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Independent School League (Illinois) - Wikipedia

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Independent School League (Illinois)
Conference	IHSA
No. of teams	9
Region	Chicago metro area, Illinois

The Independent School League (ISL) is an athletic conference comprising 9 private secondary schools in the Chicago metro area. All but one of the schools are also full members of the Illinois High School Association, the governing body for most high school athletics and competitive activities in the state. The schools are all relatively small, most belonging to the smaller classes of competition offered by the IHSA.

Members

School	Location	Founded	Enrollment	Team Name	IHSA Classes 2/3/4	Reference
Francis W. Parker School	Chicago	1901	944	Colonels	A/1A/2A	^[1]
Lake Forest Academy	Lake Forest	1857	435	Caxys	^{[note 1]}	^[2]
Latin School of Chicago	Chicago	1888	1,175	Romans	AA/1A/2A/3A	^[3]
Northridge Preparatory School	Niles	1976	250	Knights	A/1A/1A	^[4]
North Shore Country Day School	Winnetka	1880	535	Raiders	A/1A/2A	^[5]
Regina Dominican High School	Wilmette	1958	508	Panthers	A/1A/2A	^[6]
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools	Chicago	1896	2,015	Maroons	AA/2A/3A	^[7]
The Willows Academy	Des Plaines	1974	250	Eagles	A/1A/2A	^[8]
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart	Lake Forest	1858	145	Wildcats	A/1A/2A	^[9]

Other conference affiliations

North Shore Country Day was the last school to support a football program. It played in the Great 8 Conference (Wisconsin) for the 2015 and 2016 seasons and discontinued the football program in 2017.
Northridge Prep, Francis W. Parker School, Latin School, and Woodlands Academy are the only schools to sponsor a Scholastic Bowl team.

History

The ISL was founded in 1967.^[10] The league initially comprised eight teams: Chicago Lab, Elgin, Latin, Morgan Park, North Shore, Francis W. Parker, Harvard-St. George, and Glenwood.

Harvard-St. George closed in 1993, and Glenwood closed its high school in 1979. Lake Forest Academy left the ISL in 2008 and rejoined in 2021.^[11] Regina Dominican High School joined in 2022.^[12] Morgan Park Academy left the ISL in 2023.^[13] Elgin Academy closed in 2024.^[14]

Membership timeline

Full members

IHSA State titles

Chess: Chicago Lab (1973–74)^[15]
Scholastic Bowl: Latin School (1993–94, 97–98, 2001–02, 03–04, 04–05, 05–06, 08–09)^[16]
Track & Field (boys): Chicago Lab (1908–09, 09–10, 10–11, 13–14, 18–19)^[15]
Golf (boys): North Shore Country Day (2011 and 2012)
Tennis (boys): Latin School (2020–21, 21-22)
Tennis (girls): Jerricka Boone, Morgan Park Academy, singles champion (2009, 2011), North Shore Country Day (2017, 2018) ^[17] Noelle Lanton and Addison Lanton, Elgin Academy, doubles champion with a perfect season record (2022)
Soccer (boys): Latin School (2016–17), Chicago Lab (2019–20), North Shore Country Day (2023-24)
Soccer (girls): Latin School (2005–06)^[16]

