Dixon High School (Illinois)

41.847°N 89.4885°W / 41.847; -89.4885

Dixon High School
Location
300 Lincoln Statue Drive Dixon , (Lee County) , Illinois 61021 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Principal	Jared Shaner
Staff	41.34 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment	755[1] (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio	18.26[1]
Color(s)	Purple and white     [2]
Nickname	Dukes/Duchesses[2]
Website

Dixon High School (DHS) is a high school located on Lincoln Statue Drive and Peoria Avenue on the northern side of Dixon, Illinois. It is a part of the Dixon Unit School District 170.

In addition to Dixon, the district includes Nachusa.^[3]

Notable alumni

• Charles Rudolph Walgreen (c. 1889), founder of Walgreens^[4][5]
• Louella Parsons (1901), first Hollywood gossip columnist^[6]
• Douglas MacLean (c. 1906), silent film actor, producer, and writer^[7][8]
• Ronald Reagan (1928), 40th president of the United States^[9]
• Lou Bevil (1939), former MLB player (Washington Senators)^[10]
• Rondi Reed (1970), Tony Award-winning actress^[11][12][13]
• Rita Crundwell (1971), criminal convicted of the largest municipal embezzlement in U.S. history^[14][15]
• Isaiah Roby (2016), basketball player for NBA's OKC Thunder