Mercer County High School, or MCHS, is a public four-year high school located at 1500 South College Avenue in Aledo, Illinois, a city in Mercer County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. MCHS is part of Mercer County Community Unit School District 404, which also includes Mercer County Junior High School, Mercer County Intermediate School, Apollo Elementary School, and New Boston Elementary School. The campus is located in Aledo, IL, 30 miles southwest of Moline, Illinois, and serves a mixed city, village, and rural residential community. The school is within the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metropolitan statistical area.
Academics
Aledo-Westmer Academics
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For academic year ending 2009, both Aledo High School and Westmer High School were Fully Recognized by the state for making yearly progress and adhering to state testing and standards. In 2009, 62% of Westmer High School students tested met or exceeded standards, and 56% of Aledo High School students met or exceeded standards. Westmer High School made Adequate Yearly Progress in 2009 on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act; whereas Aledo High School did not make Adequate Yearly Progress. Aledo High School's average high school graduation rate between 1999 and 2009 was 99%, and Westmer's was 91%. Westmer High School enrollment decreased from 207 to 140 (32%) in the period of 2000–2009, and Aledo High School enrollment decreased from 344 to 287 (17%).
Mercer County
Two awards have been given to schools in our district by the Illinois State Board of Education. The Academic Excellence Award has been given to Apollo Elementary and the Spotlight Schools Award has been given to New Boston Elementary.
Athletics
Mercer County High School competes in the Lincoln Trail Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Aledo Mercer County High School has won 5 state championships, 4 in Boys' Football (1998, 2001, 2002, AND 2012), and 1 in Boys' Golf (1984).
History
Aledo High School and Westmer High School consolidated in 2009. Westmer High School was formed by the consolidation of Joy, Keithsburg, and New Boston High Schools in 1960.
Aledo High School
Aledo residents began offering educational opportunities to their children in the mid-19th century. Aledo High School was established during the later years of the Aledo Academy, a university-preparatory school which ran from 1874 to 1893, and in turn contributed to the latter school's demise. In Eric Long's research of the academy, "... the Aledo Academy did its duty as a fine school until the Aledo High School became an academically stronger institution." This took place during the late 1880s to early 1890s. Aledo High School served the community through 2009. It was in 2008 and 2009 that Aledo residents, and residents whose children attended nearby Joy Westmer High School, began researching a possibility of consolidating their efforts. This decision was agreed upon by both sides and finalized in 2008. The 2008–09 school year would be the final one for the school known as the Aledo High School "Green Dragons". Beginning with the 2009–10 school year, Aledo High School will now be known as the Mercer County High School "Golden Eagles". Mercer County High School will hold classes in Aledo at the former Aledo High School building.