Centennial High School (Champaign, Illinois)

Centennial High School
Address
913 S Crescent Dr Champaign , Champaign County , Illinois 61821 United States
Information
School type	public high school
Opened	1966
School district	Champaign Community Unit School District #4
Superintendent	Shelia Boozer
Teaching staff	100.6 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9 – 12
Number of students	1,444 (2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	13.9[1]
Hours in school day	8:05am – 3:20pm Every Other Mon,Tues,Thurs,Fri 8:50am - 1:20pm Every other Mon
Color(s)	|Columbia Blue]]   Navy   White
Athletics	IHSA
Athletics conference	Big Twelve Conference (Illinois)
Mascot	Charger (knight seated on a horse)
Rival	Central High School
Newspaper	The Centinal
Website	https://centennial.champaignschools.org/ School website]

Centennial High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Champaign, Illinois. It is part of Champaign Unit 4 School District. As of the 2020–21 school year, it had 1,400 students. The school is located next to Jefferson Middle School and Centennial Park.

The school offers a variety of courses, including AP courses in Macroeconomics, English, Calculus AB or BC, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, US History, American Government, and Statistics. In addition, many consumer science and industrial technology courses are offered. The school also offers a Young Adult Program for students 18–21 years of age, which is based at Parkland College.^[3] The student-teacher ratio is 16:1, average for the state.^[4]

The school's student composition includes 26.7% low-income students. 0.7% of student are of limited English proficiency. There is a high school dropout rate of 1.8%. The ethnic background of students includes 38% African-American, 35% White, 11% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 5% Multiracial, and 0.3% Native American.^[5]

Centennial competes in interscholastic sports in the Big Twelve Conference (Illinois) of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA).^[3]

The girls tennis team won consecutive Illinois state championships in 1995 and 1996.^[6]

The school's basketball team also won their first state championship game in 2009, beating Oswego 61-59. They had a repeat appearance to the state championships in 2010, taking 4th place overall.

In 2006, the school was named as one of the top 50 high schools in Illinois, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. In 2006, students' ACT scores exceeded both the state and national averages by about 2 points.^[4] In 2007, the school's scores on the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Reading and Math tests exceeded the state averages, with around 60-65% of students meeting or exceeding state standards. Currently, the school is not making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).^[4]

• Chantal Bailey, 1994 Olympics speed skating
• Bonnie Blair, five-time gold medalist and one-time bronze medalist^[7] in Olympic speed skating
• F. DuBois Bowman, Dean, University of Michigan School of Public Health
• Matt Herges, pitcher for several MLB teams
• Reggie Hodges, punter for several NFL teams
• Dan Hornbuckle, professional mixed martial arts fighter
• James Kinney (class of 2009): professional basketball player
• Mikel Leshoure, played football for Illinois, selected by Detroit Lions in 2011 NFL draft
• Gia Lewis-Smallwood, American discus player who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Jeff Lindgren, professional baseball player^[8]
• Trent Meacham, graduate of Centennial, played on Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
• Nichole Millage, two-time gold medalist & two-time silver medalist in Paralympic sitting volleyball
• Scott Nagy, basketball head coach at South Dakota State
• Katherine Reutter, silver and bronze medalist in Olympic speed skating
• Rayvonte Rice, guard for 2013-2014 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

• School website
• School District website

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