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In 2015, Freeport had an average composite ACT score of 19.3, just below the state average at 20.5. It graduated 82.5% of its senior class. [2] Freeport has not made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in recent years, and, as of the 2013–2014 school year, has been on the state academic watch list for eight consecutive school years.
The name was changed to Aquin High School at the start of the 1924 school year. [3] In September 2007, Thomas G. Doran, the Bishop of Rockford, renamed the three Catholic schools in Freeport to Aquin Catholic Schools. Their campuses are now referred to as the Junior-Senior High Campus, the Elementary Campus, and the PreSchool Campus.
Freeport is known for hosting the second Lincoln–Douglas debate of 1858, and as "Pretzel City, USA", due to a popular local German bakery that became well known for its prolific pretzel production after it opened in 1869. Freeport High School's mascot is the Pretzel to honor its heritage.
Maria High School (Chicago, Illinois) (1911–2013) McKinley High School (Chicago) ... Aquin Central Catholic High School; Freeport High School; Tazewell County
While the investigation is ongoing, the Stephenson County Sheriff's Office said additional charges are "likely" to be filed against the teacher.
Pearson attended Freeport High School in Freeport, Illinois, where he received All-State honors as the center of the basketball team. He also competed in football and track. After writing a letter to head coach Harry Combes, he walked on at the University of Illinois. In college, he was moved to guard and became a two-year starter.
The Northern Illinois Conference (NIC-10) is a high school athletic conference consisting of nine high public schools and one Catholic school in Illinois' Boone, Stephenson, and Winnebago Counties. Member schools are also full members of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), and are among the larger schools in that area, all competing in ...
Freeport is a small industrial city of 24,000 in northwest Illinois. For a price tag of $13 million, it's building a new public water system to tap deep into new, uncontaminated water sources.