[2] The campus is 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Galesburg, Illinois, 44 miles (71 km) southeast of Moline, Illinois, and serves a mixed city and rural residential community.
[4][failed verification] In 2009, the faculty was 99 teachers, averaging 12.7 years of experience, and of whom 46% held an advanced degree.
The following students have competed at the state level in speech: 2008: Betty Maes, Special Occasion Speaking 2009: (results unavailable) 2010: Blake Bullock and Caitlin Arrington: Dramatic Duet Acting/ Brooks Bullock and Austin Peed, Humorous Duet Acting/ Ryan Branom, Impromptu Speaking 2011: Blake Bullock, Dramatic Interpretation/ Blake Bullock and Caitlin Arrington, Dramatic Duet Acting 2012: Blake Bullock, Dramatic Interpretation (3rd place) and Prose Reading (7th place) 2013: John Williams III, Original Comedy / Zach Murphy, Humorous Interpretation / Em Grebner and Ellen Johnson, Dramatic Duet Acting In 2010, KHS Alumni Elizabeth VanDamme (nee Maes) became the novice state champion in Poetry Interpretation at the IIFA State speech and Debate tournament hosted at Illinois Central College.
[5] For nearly 50 years, Kewanee High School competed in the North Central Illinois Conference (NCIC).
However, after the 2009-2010 school year, KHS left the NCIC and joined the Three Rivers Conference.