Milledgeville High School
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Milledgeville High School, or MHS, 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 100 East 8th Street in Milledgeville, Illinois
Milledgeville, Illinois
Milledgeville is a village in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. The population of the village was 1,032 at the 2010 census, up from 1,016 at the 2000 census. The population of everyone residing under the 61051 zip code was 1,638 at the 2000 census...

, a village
Village
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 in Carroll County, Illinois, 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....

. MHS serves the communities and surrounding areas of Milledgeville, Chadwick, Lanark
Lanark, Illinois
Lanark is a city in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,457 at the 2010 census, down from 1,584 at the 2000 census.-History:...

, Mt. Carroll, Savanna
Savanna, Illinois
Savanna is a city in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,062 at the 2010 census, down from 3,542 at the 2000 census. Savanna is located along the Mississippi River at the mouth of the Plum River. Going from north to south, the second automobile bridge between Iowa and...

, and Thomson
Thomson, Illinois
Thomson is a village along Illinois Route 84 near the Mississippi River in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. The population was 590 at the 2010 census, up from 559 at the 2000 census...

. The campus is located 13 miles north of Sterling, Illinois
Sterling, Illinois
Sterling is a city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15,370 at the 2010 census, down from 15,451 at the 2000 census. Formerly nicknamed "The Hardware Capital of the World", Sterling has long been associated with manufacturing and the steel...

, and serves a mixed village
Village
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 and rural
Rural
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 residential community.

Athletics

Milledgeville High School competes in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference
Northwest Upstate Illini Conference
The Northwest Upstate Illini Conference is a high school conference in western central Illinois. The conference participates in athletics and activities in the Illinois High School Association...

 and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association
Illinois High School Association
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. Their mascot is the Missiles, with school colors of orange and black. The school has no state championships on record in team athletics and activities.

Due to MHS' small enrollment they coop for several sports: Polo High School for Boys Baseball and Girls Softball Eastland High School
Eastland High School (Illinois)
Eastland High School, also known as Lanark Eastland, or EHS, is a public four-year high school located at 500 School Drive in Lanark, Illinois, a small city in Carroll County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. EHS serves the communities and surrounding areas of Lanark, Lake Carroll, and...

 for Boys and Girls Golf, and Boys and Girls Track and Field; and Polo High School and Eastland High School
Eastland High School (Illinois)
Eastland High School, also known as Lanark Eastland, or EHS, is a public four-year high school located at 500 School Drive in Lanark, Illinois, a small city in Carroll County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. EHS serves the communities and surrounding areas of Lanark, Lake Carroll, and...

combined for Boys Wrestling.

History

Milledgeville High School consolidated with Chadwick High School starting with the 1989-1990 school year. Surrounding communities may have possessed high schools at some time which were consolidated into the current MHS. Potential reference/citation:

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