| Rich East High School | |
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| Address | |
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300 Sauk Trail , 60466 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°28′51″N 87°41′26″W / 41.4809°N 87.6905°W |
| Information | |
| School type | public secondary |
| Motto | Leadership, Scholarship, Sportsmanship |
| Opened | 1952 |
| Closed | 2020 |
| School district | Rich Township HS #227 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Johnnie Thomas [1] |
| Principal | Dr. Albert Brass, Jr.[2] |
| Staff | 71.69 (FTE)[3] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 913 (2017–18)[3] |
| Average class size | 13.5[4] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.74[3] |
| Color(s) | green yellow[6] |
| Athletics conference | South Suburban Conference |
| Team name | Rockets[6] |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[5] |
| Newspaper | The Reveiller |
| Yearbook | Lagoon |
| Website | http://www.richeast.org |
Rich East High School or REHS was a public four-year high school located in Park Forest, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago in the United States. Rich East's campus serves the cities of Park Forest, Matteson, Olympia Fields, Chicago Heights and Richton Park serving sections of school districts 162 and 163. Oscar W. Huth Middle School, Illinois Elementary School, Barack Obama School of Leadership and STEM and Michelle Obama School of Technology and the Arts served as feeder schools. It is a part of Rich Township District 227, which also includes Rich South High School and Rich Central High School. As of October 16, 2019, District 227 has decided to close the school.
Until its closure it was the oldest of the three district high schools.[7]
- ^ "Office of the Superintendent". Rich Township High School. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Rich East Administration". directory. Rich East High School. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ^ a b c "Rich East Campus High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
- ^ a b "Illinois School Report Card" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "Institution Summary for Rich East High School". AdvancED profile. North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Park Forest (Rich East)". directory. Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 19 October 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- ^ "District 227 votes to close Rich East High School". WGN-TV. 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2021-07-11.