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Rich Township High School is a public high school headquartered in the south suburbs of Chicago in
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. The district enrolls nearly 2,500 students from all or portions of
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, Country Club Hills,
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, Park Forest,
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, and University Park. The district operates two campuses, a Fine Arts and Communications Campus in
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, and a STEM Campus in
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History

Rich East High School Rich East High School or REHS was a public four-year high school located in Park Forest, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago in the United States. Rich East's campus serves the cities of Park Forest, Matteson, Olympia Fields, Chicago Heights ...
opened in 1952, becoming the first school in the district and located in Park Forest. The second school,
Rich Central High School Rich Township High School STEM Campus, formerly Rich Central High School, is a public four-year high school in the south suburbs of Chicago, located in Olympia Fields, Illinois. The Campus serves portions of Chicago Heights, Country Club Hills, M ...
opened in
Olympia Fields Olympia Fields is a village and a south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,718 as of the 2020 census. The municipality grew up around the prestigious Olympia Fields Country Club, originally established ...
in 1959.
Rich South High School Rich Township High School Fine Arts Campus, formerly known as, Rich South High School (RSHS) is a public four-year high school located in Richton Park, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map ...
's campus operated out of the Rich East Campus beginning in late 1972, with a separate Rich South Campus opening in
Richton Park Richton Park is a village and a southern suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,775 at the 2020 census. The community was named after a Richton in Vermont, the native home of a first settler. Geography Ri ...
in January 1973. In 2019, the district announced that the Rich East campus would be closed going into the 2020–2021 school year.


Future Plans

As of December 2019, the Rich Township district plans include consolidation of the remaining two schools, Rich South and Rich Central. Other plans include renovations of the remaining schools. The renovation plan would involve more than 100 million dollars.


Schools

(Our belief - 2 Campuses, but 1 school.) Fine Arts Campus - formerly known as Rich South - *
Rich South High School Rich Township High School Fine Arts Campus, formerly known as, Rich South High School (RSHS) is a public four-year high school located in Richton Park, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map ...
(
Richton Park Richton Park is a village and a southern suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,775 at the 2020 census. The community was named after a Richton in Vermont, the native home of a first settler. Geography Ri ...
) STEM Campus - formerly known as Rich Central - *
Rich Central High School Rich Township High School STEM Campus, formerly Rich Central High School, is a public four-year high school in the south suburbs of Chicago, located in Olympia Fields, Illinois. The Campus serves portions of Chicago Heights, Country Club Hills, M ...
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Olympia Fields Olympia Fields is a village and a south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,718 as of the 2020 census. The municipality grew up around the prestigious Olympia Fields Country Club, originally established ...
) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rich East was closed in 2021. Now, Rich East students attend either the FAC or STEM Campus. *
Rich East High School Rich East High School or REHS was a public four-year high school located in Park Forest, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago in the United States. Rich East's campus serves the cities of Park Forest, Matteson, Olympia Fields, Chicago Heights ...
( Park Forest)


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Rich Township High School District 227
{{School districts in Cook County, Illinois School districts in Cook County, Illinois School districts established in 1952 1952 establishments in Illinois