Ashton-Franklin Center High School

Ashton-Franklin Center High School, or AFCHS, is a public four-year high school located at 611 Western Avenue in Ashton, Illinois, a village in Lee County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States.

AFCHS serves the communities and surrounding areas of Ashton and Franklin Grove.

[2][3] The campus is located 40 miles south of Rockford, Illinois, and serves a mixed village and rural residential community.

Ashton-Franklin Center High School made Adequate Yearly Progress, with 62% of students meeting or exceeding standards, on the Prairie State Achievement Exam, an Illinois state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.

[4] In 2019, AFC ranked as the 12,463 best school in the United States, and 406 in Illinois based on U.S. News & World Report.

Ashton-Franklin Center High School mascot