Coordinates: 41°50′49″N 89°29′19″W / 41.847°N 89.4885°W
Dixon High School (DHS) is a high school located on Lincoln Statue Drive and Peoria Avenue on the northern side of Dixon, Illinois.
Dixon High School is likely best known as the alma mater of President Ronald Reagan.
Dixon High School (DHS) is a high school located on Lincoln Statue Drive and Peoria Avenue on the northern side of Dixon, Illinois. In 1918 the north (North Dixon High School) and south (South Central High School) districts were consolidated into one district and it was decided that a new, larger high school was needed. The new $600,000 High School was completed in 1929. The school replaced North Dixon High School and South Central High School. In 1959 two large wings and a new gymnasium were added. It serves students in grades 9-12 on a partially open campus. Freshman Academy was implemented in 2007. Fewer than 800 students currently attend DHS. Students at Dixon High School have the opportunity to attend classes at the Whiteside Area Career Center in Sterling IL. The gymnasium was named for a former superintendent of the school, A.H. Lancaster. Dr. Mike Grady is the current Principal. (Source: Pictorial History of Lee County Schools)
Dixon has one boy's state team trophy, the 2008 IHSA State Cross Country championship. The school also has several girl's state trophies. Dating back to the early 1980s, the Duchesses have two trophies in basketball, one in golf, and two in bowling. Also on display is a trophy for wheelchair basketball from the IHSA State Championship in 2005 when Senior Sarah Fischer captained the local wheelchair team to a second-place finish.