River Ridge High School (Illinois)

River Ridge High School
Address
4141 Illinois Route 84 South
Hanover, Illinois 61041
United States
Coordinates 42°18′44″N 90°16′15″W / 42.3122°N 90.2709°W / 42.3122; -90.2709Coordinates: 42°18′44″N 90°16′15″W / 42.3122°N 90.2709°W / 42.3122; -90.2709
Information
Type Comprehensive Public High School
School district River Ridge Community Unit School District 210
Principal Mr. Michael Foltz
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 155
Campus type Rural
Color(s)      navy
     grey
Athletics conference Northwest Upstate Illini
Mascot Wildcats
Website River Ridge High School

River Ridge High School, or RRHS, is a public four-year high school located at 4141 Illinois Route 84 South near Hanover, Illinois, a village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. RRHS serves the communities and surrounding areas of Elizabeth and Hanover.[1][2] The campus is located 27 miles southeast of Dubuque, Iowa, and serves a mixed village and rural residential community.

Academics

River Ridge has competed in the WYSE competition for the past 12 years finishing first in the state WYSE competition in 2012.

Potential reference/citation:[3]

Athletics

River Ridge High School competes in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Their mascot is the Wildcats, with school colors of navy blue and grey. The school has no state championships on record in team athletics and activities, however they finished runner-up in the 2011 Girls basketball Class 1A state tournament. Due to their small enrollment, RRHS coops with neighboring high schools for several sports (Scales Mound High School for Boys Baseball, Boys Golf, Girls Basketball, and Girls Softball; Galena High School for Girls Soccer; and Galena and East Dubuque High School for Boys and Girls Track and Field).[1][4][5]

History

River Ridge High School formed out of the consolidation of Hanover High School and Elizabeth High School in 1985. Surrounding communities may have possessed high schools at some time which were consolidated into the current RRHS. Potential reference/citation:[4][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "IHSA River Ridge High School". IHSA. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "River Ridge High School". River Ridge CUSD. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  3. ↑ http://iirc.niu.edu/
  4. 1 2 "IHSA River Ridge High School Season Summaries". IHSA. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "IHSA Coop Teams". IHSA. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  6. ↑ http://www.illinoishighschoolglorydays.com/

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