Byron High School (Byron, Illinois)

Byron High School is located in the small city of Byron, Illinois population: 3,284. Byron High School is located 17 miles southwest from Rockford, Illinois, the state's third largest city.

Byron High School
Address
696 N. Colfax

Byron, Illinois

Byron
,
Ogle
,
Illinois
61010

United States
Information
School districtDistrict 226
SuperintendentBuster Barton
PrincipalJay Mullens
Staff35.93 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Number of students465 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.94[1]
Color(s)Orange, Black, and White
Athletics conferenceBig Northern Conference
Team nameTigers
RivalStillman Valley High School
AlumniTroy Drake
Websitehttp://byron226.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=5

Revenue

Taxes from the Byron Nuclear Generating Station play a critical role in the school's funding. In 2006 Byron passed a referendum that raised property taxes in order to build a new middle school and add a new wing onto Byron High School. The new Byron High School wing was completed in winter 2007. The new Byron Middle School, completed as of summer 2009, is currently in use.

Colors and Mascot

The Byron school colors are orange, black and white. The school mascot is the tiger.

Activities

Byron High school offers several sports and extra curricular activities for its student body. Non-athletic activities include: Chess, Scholastic Bowl, Speech Team, Drama Club, Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering, National Honor Society, Foreign Language Club, Future Farmers of America, Band, Chorus, Art Club, Student Council, Yearbook, Mission Statement Club, and Key Club.

The Byron Scholastic Bowl qualified for the State Finals eight times (twice in combined field, six times in Class A), winning the Class A State Championship in 2000 and placing second in 1997, 2008, and 2018.

Athletics

Byron High School competes in the Big Northern Conference. Athletic activities include: Basketball, Volleyball, Track, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Softball, Baseball, Swimming, Bowling and Soccer.

Byron's Football team won the Class 3A state championship in 1999, finishing with a record of 14-0. The team set the state's single-season scoring record by scoring a total of 673 points. That record has since been surpassed.[2] Byron’s Football team reached the IHSA Class 3A state championship game in back to back years in 2018 and 2019, losing both times by 4 points.

The Byron High School Wrestling team won the 1994-95 Illinois Class A state championship with a record of 22-2. The team also finished as the state runner-up in the 1998-99 season with a record of 23-3.[3]

Byron's Boys' Golf team won the state title in 2007, 2015, and 2016.[4]

Officers

The current Superintendent is Buster Barton.[5]

Other superintendents have included Margaret Fostiak, who was put on administrative leave by unanimous vote on July 13, 2011. Fostiak was then terminated by the Byron School Board by a unanimous vote on July 28, 2011. Her contract was originally supposed to run through June 30, 2014.

Dr. James Hammack followed Dr. Fostiak as Superintendent until the Spring of 2018.

The current Board of Education is listed on the District 226 webpage.[6]

The principal of Byron High School is Jay Mullens.[7]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Byron High School 9-12". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  2. "IHSA Football Records and History". IHSA.org. IHSA. Retrieved 10/3/14. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. http://ihsa.org/SportsActivities/BoysWrestling/RecordsHistory.aspx?url=/data/wr/records/team1-2.htm
  4. http://www.ihsa.org/Schools/SchoolDirectory.aspx?url=/data/school/b.htm
  5. "Staff Directory | Byron CUSD 226". www.byron226.org. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  6. "Board of Education – Board of Education – Byron CUSD 226". www.byron226.org. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  7. "Staff Directory | Byron High School". bhs.byron226.org. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
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