Lemont High School
| Lemont High School | |
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800 Porter Street Lemont, Illinois 60439 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°40′27″N 87°59′28″W / 41.6742°N 87.991°W |
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| School type | public secondary |
| School district | Lemont HS 210 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Mary Ticknor |
| CEEB code | 142590 |
| Principal | Eric Michaelsen |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 1,392 |
| Average class size | 22.6 |
| Campus size | 30 acres (120,000 m2) |
| Campus type | suburban |
| Color(s) |
navy blue gold |
| Athletics conference | South Suburban |
| Team name | Indians |
| Average ACT scores | 22.4 |
| Newspaper | Tom-Tom |
| Website | http://www.lhs210.net/ |
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Lemont High School, or LHS, is a public four-year high school located in Lemont, Illinois, a south-western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is the only school of Lemont Township High School District 210, which serves the Village of Lemont and small portions of Woodridge and Downers Grove.
An old surviving document shows graduates in 1891, although Lemont High School was not officially formed until 1906, when five students (four girls and one boy) began meeting for class in the school building located at 410 McCarthy Road. The high school leased three rooms in the building at a rate of $500 per year. The original building is now used for condominiums, but the Central Elementary school is still connected to the East end of the building.
By 1925, after many failed attempts, an 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m2) building was finally constructed at 800 Porter Street, where the school is located to this day. The original building cost $125,000 to build and included eight classrooms, a library, a science lab, a home economics room, and a gymnasium.
Student enrollment almost doubled during the 1950s, which in turn led to three expansionary construction projects. Among the new additions were an 11,500-square-foot (1,070 m2) gymnasium (completed in 1950), and 38,000 square feet (3,500 m2) worth of classroom additions (completed by 1959). By the end of the decade, the school was equipped with wood, metal, industrial arts, and electrical shops.
After occupying 6.5 acres (26,000 m2) since the late 1920s, Lemont High School expanded to 29 acres (120,000 m2) by 1967, with a significant portion of that land being used for athletic facilities. A $1.1 million project was completed in 1971, which added a new auditorium, kitchen, locker rooms, and more. On June 13, 1976, the school suffered nearly $500,000 in tornado damages. Shortly thereafter, the community passed a bond to rebuild.
The student population at LHS began to climb in the 1990s, which resulted in yet another expansion in 1997. The $24.5 million project added a three-story classroom addition and a fieldhouse, essentially doubling the building’s square footage to 300,000. A unique parking facility was also built as part of the expansion to help ease severe parking problems for students and staff.
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