Centennial High School is a public high school serving grades 9âÂÂ12 in Champaign, Illinois. It is part of Champaign Unit 4 School District. As of the 2023âÂÂ24 school year, it had 1,473 students. The school is located next to Jefferson Middle School and Centennial Park.
The school offers a variety of courses, including AP courses in Macroeconomics, English, Calculus AB or BC, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, US History, American Government, and Statistics. In addition, many consumer science and industrial technology courses are offered. The school also offers a Young Adult Program for students 18âÂÂ21 years of age, which is based at Parkland College. The student-teacher ratio is 16:1, average for the state.
Centennial competes in interscholastic sports in the Big Twelve Conference (Illinois) of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA).
The girls tennis team won consecutive Illinois state championships in 1995 and 1996.
The school's basketball team also won their first state championship game in 2009, beating Oswego 61âÂÂ59. They had a repeat appearance to the state championships in 2010, taking 4th place overall.
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. 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).