Lanphier High School

Lanphier High School
Lanphier High School
Location
	1300 North 11th Street; Springfield, Illinois 62702
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1937
School district	Springfield School District 186
Superintendent	Jennifer Gill
Principal	Alicia Miller
Teaching staff	75.61 (on FTE basis)
Grades	9 - 12
Enrollment	1,058 (2022-2023)
Student to teacher ratio	13.99
Color(s)
Athletics conference	Central State Eight
Sports	Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, Wrestling
Mascot	Lion (Leo)
Team name	Lions (Boys) / Lady Lions (Girls)
Newspaper	The Lanphier Roar
Yearbook	The Lan-Hi
Information	217-525-3080
Website	[1]

Lanphier High School, in the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois, Springfield, is a public high school affiliated with Springfield Public School District 186. It is also the home of the John Marshall Club, a club with open membership dedicated to uniting the community and spreading the knowledge of former supreme court justice, John Marshall.

History

Originally, the land that the high school was built on was owned by the Lanphier family.^[2] Originally the land was a park called Reservoir Park, in which many people would go during the summer.^[2] After the park was sold to the school district, the actual building of the school became a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).^[2]

The first graduating class of the high school was in 1937.^[2]

The biggest expansion of the school was the absorption of Edison Middle School. There was originally a walkway that connected the two schools. During the 1960s, the two buildings were combined to make the high school much larger. Some of the most recent modifications are the Commons Area, additional classrooms on the West end of the school, and most recently the renovation of the entire school.^[2]