Rich East High School
| Rich East High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
300 Sauk Trail , 60466 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°28′51″N 87°41′26″W / 41.4809°N 87.6905°W |
| Information | |
| School type | public secondary |
| Motto | Leadership, Scholarship, Sportsmanship |
| Opened | 1952 |
| Closed | 2020 |
| School district | Rich Township HS #227 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Johnnie Thomas |
| Principal | Dr. Albert Brass, Jr. |
| Staff | 71.69 (FTE) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 913 (2017–18) |
| Average class size | 13.5 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.74 |
| Color(s) | green yellow |
| Athletics conference | South Suburban Conference |
| Team name | Rockets |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | The Reveiller |
| Yearbook | Lagoon |
| Website | http://www.richeast.org |
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. Oscar W. Huth Middle School, Illinois Elementary School, Barack Obama School of Leadership and STEM and Michelle Obama School of Technology and the Arts served as feeder schools. It is a part of Rich Township District 227, which also includes Rich South High School and Rich Central High School. As of October 16, 2019, District 227 has decided to close the school.
Until its closure it was the oldest of the three district high schools.