwood High School for most athletics except for basketball. The school claimed its first state championship for a team sport in the 2014-2015 basketball season as the Brimfield men's team went 34-2 beating Mounds Meridian in the state finals.[3][6][7]

History[]

Brimfield, Illinois was founded in 1835; however, it was originally known as Charleston. The name was changed at the request of the United States Postal Service, most likely due to a naming conflict with Charleston, Illinois. A complete grade school was built in 1839 on the present-day school grounds. Two schools had preceded it, but couldn’t keep up with the demand and growing population. The first record of a high school in Brimfield lies with Brimfield Academy, on the grounds of the present day City Hall. It was a six-room school in which one room served as the high school. A dedicated high school was built in 1877. The brick building is being torn down and a new building is being constructed behind the old building.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Brimfield High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Brimfield CUSD 309 Archived February 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b IHSA Brimfield
  4. ^ https://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/09statab/app2.pdf
  5. ^ Interactive Illinois Report Card
  6. ^ IHSA Season Summaries
  7. ^ IHSA Coop Teams
  8. ^ John Hayes, Brimfield School District #15. Retrieved February 8, 2010. Archived August 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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