Princeville High School (PHS) is a

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located at 302 Cordis Avenue in Princeville, a

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, in the

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. PHS is part of Princeville Community Unit School District 326, which also includes Princeville Grade School and Princeville Junior High School. The campus is 16 miles northwest of

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and serves a mixed

and

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residential community. It is the only

in the

of Princeville, part of the Peoria metropolitan statistical area. Princeville Junior High School shares the same campus as Princeville Senior High School.

Athletics

Princeville High School competes in the

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and is a member school in the

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. Its mascot is the Prince, symbolized by an armored

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and horse carrying a

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and

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. Princeville has competed in the IHSA Final Four a total of three times in boys' football (finished second in 1975) and girls' softball (second in 2016, third in 2017). The school has no state championships on record in team athletics.

References

Interactive Illinois Report Card

External links

Princeville Community Unit School District #326
{{authority control Public high schools in Illinois Schools in Peoria County, Illinois