Joliet Central High School | |
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Address | |
201 East Jefferson Street , 60432 United States | |
Information | |
School type | public secondary |
Opened | 1901 |
School district | Joliet Twp. HS 204 |
Superintendent | Karla Guzman [1] |
Principal | Shad Hallihan [2] |
Teaching staff | 184.30 (FTE)[3] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Gender | coed |
Enrollment | 3,377 (2022–23)[3] |
Average class size | 18.8[4] |
Student to teacher ratio | 18.32[3] |
Campus type | urban |
Color(s) | royal blue gold [5] |
Athletics conference | Southwest Prairie Conference |
Team name | Steelmen/Steelwomen[5] |
Newspaper | JTC Journal |
Website | www.jths.org/central |
Joliet Township High School | |
Location in Illinois | |
Location | 201 E. Jefferson St., Joliet, Illinois |
Coordinates | 41°31′31″N 88°04′29″W / 41.5254°N 88.0747°W |
Area | 3.6 acres (1.5 ha) |
Built | 1901 |
Built by | D.S. Burnham (1917, 1922, 1924, and 1931 additions) |
Architect | Frank Shaver Allen (1901 original) |
Architectural style | Collegiate Gothic |
NRHP reference No. | 82002604[6] |
Added to NRHP | August 12, 1982 |
Joliet Central High School is a public secondary school located in Joliet, Illinois. Central is part of Joliet Township High Schools, along with Joliet West and Joliet East (now defunct). Before the opening of Joliet East and West, the school was called Joliet Township High School. In 1993, when Joliet Central and Joliet West combined many of their athletic and other competitive extracurricular programs, the combined program took the old "Joliet Township" name.