Rochelle Township High School


Rochelle Township High School, commonly referred to as RTHS, is a secondary school located in Rochelle, Illinois.
RTHS is the only school operated by Rochelle Township High School District 212. The district includes portions of Ogle, Lee, and DeKalb counties. Approximately one-half of the students come from Rochelle Community Consolidated District 231, which includes the middle school and elementary schools from Rochelle proper. The remaining student population comes from a variety of other elementary school districts in the area.
Despite its name, the school is located in Flagg Township; there is no township named "Rochelle" within Ogle County, nor anywhere else in the United States, for that matter.

History

RTHS was originally built in 1918, with nearly a dozen additions built on over the next 80 years, the entire edifice was replaced in 2004 with a new building, located about a mile north of the old one.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 893 students enrolled in 2018-2019 was:
Historically, the Rochelle Hubs competed in the North Central Illinois Conference, and the Western Sun Conference. Since 2011, they were a member of the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference. For the 2019-2020 school year, they joined the I-8 conference http://www.interstate8.org/ with Sycamore, LP, Ottawa, Morris, Sandwich, Plano, and Kaneland. The school colors are purple and white.
The following IHSA sanctioned sports are offered at RTHS:
Besides athletics, RTHS competes in IHSA events in the following: