Nashville Community High School District 99 Explained

Nashville Community High School
Address:	1300 South Mill Street
City:	Nashville
State:	Illinois
Zipcode:	62263
Country:	United States
Type:	Public
Established:	1954
School Board:	NCHS Board of Education^[1]
District:	Nashville Community High School District 99
Superintendent:	Brad Turner
Principal:	Mark Begando
Faculty:	28.64 (on FTE basis)^[2]
Grades:	9 to 12
Ratio:	14.35
Enrollment:	411 (2022-23)^[3]
Team Name:	Hornets and Hornettes
Nickname:	“Big Blue”
Athletics Conference:	Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference
Song:	“Illinois Loyalty”
Sports:	Basketball, Baseball, Football, Track & Field, Volleyball, Softball, Golf, Cross Country, Swimming, Cheerleading, Dance, Bass Fishing
Rivals:	Okawville Rockets, Pinckneyville Panthers, Mater Dei Knights
Footnotes:	^[4]

Nashville Community High School is a public high school located in Nashville, Illinois. The school educates about 400 students in grades 9 to 12.

Notable alumni

Kirk Rueter - Retired pitcher for the Montreal Expos and the San Francisco Giants. Is the Giants franchise record holder for career wins by a left-handed pitcher in the San Francisco Era, and a member of the San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame.
Royce Newman - Current offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers.

The Hornets and Hornettes, the school's athletic teams, compete in the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference and have won 7 Illinois High School Association championships, 3 of them in softball. They have also had 7 runner-up appearances, 9 3rd-place finishes, and 7 4th-place finishes.

Baseball: 4th, 1994 (Class A)
Boys Basketball: 4th, 1949; State Champions, 1978 (Class A); 2nd, 2014 (Class 2A), 2019 (Class 2A)
Football: 2nd, 1998 (Class 3A), 2019 (Class 2A), 2021 (Class 2A)
Boys Track: 2nd, 1997 (Class A); State Champions, 1998 (Class A - tied with Chicago Leo)
Boys Golf: 3rd, 2013 (Class 1A); 3rd, 2014 (Class 1A)
Girls Basketball: 3rd, 1989 (Class A); 2nd, 1990 (Class A); 4th, 2002 (Class A); 3rd, 2009 (Class 2A); 3rd, 2010 (Class 2A); 4th, 2011 (Class 2A); State Champions, 2013 (Class 2A)
Girls Golf: 3rd, 2010 (Class A); 2nd, 2011 (Class A); State Champions, 2013 (Class A); 2nd, 2016 (Class 1A); 3rd, 2017 (Class 1A)
Softball: 4th, 1999 (Class A); State Champions, 2001 (Class A); 3rd, 2004 (Class A); State Champions, 2012 (Class 2A); 3rd, 2013 (Class 2A); State Champions, 2015 (Class 2A)
Volleyball: 4th, 2018 (Class 2A)