Unity High School (Tolono, Illinois) Explained

Unity High School
Motto:Aim For Excellence
Type:Public, Secondary
Principal:Bill Behrends[1]
Head Name:Second Master
Head Name2:Assistant Headmaster
Enrollment:517 (2021-22)[2]
Grades:9–12
Streetaddress:1127 County Rd 800
Zipcode:61880
District:CUSD 7
Colors:Maroon, gray, and white
Rival:St. Joseph-Ogden High School[3]
Website:http://www.unityrockets.com

Unity High School is a public high school located in the village of Tolono in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. In 2007, 467 students attended the grade 9-12 school. It is the only high school in Community Unit School District (CUSD) Seven. Unity Junior High School, Unity West Elementary, and Unity East Elementary feed into UHS. The school serves the towns and villages of Tolono, Philo, Sidney, Sadorus, and Pesotum, as well as 173sqmi of rural farmland. 10miles south of the Champaign-Urbana urban area, the school is over 95% Caucasian, as is typical for the rural region.[4]

Unity is a member of the Illini Prairie Conference, an athletic conference made up of central Illinois schools with similar enrollments. Unity had been a charter member of the Okaw Valley Conference from 1958 to 1984, before rejoining the conference in 2006.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.unityrockets.com/o/unity-high-school/staff
  2. Web site: Unity High School. National Center for Education Statistics. 18 January 2023.
  3. https://www.news-gazette.com/behind-the-scenes-of-unity-footballs-rivalry-game-against-st-joseph-ogden/collection_1f9b1a63-edd5-5b73-a196-f47c6adcc589.html The News-Gazette
  4. http://iirc.niu.edu/School.aspx?schoolID=090100070260007&year=2006&source=school%20profile School Report Card