Downers Grove South High School | |
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1436 Norfolk Street , 60516 | |
Coordinates | 41°46′15″N 88°01′15″W / 41.7708°N 88.0207°W |
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School type | Public |
Motto | Mustang Way[5] |
Opened | 1964[9] |
School district | Community HS Dist. 99 |
Superintendent | Henry Thiele[1] |
Principal | Arwen Lyp[2] |
Staff | 179.55 (FTE)[3] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Gender | Co-Ed |
Enrollment | 2,637 (2022-23)[3] |
Average class size | 21.0[4] |
Student to teacher ratio | 14.69[3] |
Campus | Suburban |
Colour(s) | navy blue columbia blue[6] |
Athletics conference | West Suburban Conference |
Mascot | Marty The Mustang |
Nickname | Mustangs[6] |
Publication | Calliope[8] |
Newspaper | Blueprint Pony Express[7] |
Yearbook | Caracole[7] |
Radio station | WDGC (88.3 FM)[10] |
Cable TV Station | Channel 29[8] |
Website | http://www.csd99.org/south/ |
Downers Grove South High School, or DGS, and locally referred to as "South", is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Dunham Road and 63rd Street in Downers Grove, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Its principal is Arwen Lyp. It is part of Community High School District 99, which also includes Downers Grove North High School. The South campus draws students from Downers Grove (south of 55th St.), the majority of Woodridge, half of Darien (west of Cass Ave.), and small sections of Bolingbrook and Westmont.