Fulton High School (Illinois)

Fulton High School
Location
1207 12th Street

,
61252

Coordinates41°51′54″N 90°09′10″W / 41.86500°N 90.15278°W / 41.86500; -90.15278
Information
TypeComprehensive Public High School
School districtRiver Bend Community Unit School District
PrincipalJeff Parsons
Teaching staff23.26 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment284 (2024–2025)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.21[1]
Campus typeSmall city
Colors    Scarlet, Black
Athletics conferenceNorthwest Upstate Illini Conference
MascotThe Steamers
PSAE average57%
Feeder schoolsRiver Bend Middle School
Websiteriverbendschools.org/fhs/
[2]

Fulton High School, or FHS, is a public four-year high school located in Fulton, Illinois, a small city in Whiteside County, Illinois. FHS is part of the River Bend Community Unit School District, which serves the communities of Fulton and Albany, and includes River Bend Middle School, and Fulton Elementary School.[3][4] The campus is less than 2 miles from Clinton, Iowa, which lies just across the Mississippi River, and 25 miles northwest of Sterling, Illinois. The school serves a mixed small city, village, and rural residential community. The school lies within the Sterling micropolitan statistical area.[5]

Academics

In 2009, Fulton High School did not make Adequate Yearly Progress, with 57% of students meeting standards, on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act. The school's average high school graduation rate between 1999-2009 was 89%.[6]

Athletics

Fulton High School competes in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference and is a member school of the Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Steamers.[7] The school has 2 state championships on record in team athletics or activities, both in Boys Football in 1976-77 and 1991-92.[8]

History

Albany High School, to the south of Fulton, shut its doors in 1944 and students went to neighboring Fulton and Cordova (now deactivated and incorporated into Riverdale) High Schools with the Albany school district paying the tuition.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Fulton High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fulton High School (Illinois)
  3. ^ "River Bend School District". www.riverbendschools.org.
  4. ^ "Fulton (H.S.)". Illinois High School Association. Archived from the original on June 5, 2010.
  5. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009 – Appendix II: Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: Concepts, Components, and Population" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 5, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  6. ^ "Illinois Report Card". iirc.niu.edu.
  7. ^ "Erie". Illinois High School Association. Archived from the original on June 5, 2010.
  8. ^ "Season Summaries: Erie". Illinois High School Association. Archived from the original on August 16, 2007.
  9. ^ "Albany High School".