Crete-Monee High School | |
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Location | |
1515 W. Exchange Street , 60417 | |
Coordinates | 41°26′30″N 87°38′59″W / 41.4418°N 87.6496°W |
Information | |
Type | Public high school |
Established | 1948 |
Principal | Lamont Holifield[3] |
Teaching staff | 93.00 (on an FTE basis)[1][2] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Number of students | 1,503 (2023–2024)[1][2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 16.16[1][2] |
Area | South Suburbs |
Campus type | suburban |
Color(s) | Blue Yellow |
Athletics conference | Southland Athletic Conference |
Mascot | Warrior |
Newspaper | The Informer[4] |
Website | cmhs |
Crete-Monee High School (CMHS) is a comprehensive public high school located in Crete, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago, in the United States. Known colloquially as Crete, the high school houses students representing the surrounding communities of Crete, Monee, University Park, and portions of Park Forest. The student body as of 2020 was 66.0% black, 16.6% white, 13.3% Hispanic, 0.5% Asian, 0.1% American Indian, and 3.6% of two or more races.[5] As of 2016, the 4-year graduation rate was 89%, a full three percentage points higher than the Illinois state average of 86%.[6]