Southeast High School (Springfield, Illinois)
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Springfield Southeast High School (SSHS or Southeast High School to natives) is a public high school located in Springfield, Illinois
. Southeast is the youngest high school serving Springfield Public Schools District 186, the oldest and second oldest being Springfield High School
and Lanphier High School
respectively. True to its name, this school feeds from the southeast area of Springfield. It was originally built as a bomb shelter and, until 1992, did not have any windows.
As of the 2007-2008 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,350 students and 61.0 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 22:1. The school is well known for its athletics, mainly basketball. They are the current City Champions in basketball. The school is unfortunately known as a violent school but in recent years statistics have shown that it is less violent than the other Springfield schools. The school has had a choir member be selected for the Young Americans.
Springfield, Illinois
Springfield is the third and current capital of the US state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 117,400 , making it the sixth most populated city in the state and the second most populated Illinois city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area...
. Southeast is the youngest high school serving Springfield Public Schools District 186, the oldest and second oldest being Springfield High School
Springfield High School (Illinois)
Springfield High School is a public secondary school located in Springfield, Illinois. It is the oldest of the three high schools in Springfield Public Schools District 186 . The school draws mainly from the west side of Springfield.While the school opened in 1857, the current building was...
and Lanphier High School
Lanphier High School
Lanphier High School, in the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois, Springfield, is a public high school affiliated with Springfield Public School District 186...
respectively. True to its name, this school feeds from the southeast area of Springfield. It was originally built as a bomb shelter and, until 1992, did not have any windows.
As of the 2007-2008 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,350 students and 61.0 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 22:1. The school is well known for its athletics, mainly basketball. They are the current City Champions in basketball. The school is unfortunately known as a violent school but in recent years statistics have shown that it is less violent than the other Springfield schools. The school has had a choir member be selected for the Young Americans.