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Champaign Centennial High School
Location
Map
913 South Crescent Drive

Champaign
,
Champaign County
,
Illinois
61821

United States
Information
School typePublic high school
Opened1966
StatusOpen
School district
Champaign Unit 4 School District
NCES District ID
1709420[1]
SuperintendentGeovanny Ponce
NCES School ID
170942000545[2]
Principal
Sara Sanders
Teaching staff
109.40 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,476 (2024–25)[2]
 • Grade 9456[2]
 • Grade 10334[2]
 • Grade 11352[2]
 • Grade 12334[2]
Student to teacher ratio
13.49[2]
Hours in school day
8:05am – 3:20pm
Colors  Columbia blue
  Navy blue
  White
AthleticsIllinois High School Association
Athletics conference
Big Twelve Conference (Illinois)
MascotCharger
(knight seated on a horse)
NicknameChargers
RivalChampaign Central High School
NewspaperThe Centinal
YearbookThe Centurian
WebsiteSchool website

Champaign Centennial High School is a public high school serving grades 9–12 in Champaign, Illinois. It is part of Champaign Unit 4 School District. As of the 2024–25 school year, it had 1,476 students.[2] The school is located next to Jefferson Middle School and Centennial Park.

Curriculum

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The school offers a variety of courses, including AP courses in Macroeconomics, English, Calculus AB or BC, Physics C: Mechanics, Chemistry, Biology, U.S. History, U.S. Government and Politics, Statistics, and more. In addition, many consumer science and industrial technology courses are offered. The school also offers a Young Adult Program for students 18–21 years of age, which is based at Parkland College.[3] The student-teacher ratio is 16:1, average for the state.[4]

Extracurricular activities

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Athletics

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Centennial competes in interscholastic sports in the Big Twelve Conference (Illinois) of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA).[3]

Fall sports

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  • Cheerleading
  • Boys cross-country
  • Girls cross-country
  • Football
  • Boys golf
  • Girls golf
  • Marching band
  • Boys soccer
  • Girls swimming and diving
  • Girls tennis
  • Volleyball

Winter sports

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  • Boys basketball
  • Girls basketball
  • Cheerleading
  • Boys swimming and diving
  • Wrestling
  • Archery

Spring sports

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  • Baseball
  • Girls soccer
  • Softball
  • Boys tennis
  • Boys track and field
  • Girls track and field


Champaign Centennial Chargers varsity tennis team May 9, 1975; from Left to Right: Vance Barr, Javier Gonzalez, Fernando Gonzalez, Doug Wentworth, Tim Iben, Paul Carter (captain); photo by Mike van Antwerp courtesy of Champaign County Newspaper Archives at Urbana Free Library

The boys tennis team won Capitol Conference and Danville District titles and placed 12th at the Illinois state championships in 1975.[5] The coach was Donald Lee Shuman,[6] originally from the small town of Morrison, Illinois, who had been Illinois state high school runner up in doubles in 1942[7] and a three-time letterman as a hurdler on the University of Illinois varsity track and field team.[8]

The girls tennis team won consecutive Illinois state championships in 1995 and 1996.[9]

The school's basketball team also won their first state championship game in 2009, beating Oswego 61–59. They had a repeat appearance to the state championships in 2010, taking 4th place overall.

Performance

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In 2006, the school was named as one of the top 50 high schools in Illinois, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. In 2006, students' ACT scores exceeded both the state and national averages by about 2 points.[4] In 2007, the school's scores on the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Reading and Math tests exceeded the state averages, with around 60-65% of students meeting or exceeding state standards. Currently, the school is not making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).[4]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ↑ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Champaign CUSD 4". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Search for Public Schools - Centennial High School (170942000545)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Centennial High School Archived April 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 3 greatschools - Centennial High School
  5. ↑ Van Antwerp, Mike (May 9, 1975). "Centennial netters are district pick". The Courier. Champaign-Urbana, IL. p. 33.
  6. ↑ Van Antwerp, Mike (May 9, 1975). "Centennial netters are district pick". The Courier. Champaign-Urbana, IL. p. 33.
  7. ↑ "IHSA Boys Tennis Medalists". IHSA.org.
  8. ↑ "2021 Official Track Field Record Book" (PDF). fightingillini.com.
  9. ↑ Illinois High School Association Season Summaries
  10. ↑ Bonnie Blair | U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame (usopm.org)
  11. ↑ "UPDATED: Centennial grad Lindgren gets MLB call-up, may pitch for Marlins tonight". April 3, 2023.
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