Principal Mr. Michael Foltz Enrollment 155 Phone +1 815-858-9005 Number of students 155 | Grades 9–12 Campus type Rural Mascot Wildcats Colors Grey, Navy Blue | |
Type Comprehensive Public High School Athletics conference Northwest Upstate Illini Address 4141 IL-84, Hanover, IL 61041, USA District River Ridge Community Unit School District 210 | ||
River Ridge High School, or RRHS, is a public four-year high school located at 4141 Illinois Route 84 South near Hanover, Illinois, a village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. RRHS serves the communities and surrounding areas of Elizabeth and Hanover. The campus is located 27 miles southeast of Dubuque, Iowa, and serves a mixed village and rural residential community.
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Academics
River Ridge has competed in the WYSE competition for the past 12 years finishing first in the state WYSE competition in 2012.
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Athletics
River Ridge High School competes in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Their mascot is the Wildcats, with school colors of navy blue and grey. The school has no state championships on record in team athletics and activities, however they finished runner-up in the 2011 Girls basketball Class 1A state tournament. Due to their small enrollment, RRHS coops with neighboring high schools for several sports (Scales Mound High School for Boys Baseball, Boys Golf, Girls Basketball, and Girls Softball; Galena High School for Girls Soccer; and Galena and East Dubuque High School for Boys and Girls Track and Field).
History
River Ridge High School formed out of the consolidation of Hanover High School and Elizabeth High School in 1985. Surrounding communities may have possessed high schools at some time which were consolidated into the current RRHS. Potential reference/citation: