West Central High School (WCHS) is a public four-year high school located near Biggsville, Illinois, U.S. WCHS is part of West Central Community Unit School District 235, which serves the communities of Oquawka, Gladstone, Biggsville, Gulf Port, Stronghurst, Media, Raritan, Smithshire, and Carman.

Theresa Brokaw was 2006 state champion, the first year of the new school, in the IHSA Class A girls' 1600 meter run.

The first high school building was built in 1896 and sat just west of the present Biggsville Methodist Church.

He organized the school, bought and arranged the library, prepared the first course of study, provided the system of records, secured the laboratory equipment, and did all the teaching himself for the first few months.

Diplomas were issued to those who had completed the four years work prescribed in the course of study.

In addition to completing the course of study, students were required to write a thesis of not less than 1200 and not more than 2000 words.

The new facilities gave much needed equipment and space for science, home economics, and vocational agriculture.

It was in the fall of 1949 that a consolidation effort with its neighbor to the north, Oquawka, took place and the Gladstone-Oquawka School District was initiated.

According to Marilyn Thompson Stailey, these first classes were held in the German Lutheran Church in Oquawka.

The Gladstone-Oquawka School District was started, effectively ending the solo educational system of Oquawka.

[10] Stronghurst, Illinois residents began an educational system for their children in the late 19th century.

It was in the late 1960s/early 1970s that consolidation talks with nearby Media Wever High School, and possibly others in the area, took place.

[11] Media, Illinois started its school system much like other small towns of its day, in the late 19th century.

The old Media Wever building housed the Southern Junior High School for many years.

The Media Wever High School building stands in town today.

It was in the fall of 1949 that a consolidation effort took place and the Gladstone-Oquawka School District was initiated.

Biggsville Union HS is the home to West Central High School.

The late 1960s brought a consolidation effort between the high schools of Stronghurst and Media.

Southern High served the towns and southeast area of Henderson County for 34 years.

In 2005 a new consolidation effort was realized between the school districts of Biggsville Union and Stronghurst Southern.