| Alan B. Shepard High School | |
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| Address | |
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13049 S. Ridgeland Avenue , 60463 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°39′18″N 87°46′28″W / 41.6551°N 87.7744°W |
| Information | |
| School type | public secondary |
| Opened | 1976 |
| School district | Community HS 218 |
| Superintendent | Josh Barron[1] |
| Principal | Timothy Baker, Ed.D.[2] |
| Staff | 173[3] |
| Teaching staff | 124.60 (FTE)[4] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 1,973 (2022-2023)[4] |
| Average class size | 22.4[5] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.83[4] |
| Campus type | suburban |
| Color(s) | Brown Orange[6] |
| Song | We're the Astros[7] |
| Fight song | Fight, Fight for Shepard High[7] |
| Athletics conference | South Suburban Conference[6] |
| Team name | Astros Lady Astros[6] |
| Publication | Spectrum[8] |
| Newspaper | Freedom 7[7] |
| Yearbook | Odyssey[7] |
| Alumni | http://shepardalumni.com/ |
| Website | http://shepard.chsd218.org/ |
Alan B. Shepard High School is a public secondary school located in Palos Heights, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago. The school, along with Dwight D. Eisenhower High School and Harold L. Richards High School are part of Community High School District 218. Students who attend the school live in the communities of Palos Heights, Crestwood, Worth, Alsip, Robbins, and Calumet Park. The school is named in honor of Alan B. Shepard, the first American astronaut to travel into space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon.
- ^ "Superintendent". Community HS District 218. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
- ^ "Administration". directory. Alan B. Shepard HS. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
- ^ "Alan B. Shepard High School Faculty & Staff". directory. Alan B. Shepard HS. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ^ a b c "A B Shepard High Sch (Campus)". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ^ a b "Illinois School Report Card" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Palos Heights (Shepard)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). November 19, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
- ^ a b c d "About Us". Alan B. Shepard High School. Archived from the original on October 9, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
- ^ "Literary Magazine (Spectrum)". Alan B. Shepard HS. Archived from the original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2009.