Downers Grove South High School

Downers Grove South High School
Address
1436 Norfolk Street Downers Grove , Illinois 60516 United States
Coordinates	41°46′15″N 88°01′15″W / 41.7708°N 88.0207°W / 41.7708; -88.0207
Information
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.