It is located just six miles south of U.S. Route 20, a major east–west highway connected to Interstate 90.

[2] An updated high school section was added to the building in 1970, including the current gymnasium.

The high school complex shares space with the Pearl City Park District and includes three baseball diamonds and play field space for physical education classes as well as a football field.

[3] Additionally, in 2020, Pearl City ranked as the 6,563 best school in the United States, 224 in Illinois and 1st in the Freeport metro area based on U.S. News & World Report.

[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournaments:[18]