Hononegah Community High School

Hononegah Community High School
Address
Map
307 Salem Street[1]

Rockton
,
Illinois
61072[1]

United States
Coordinates42°27′14″N 89°03′48″W / 42.454°N 89.0632°W / 42.454; -89.0632
Information
School typePublic Secondary
Established1923
School districtHononegah Community High School District 207
SuperintendentMichael Dugan[2]
CEEB code143735[5]
PrincipalChad Dougherty[2]
Staff221[3]
Teaching staff112.32 (FTE)[4]
Grades9–12
GenderCoed
Enrollment1,891 (2022-2023)[4]
Average class size24[6]
Student to teacher ratio16.84[4]
Campus typeSuburban[8]
Color(s)  Purple
  Gold[9]
Slogan"Scholarship. Citizenship. Leadership."
Fight songOn, Wisconsin!
Athletics conference(NIC-10)[9]
MascotIndian[9]
NicknameIndians[9]
NewspaperHCHS Today[10]
YearbookThe Mack
WebsiteOfficial School Website

Hononegah Community High School is a public high school in Rockton, Illinois and is the only high school comprising Hononegah Community High School District 207. Located between Rockford and the southern border of Wisconsin, the school serves students from the towns of Rockton, Roscoe, Shirland, and parts of South Beloit. Specifically, the school districts Kinnikinnick School District 131, Prairie Hill School District 133, Rockton School District 140, and Shirland School District 134 all feed into the high school.[1]

Hononegah Community High School opened in 1923. The school is named after the Native American Hononegah, wife of Stephen Mack Jr. Stephen Mack Jr. is credited to the founding of Rockton, Illinois.[1] The school's namesake is honored with a large mural of Hononegah in the school's main lobby.

One of the unique aspects of Hononegah was its inflatable "bubble" field house, the first of its kind for any Illinois public school, until its collapse in December 2015 due to a hailstorm.[11] It was replaced by a field house in March 2019.[12]

  1. ^ a b c d "Home - Hononegah Community School District". Hononegah Community HS District 207. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Staff Directory - Administration". Hononegah Community HS District 207. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Staff Directory". Hononegah Community HS District 207. n.d. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Hononegah CHD High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  5. ^ "High School CEEB Code Search". The State University of New York. 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference ISBESchoolReportCard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "2013 Illinois School Report Card" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Hononegah CHD High School". U.S. Board of Education. National Center for Education Statistics. 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d "IHSA School Directory". Illinois High School Association. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  10. ^ "HCHS Today". Hononegah Community HS District 207. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  11. ^ Stanley, Ben. "What popped the balloon in Rockton? Deflated ruins of Hononegah High School dome to be inspected". Rockford Register Star. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference fieldhouse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).