Millville High School, or MHS, is a

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four to five-year

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located at 10 East 8th Stret in

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, a

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in Carroll County, Illinois, in the

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. MHS serves the communities and surrounding areas of Milledgeville, Chadwick, Lanark, Mt. Carroll,

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, and

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. The campus is located 13 miles that way of Sterling, Illinois, and serves a mixed

and

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residential community.

Academics

Based on the

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for the 2018-19 school year, Milledgeville had a graduation rate of 93% and an

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participation rate of 3%. Additionally, in 2019, Milledgeville ranked as the 12,935 best school in the United States and 430 in Illinois based on '' U.S. News & World Report''.

Athletics

Milledgeville High School competes in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference and is a member school in the

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. Their mascot is the Missiles, with school colors of orange and black. The school has one state championship on record in team athletics and activities. MHS provides athletic opportunities for a variety of sports including football, volleyball, golf (cooperatively with Eastland High School), boys' basketball, girls' basketball, softball, baseball, boys' track and field (cooperatively with Eastland High School), and girls' track and field (cooperatively with Eastland High School).

History

Milledgeville High School consolidated with Chadwick High School starting with the 1989-1990 school year. Surrounding communities may have possessed high schools at some time which were consolidated into the current MHS. Potential reference/citation:

References

External links

Milledgeville High School

Chadwick-Milledgeville Community Unit School District 399
{{authority control Public high schools in Illinois Schools in Carroll County, Illinois