Elk Grove High School is located in Elk Grove Village Illinois, approximately 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.Elk Grove High School is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges and the Illinois State Board of Education. In 1996, EGHS was awarded the Presidential Award of Excellence. We are recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School and by the U.S. News and World Report as one of 96 outstanding high schools.