Romeoville High School, or RHS, is a public four-year

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located in

Romeoville, Illinois Romeoville is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. The village is located southwest of Chicago on the Des Plaines River. Per the 2020 census, the population was 39,863. It is located in the southwest suburban area of Chicago near ...

, a southwest suburb of

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, in the

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. The high school opened in 1963 as Lockport West. Lockport West school colors were navy blue and white. Orange was added when the school changed to Romeoville High School. Romeoville High School is located in northern

Will County, Illinois Will County is a county in the northeastern part of the state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 696,355, an increase of 2.8% from 677,560 in 2010, making it Illinois's fourth-most populous county. The county sea ...

, about 30 miles southwest of downtown Chicago and about seven miles north of

Joliet, Illinois Joliet ( ) is a city in Will and Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County. At the 2020 census, the city was the third-largest in Illinois, with a population of 150,362. Hist ...

, along Illinois Routes 7, 53, and 171. The

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runs through the community, as part of the Illinois-Michigan Canal.

Early history

Valley View Community Unit School District 365U was originally known as District 94. It took its present name when it became the first school district in the United States to implement the 45-15 plan, in which schools were occupied year round with 3/4 of the students in session at any one time. Students went to school for 9 weeks and then had 3 weeks off. Additionally, teachers were optionally allowed to work year-round. This practice is no longer in use.

Athletics

Romeoville competes in the Southwest Prairie Conference (SPC) and is a member of the

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(IHSA); the organization which governs most sports and competitive activities for high schools in the state. Teams are stylized as the Spartans. Athletics at Romeoville High School include badminton, baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, pom poms, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball, wrestling, marching band, and color guard. The school is part of a boys hockey club that is a combination of high schools in Lockport, Lemont, and Bolingbrook.

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High school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

Educational institutions established in 1963 Public high schools in Illinois Schools in Will County, Illinois 1963 establishments in Illinois