River Forest High School is a secondary school located in New Chicago, Indiana serving grades 7 - 12. It is the secondary school in the River Forest Community School Corporation, serving the entire town of New Chicago, portions of the cities of Gary, Hobart and Lake Station, and unincorporated areas in Hobart Township, Lake County. It opened in 1958 and as of 2013-14 had 635 students. The Golden Ingot Marching Band can be viewed in the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in the film The Fugitive.AcademicsRiver Forest's high school academic team consists of United States Academic Decathlon, Spell Bowl and Academic Super Bowl. River Forest participated in the Online Nationals for United States Academic Decathlon.DemographicsThe ethnic breakdown of the 2013-14 enrollment is: White - 48.8%Hispanic - 41.1%Black - 4.7%Multiracial - 4.3%Native American - 0.9%AthleticsRiver Forest's athletic teams are known as the Ingots, harking back to the steel-making heritage of the area. They belong to the Greater South Shore Athletic Conference and their colors are cardinal red and gold. River Forest offers the following sports:
