| Eastland High School | |
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| 500 School Drive Lanark, Illinois, 61046 United States |
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| Type | Comprehensive Public High School |
| School district | Eastland Community Unit School District 308 |
| Principal | Mr. Jay Ritchie |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 250 |
| Campus type | Small city |
| Color(s) | royal blue orange |
| Athletics conference | Northwest Upstate Illini |
| Mascot | Cougars |
| Website | Eastland High School |
Eastland High School, also known as Lanark Eastland, or EHS, is a public four-year high school located at 500 School Drive in Lanark, Illinois, a small city in Carroll County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. EHS serves the communities and surrounding areas of Lanark, Lake Carroll, and Shannon.[1][2] The campus is located 25 miles north of Sterling, Illinois, and serves a mixed small city, village, and rural residential community.
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Eastland High School competes in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Their mascot is the Cougars, with school colors of royal blue and orange. The school has 2 state championships on record in team athletics and activities: back-to-back titles in Girls Volleyball in 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 (1A).[1][4]
Due to EHS' small enrollment they coop for several sports: Pearl City High School for Boys Football and Speech Individual Events; Milledgeville High School for Boys and Girls Golf, and Boys and Girls Track and Field; and Polo High School and Milledgeville High School combined for Boys Wrestling.[5]
Eastland High School formed out of the consolidation of Lanark High School and Shannon High School in 1987. Surrounding communities may have possessed high schools at some time which were consolidated into the current EHS. Potential reference/citation:[4][6]