Pleasant Hill High School (Illinois)

Pleasant Hill High School, or PHHS, is a public four-year high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

located at 501 East Quincy Street in Pleasant Hill, Illinois

Pleasant Hill, Illinois

Pleasant Hill is a village in Pike County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,047 at the 2000 census.Pleasant Hill is the site of the annual Pike County Fair, as well as the location of the Bi-State Annual Demolition Derby, which was previously held at Six Flags St...

, a village

Village

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in Pike County, Illinois

Pike County, Illinois

Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 16,430, which is a decrease of 5.5% from 17,384 in 2000...

, in the Midwestern United States

Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an official definition of the American Midwest....

. PHHS serves the community of Pleasant Hill. The campus is located 55 miles southwest of Jacksonville, Illinois

Jacksonville, Illinois

Jacksonville is a city in Morgan County, Illinois, United States. The population was 18,940 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Morgan County....

, and serves a mixed village

Village

and rural

Rural

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residential community.

Athletics

Pleasant Hill High School competes in the Western Illinois ValleyConference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association

Illinois High School Association

The Illinois High School Association is one of 521 state high school associations in the United States, designed to regulate competition in most interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level. It is a charter member of the National Federation of State High...

. Their mascot is the Wolves, with school colors of blue and gold. The school has no state championships on record in team athletics and activities. Due to their small enrollment, PHHS coops with nearby Western High School

Western High School (Barry, Illinois)

Western High School, also known as Barry Western, or WHS, is a public four-year high school located at 401 McDonough Street in Barry, Illinois, a small city in Pike County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. WHS serves the communities of Barry, Hull, New Canton, and Kinderhook...

or Calhoun High School

Calhoun High School (Illinois)

Calhoun High School, or CHS, is a public four-year high school located at Illinois Route 100 North in Hardin, Illinois, a village in Calhoun County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. CHS serves the communities of Hardin, Batchtown, Hamburg, Kampsville, Michael, and Mozier. The campus is...

for some athletics (Western for football, Calhoun for track and field).

History

Pleasant Hill High School is not known to have consolidated in the recent past. Surrounding communities may have also possessed high schools at some time which were consolidated into the current PHHS. Potential reference/citation:

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