Lincoln-Way West High School


Lincoln-Way West High School or LWW, is a public four-year high school located about 1.5 miles south of Lincoln Highway near the intersection of Gougar Rd and the Illinois Highway in New Lenox, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is the part of Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210, which also includes Lincoln-Way Central High School, Lincoln-Way East High School, and formerly Lincoln-Way North High School. Students living within the Lincoln-Way boundaries of Liberty Junior High in New Lenox School District 122 and Manhattan Junior High in Manhattan School District 114 attend Lincoln-Way West. The student body makeup is 53 percent male and 47 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 11 percent. As of 2015, there are 1,287 students enrolled, with 75 full-time teachers, creating a 17.02 student to teacher ratio.

History

Lincoln-Way West opened in 2009 to reduce the student population at Lincoln-Way Central High School. Sitting on 100 acres, Lincoln-Way West is the largest site of the four high schools that comprise Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210. The principal of the school is Monica Schmitt.

Athletics

The Athletic Director is Ted Robbins and the Assistant Athletic Director is Jake Zajc.
Their Marching Band has performed shows such as "Warrior: Raising to Battle", "Ring of Fire: Music of the Pacific Rim", "Trapped!", "Urban Sprawl", "Infinite: The Sky Of Beauty And Dreaming", "Seven", and "Go West!".