Waterloo High School (Illinois) Explained

Waterloo High School
Type:Public
Streetaddress:505 East Bulldog Boulevard
City:Waterloo
State:Illinois
Country:USA
Zipcode:62298
Established:1895
Grades:9–12
Enrollment:895 (2022–23)[1]
Staff:51.00 (FTE)
Ratio:17.00
Principal:Timothy McDermott
Mascot:Bulldogs
Team Name:Bulldogs
Colors: orange
black
Yearbook:Wahischo
District:Waterloo Community Unit School District 5

Waterloo High School is a high school in Waterloo, Illinois, and is the only public high school in the Waterloo area.

Campus

In 2007, ground was broken on a new building. The school's cost is roughly $38 million. The school is built on 62acres[2] of land and holds 1,400 students. The school has a total of 57 classrooms.

Waterloo High School has an auditorium that can hold 462 people. The school also has a fitness center and weight room used for PE students and athletes, four computer labs, a library, a cafeteria, band room, chorus room, and an engineering lab. The school has an interior courtyard area for agricultural classes.[3]

Academics

Waterloo High School has four Advanced Placement classes; AP Lang and Comp, AP Chem, AP Lit., and AP Calc. The school also offers 24 honors classes, three of which offer college credit. The school offers Running Start to sophomores who have a minimum GPA of 3.2 and are enrolled in Algebra II Honors which allows them to get a high school diploma and an associate's degree.[4]

Sports

The school has a 20040square feet gym that holds a total of 2,000 people. The school has six tennis courts, one softball field, one baseball field, and a football/soccer field as well as the marching field and a track.

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Waterloo High School. National Center for Education Statistics. February 19, 2021.
  2. Web site: Guarantee Electrical Completes $38 Million, 227,000SF High School in Waterloo, Ill.. Guarantee Electrical. August 28, 2011.
  3. Web site: Guarantee’s Innovative Electrical Design Advances Technology & Energy Savings at Two Illinois High Schools. Guarantee Electrical. August 28, 2011.
  4. News: First WHS Legacy Wall reflects and inspires . 9 July 2024 . Republic Times . 24 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220925213414/https://www.republictimes.net/first-whs-legacy-wall-reflects-and-inspires/ . 25 September 2022.