Elmwood Park High School | |
---|---|
Address | |
8201 West Fullerton Avenue , | |
Information | |
Type | Public secondary |
Motto | Our Pride, Our Students, Our Future |
Established | 1954 |
School district | Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 |
Principal | Amanda Brode-Rico |
Faculty | 70 |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 973 (2022-23) [1] |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Black Gold |
Athletics | Football, Baseball, Basketball, Wrestling, Soccer, Volleyball, Tennis, Track, Cross Country, Golf, Softball, Cheerleading |
Mascot | Tiger |
Nickname | EPHS |
Yearbook | Scroll |
Website | www.epcusd401.org/ephs |
Elmwood Park High School, or EPHS, is a public four-year high school located in River Grove, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401.
Elmwood Park High School is a four-year comprehensive high school located in River Grove, Illinois. Students are all residents of Elmwood Park.
Opened for classes in 1954, Elmwood Park now has an enrollment of approximately 950 students with approximately 225 students in the senior class. Follow-up studies indicate that approximately 90% of the graduates have continued their education beyond high school.
Elmwood Park High School is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Illinois State Board of Education.
The school has a professional staff of 70 certified personnel.
Elmwood Park High School is chartered as the Harold Grothen Chapter of the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools.
In 2005, Elmwood Park had an average composite ACT score of 22.0, and graduated 92.9% of its senior class. The average class size is 20.3. Elmwood Park has made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination in 2009 for the first time in years, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act. [2] As of 2013, U.S. News & World Report had ranked the school in the top 10 percent in Illinois and in the U.S. [3]
Elmwood Park competes in the Upstate Eight Conference and Illinois High School Association.
Elmwood Park Tigers 2012 Football team won the Metro Suburban Conference Title for the first time since 1985. They were co-champions of the Metro Suburban Conference again in 2017.
Maine West High School, also known as Maine West or MWHS, is a public four-year high school located in Des Plaines, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Maine Township High School District 207, which also includes Maine East High School and Maine South High School. Maine Township High School West serves most of Des Plaines and a portion of Rosemont.
West Leyden High School is a high school in Northlake, Illinois, United States. It first opened for enrollment in 1959. The school's athletic mascot was originally the Knights until 1981, when the East and West Leyden High School athletic programs merged to create an athletic team currently known as the Eagles.
James B. Conant High School is a public four-year high school located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Township High School District 211, which also includes William Fremd High School, Hoffman Estates High School, Palatine High School, and Schaumburg High School. Feeder schools are Mead Junior High, Keller Junior High, Frost Junior High, and St. Hubert Catholic School.
Wheeling High School (WHS) is a public four-year high school located in Wheeling, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Township High School District 214, which also includes Buffalo Grove High School, Elk Grove High School, John Hersey High School, Prospect High School, and Rolling Meadows High School. The school serves the communities of Wheeling, Prospect Heights, Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove and Mount Prospect. U.S. News & World Report ranked WHS as the 6th high school in District 214, the 133rd high school in Illinois, and as the 3,664th high school in the United States in 2023.
Thornton Fractional Township South High School is a high school located in Suburban Cook County, Illinois, located 6 miles (9.7 km) from the city limits of Chicago. The school serves an area of approximately 9 square miles (23 km2), & serves around 2,000 students in grades 9-12 who reside in the near South Suburban communities of Lansing and Lynwood.
Lisle High School is a public four-year high school located in Lisle, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Lisle Community Unit School District 202.
Geneva Community High School, or GHS, is a public high school located in Geneva, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Geneva Community Unit School District 304.
Kaneland High School, or KHS, is a public four-year high school located in Maple Park, Illinois, United States. It is part of Kaneland Community Unit School District 302.
Westmont High School, or WHS, is a public four-year high school located in Westmont, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Westmont Community Unit School District 201. The student population of 393 (2018–2019) and building size, are much smaller than adjacent public high schools such as Downers Grove North and Hinsdale Central.
Oak Forest High School is a public high school located in Oak Forest, Illinois. It is part of Bremen Community High School District 228 which also includes Tinley Park High School, Hillcrest High School and Bremen High School. It serves most of the community of Oak Forest, as well as portions of Midlothian and Crestwood in Bremen Township in the south suburbs of Chicago in Cook County.
Tinley Park High School, TPHS or simply Tinley is a public high school located in Tinley Park, Illinois, approximately 30 miles southwest of Chicago. It is part of Bremen Community High School District 228 which also includes Oak Forest High School, Hillcrest High School and Bremen High School.
The Metro Suburban Conference (MSC) was an organization of four high schools in northern Illinois, representing seven communities in that part of the state. These high schools are all members of the Illinois High School Association. The conference began competing during the 2006–07 academic year, with Elmwood Park, Fenton, Ridgewood, and Riverside-Brookfield after departing from the former Suburban Prairie Conference East Division.
Central High School, is a public four-year high school located in Kane County, Illinois, a far northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is part of Central Community Unit School District 301, which serves Elgin, Lily Lake, Plato Center, Udina, Hampshire, Pingree Grove, Sycamore, Maple Park, Campton Hills, Burlington and far western portions of St. Charles.
Collinsville High School (CHS) is a four-year public high school in the Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 in Illinois. In 2011, Collinsville High School had an enrollment of 1,985 students.
Thornton Fractional North High School is a Public Secondary school in Calumet City, Illinois. It first opened its doors in March 1926.
Glenbard South High School (GSHS) is a public four-year high school located in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States. It is part of Glenbard Township High School District 87, and is the smallest of the four Glenbard Township High Schools. It contains students within the boundary of Community Consolidated School District 89.
Galva High School, or GHS, is a public four-year high school located at 1020 Center Ave. in Galva, Illinois, a small city in Galva Township of Henry County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. GHS is part of Galva Community Unit School District 224, which also includes Galva Junior High School, and Galva Elementary School. The school is combined with the Galva Junior High School to form Galva Junior-Senior High School. However, academics, athletics, and activities remain mostly separate. The campus is 28 miles northeast of Galesburg, Illinois, 42 miles southeast of Moline, Illinois, and serves a mixed small city and rural residential community. The school is the only high school in the city of Galva. The school is part of the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metropolitan statistical area.
Elmwood High School, or EHS, is a public four-year high school located at 301 West Butternut Street in Elmwood, Illinois, a small city in Peoria County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. EHS is part of Elmwood Community Unit School District 322, which serves the communities of Elmwood, Oak Hill, and Edwards, and also includes Elmwood Junior High School, and Elmwood Elementary School.
V.I.T. High School, or VHS, is a public four-year high school located at 1500 U.S. Hwy. 136 East near Table Grove, Illinois, a village in Fulton County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. VHS is part of V.I.T. Community Unit School District 2, which serves the communities of Vermont, Ipava, and Table Grove (V.I.T), and includes V.I.T. Junior High School, and V.I.T. Elementary School. The campus is located 30 miles southwest of Canton, IL, and serves a mixed village and rural residential community. The school lies within the Canton micropolitan statistical area.
Carlinville High School is a public high school located in Carlinville, Illinois that serves students from the surrounding areas of Carlinville, Chesterfield, Standard City, Atwater, and Plainview.