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 and Richton Park serving sections of school districts 162 and 163.- Type: School building
- Description: high school in Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Former Rich East High School” and “Rich High School”
- Address: 300 Sauk Trail, Park Forest, IL 60466
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Richton Park station and Matteson station.
Richton Park station
Railway station
Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.
Richton Park is the penultimate station along the main branch of the Metra Electric line, in Richton Park, Illinois. It is located on Sauk Trail, east of Governor's Highway, and is 29.3 miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station. Richton Park station is situated 1 mile west of Rich East High School.
Matteson station
Railway station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Matteson is one of two commuter rail stations along the Main Branch of the Metra Electric line which serve Matteson, Illinois. It is located at 215th and Main Streets, and is 28.2 miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station. Matteson station is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Rich East High School.
Richton Park Public Library District
Library
The Richton Park Library District was founded in 1972 when village trustees rented a storefront at 22365 Governors Highway in Richton Park, Illinois. Volunteers had to engage in extensive cleaning and renovation in order to convert the former coffee-house into a library. Richton Park Public Library District is situated 2 miles west of Rich East High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Park Forest and Richton Park.
Park Forest
Village
Park Forest is a village and south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small southern portion in Will County. The village was originally designed by Loebl Schlossman & Bennett as a planned community for veterans returning from World War II.
Richton Park
Village
Richton Park is a village and south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,775 at the 2020 census.
Olympia Fields
Village
Olympia Fields is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,718 as of the 2020 census. It is a southern suburb of Chicago. Olympia Fields is situated 2½ miles north of Rich East High School.
Rich East High School
- Categories: high school, building, and education
- Location: Rich Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.4809° or 41° 28′ 51″ northLongitude
-87.69206° or 87° 41′ 31″ westElevation
709 feet (216 metres)Open location code
86HJF8J5+95OpenStreetMap ID
way 498594957OpenStreetMap feature
building=school
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Rich East High School” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Rich East High School”
- French: “Rich East High School”
- Swedish: “Rich East High School”
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