References

^ "Chicago (F.W. Parker". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
^ "Lake Forest(L.F. Academy)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 3 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "Chicago (Latin)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
^ "Niles (Northridge Prep)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
^ "Winnetka (North Shore Country Day)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
^ "Wilmette (Regina Dominican)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 3 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "Chicago (University)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
^ "Des Plaines (Willows Academy)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
^ "Lake Forest (Woodlands Academy)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
^ Leo, Ralph (8 September 1966), "Prep Football Coaches Predict 1966 Title Winners :Majority Hope to Repeat as League Champs", Chicago Tribune, pp. K16, Marty McCarty, North Shore Country Day, winner of the last year's Private School league White division, which this year is competing in the newly formed Independent School league ...
^ Miglani, Rohan (April 2, 2021). "Lake Forest Academy Rejoins the ISL". The Spectator.
^ Carlino, Martin (March 3, 2021). "Regina Dominican athletics will move to Independent Schools League in 2022-23 school year". The Record North Shore.
^ O'Brien, Tim (January 23, 2024). "MPA makes history, wins first league title". The Beverly Review.
^ Schneider, Sohana (January 10, 2024). "Elgin Academy, a longtime competitor of U-High's sports teams, to close". U-High Midway.
^ ^a ^b "Season Summaries: Chicago (University)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 28 March 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Season Summaries: Chicago (Latin)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 28 March 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
^ "Illinois high school tennis state finals: Morgan Park Academy's Jerricka Boone bounces back for second title; Hinsdale Central wins 5th in 6 years - Chicago Tribune". Archived from the original on 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2013-03-08.

^ As an associate member of IHSA, Lake Forest Academy is not eligible for statewide competitions.

v t e Independent School League
Francis W. Parker Lake Forest Academy Latin School Northridge Prep North Shore Country Day Regina Dominican University of Chicago Lab Willows Academy Woodlands Academy

v t e Illinois High School Association
Boys' sports	Baseball Basketball (championship) Bowling Cross Country Football Golf Gymnastics Soccer Swimming and Diving Tennis Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo Wrestling
Girls' sports	Badminton Basketball Bowling Competitive Cheerleading Cross Country Golf Gymnastics Soccer Softball Swimming and Diving Tennis Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo
Activities	Bass Fishing Chess Debate Drama and Group Interpretation Journalism Music Scholastic Bowl Individual Events
Special co-ed activities	Wheelchair basketball Three-Point Showdown Spirit
Emerging sports	Boys' and Girls' Lacrosse Dance Team
Athletic conferences	Apollo Big Northern Big Twelve Black Diamond Cahokia Central Illinois Central State Eight Central Suburban Chicago Catholic Chicago Prairie Chicago Prep Chicago Public Chicagoland Christian DuKane DuPage Valley East Central Illinois East Suburban Catholic Egyptian Illini Fox Valley Gateway Metro Girls Catholic Greater Egyptian Heart of Illinois Illini Prairie Illinois Central Eight Independent School Inter County Interstate Eight Kishwaukee River Lake Shore Lincoln Prairie Lincoln Trail Little Illini Little Okaw Valley Little Ten Metropolitan Prep Mid-Illini Mid-Suburban Midland Trail Mississippi Valley MSM National Trail Noble League North Suburban Northeastern Northern Illinois Northern Lake County Northwest Upstate Illini Pike County Prairieland River Valley Sangamo South Central South Egyptian South Seven South Suburban Southern Illinois River-to-River Southland Southwest Prairie Southwest Suburban Southwestern Three Rivers Tomahawk Tri-County Upstate Eight Vermilion Valley West Central West Suburban Western Big 6 Western Illinois Valley
Former conferences	Ambraw Valley Bi-County Big 8 Big Rivers Blackhawk B.L.P. Bureau Valley Capitol Cenois Chartres Central Egyptian Conference Coal Belt Coal Valley Corn Belt Cook County Des Plaines East Okaw Eastern Illinois Four Rivers Heart of Illinois (1970s) Illini 8 Illini Central Illini Valley Indian Valley Kankakee Valley La Moine Valley Little 6 Little 7 Little 8 Metro Suburban Mid-Northern Mid State Mid-State Six Midwest Midwestern New Salem North Central Illinois North Egypt Northern Illinois Big 12 Northwest 8 Northwestern Illinois Northwest Suburban Okaw Valley Olympic Quad Cities Metro Private School League Rock River Valley Route 72 Sangamon Valley SHARK South Inter-Athletic Southern Illini Southwest Egyptian Spoon River Stephenson County Suburban Suburban Christian Suburban Prairie Tollway Upstate Illini US Grant Wauseca West Prairie Trail Western Area Western Sun Wilco

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