Riverside Brookfield High School
Address
160 Ridgewood Rd

Riverside
,
Illinois 60546

United States
Coordinates41°49′43″N 87°49′50″W / 41.82865°N 87.83057°W / 41.82865; -87.83057
Information
School typeCo-ed
Established1909[1]
School district208
PrincipalHéctor Freytas
Teaching staff97.00 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,653 (2021–22)[2]
Student to teacher ratio17.04[2]
Color(s)  Royal Blue
  White
MascotBulldog
NewspaperClarion
YearbookRouser
WebsiteRBHS

Riverside Brookfield High School (RBHS) is a secondary school located directly between Riverside, Illinois, and Brookfield, Illinois,[3] which educates grades 9-12. It serves the towns of Riverside, North Riverside, Broadview, and parts of LaGrange Park and Brookfield. Its campus is adjacent to Brookfield Zoo. The mascot of Riverside Brookfield (RB) is Rouser the Bulldog. Riverside Brookfield Township High School District 208 passed a $58 million referendum, resulting in renovations to the school building, including a new swimming pool, athletics stadium, and classrooms. This was completed in Spring 2010. In 2015, the Board of Education used $14 million to address health/safety concerns and to build a new athletic complex.[4]

Academics

Riverside Brookfield's class of 2012 had an average composite ACT score of 23.1, 2.3 points above the state average. 95% of the senior class has graduated over the past eight years. Riverside Brookfield ranks in the Top 8% of Illinois high schools in PSAE rankings, and the Top 7% of Illinois high schools in ACT ranking. The school was ranked by the Chicago Sun-Times in 2010 as the 40th best high school in Illinois, and 9th in Illinois (194th nationally) by Newsweek in 2011.

The school offers 22 honors-level courses and 24 Advanced Placement courses, including Music Theory, Art History, Computer Science, Language and Composition, Biology, Calculus AB and BC, Microeconomics, and US Government and Politics. Riverside Brookfield ranked 5th in Illinois (239th nationally) in the 2011 Washington Post Challenge Index.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Durkin Keating, Ann (2005). Chicagoland: City and Suburbs in the Railroad Age. University of Chicago Press. p. 151. ISBN 9780226428826.
  2. 1 2 3 "Riverside Brookfield Twp HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  3. ↑ Google. "Football Field lies on Brookfield-owned land, and the main building lies on Riverside-owned land" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
  4. ↑ "School Profile - About RBHS - Riverside Brookfield High School". RBHS. January 12, 2023. Archived from the original on November 26, 2022.
  5. ↑ Feder, Robert (February 27, 2020). "Feder: Lee Phillip Bell, 'First Lady of Chicago TV,' recalled as 'gracious and kind'". Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, Illinois: Paddock Publications (Daily Herald Media Group). Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Akouris, Tina; Riverside-Brookfield: A history of unforgettable games; 19 September 2007; Chicago Sun-Times; accessed 21 July 2009
  7. ↑ Tom Baugh stats & bio; databasefootball.com; accessed 21 July 2009 Archived 22 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "2000 Alumni Award Recipients". rbhs208.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  9. ↑ "2004 Alumni Award Recipients". rbhs208.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  10. ↑ "2001 Alumni Award Recipients". rbhs208.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  11. ↑ "Herky the Hawk".
  12. ↑ Tom Kondla stats & bio; basketball-reference.com; accessed 21 July 2009 Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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