The History of Alvin High School
Alvin (population 316) is located in far eastern Illinois. The town sits just north of Illinois Route 119
about 3 miles west of the Indiana/Illinois state line. This places Alvin about 10 miles north of Danville in upper-eastern
Vermillion County. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad also travels through Alvin. A branch of the North
Fork of the Vermillion River flows in and around Alvin as well.
The history of the town and its school system is in need of research. It is believed that Alvin offered
education to its kids beginning in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Alvin definately supported a high school in the late
1920s as the boys basketball team of 1928 won a District title (www.ihsa.org). Unfortunately this is the extent of the information currently available on Alvin High School.
It is known that in the late 1940s, the townspeople of Alvin and nearby Rossville began consolidation talks. The exact year was 1948 when a new school district was established
between the two towns. The district was appropriately named Rossville-Alvin.
The high school for Rossville-Alvin was located in Rossville. It is not known if possibly the original
Alvin High School building was used as part of the Rossville-Alvin School District. The fate of the original Alvin school building is a familiar but sad one as it has been torn down.
Rossville-Alvin High School District closed in 2005. The Alvin kids now have the option of attending Bismarck-Henning or Hoopeston Area high schools.
Alvin High School Quick Facts
Year opened: late
1800s / early 1900s
Year closed:
1948
Consolidated to: Rossville-Alvin School
District
School nickname: the "Pirates"
School colors: Orange
& Black
School Fight Song: unavailable
