Eisenhower High School (Decatur, Illinois)

Dwight Eisenhower High School is a public high school located in Decatur, Illinois. The school serves about 1,046 students in grades 9 to 12 in Decatur Public Schools District 61. Students from this school were featured on The N's Student Body, a show on which students competed against other students from their crosstown rival, MacArthur High School, to see who could lose the most weight for a $25,000 grand prize. Eisenhower High School organizes its students into communities divided by class, and has^[when?] instituted a mandatory school uniform policy along with MacArthur High School.^{[citation needed]}

TypePublic

School district

Decatur Public Schools District 61

NCES District ID

1711850^[1]

NCES School ID

171185001405^[2]

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Dwight Eisenhower High School
Location
1200 S 16th St Decatur, Illinois 62521 United States 39.829°N 88.9354°W / 39.829; -88.9354
Information
Type	Public
School district	Decatur Public Schools District 61
NCES District ID	1711850[1]
NCES School ID	171185001405[2]
Principal	Amy Zahm-Duncheon[3]
Teaching staff	51.00 (on FTE basis)[2]
Grades	9–12
Gender	Co-ed
Enrollment	936 (2023-2024)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	18.35[2]
Campus type	Urban
Colors	Black   White
Athletics	IHSA
Athletics conference	Central State Eight Conference
Team name	Panthers
Rival	MacArthur High School
Newspaper	Panther Press
Website	ehs.dps61.org

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The fight song is "EHS Fight Song".^[4]