Wheeling High School | |
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Address | |
900 S. Elmhurst Rd. Wheeling, Illinois 60090 United States |
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Coordinates | 42°07′34″N 87°56′21″W / 42.1262°N 87.9392°W |
Information | |
School type | public secondary |
Opened | 1964 |
School district | Twp. H.S. District 214 |
Superintendent | Dr. David Schuler |
Principal | Angela Sisi |
Staff | 248 |
Grades | 9–12 |
Gender | coed |
Enrollment | 1,900 |
Average class size | 20.6 |
Campus | suburban |
School color(s) |
royal blue athletic gold white |
Athletics conference | Mid-Suburban League |
Nickname | Wildcats |
Average ACT scores | 22.3. |
Publication | Circus |
Newspaper | Spokesman[2] |
Yearbook | Lair |
TV station | WCAT |
Website | http://whs.d214.org/ |
Wheeling High School, or WHS, is a public four-year high school located in Wheeling, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Township High School District 214, which also includes Buffalo Grove High School, Elk Grove High School, John Hersey High School, Prospect High School, and Rolling Meadows High School. The school serves the communities of Wheeling, Prospect Heights, Arlington Heights, and Buffalo Grove, along with a small portion of Mount Prospect. As of 2013, Wheeling High School is ranked the 817th best high school in the nation and the 30th best high school in Illinois, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Feeder schools include London Middle School, Holmes Middle School, MacArthur Middle School, and River Trails Middle School. Some students from nearby private schools, such as St. Alphonsus Liguori, Saint Emily's Catholic School, St. Mary's School, and St. James, matriculate to WHS, too.