List of Illinois High School Association member conferences
The following is a list of Illinois High School Association member conferences. Schools that belong to these conferences compete with each other on a local level in athletics and non-athletic activities. As of the 2017-18 school year there are 68 conferences.
Current Conferences[]
- Apollo Conference
- Big Northern Conference
- Big Twelve Conference
- Black Diamond Conference
- Cahokia Conference (contains two divisions)
- Central Illinois Conference
- Central State Eight Conference
- Central Suburban League (contains two divisions)
- Chicago Catholic League (contains two divisions)
- Chicago Public High School League (contains ten divisions)
- DuPage Valley Conference
- East Central Illinois Conference
- East Suburban Catholic Conference
- Fox Valley Conference
- Greater Egyptian Conference
- Heart of Illinois Conference
- Illini Prairie Conference
- Independent School League
- Interstate Eight Conference
- Kishwaukee River Conference
- Lincoln Trail Conference
- Little Illini Conference
- Little Ten Conference
- Lincoln Prairie Conference
- Metro Suburban Conference
- Mid-Suburban League (contains two divisions)
- Mississippi Valley Conference
- National Trail Conference
- North Suburban Eight Conference
- Northeastern Athletic Conference
- Northern Illinois Conference (NIC-10)
- Northwest Upstate Illini Conference (contains two divisions)
- Prairieland Conference
- River Valley Conference
- South Central Conference (Illinois)
- South Egyptian Conference
- South Seven Conference
- South Suburban Conference
- Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference (with Mississippi and Ohio River divisions)
- Southland Athletic Conference
- Southwest Prairie Conference
- Southwest Suburban Conference
- Southwestern Conference
- Three Rivers Conference
- Tri-County Conference
- Upstate Eight Conference
- West Central Conference
- West Suburban Conference (contains two divisions)
- Western Big 6 Conference
- Western Illinois Valley Conference (contains two divisions)
Former Conferences[]
- (1945-1955)
- Big 7 (1919-1939)
- Big 8 (1940-70)
- Big 9 (1971-81)
- Big Rivers Conference (football-only) (1999-2012)
- Bi-County Conference (1917-1919)
- Bi-County Conference (1970s-1998)
- (1934-1990)
- (1970s-1990s)
- Capitol Conference (1964-1982)
- (1963-1969)
- (1956-1958)
- (1929-1940)
- (1961-1969)
- Coal Belt Conference (1946-1956)
- Cook County High School League (1889–1913)
- Corn Belt Conference (1950–2017)
- (1963-1985)
- (1981-1995)
- (1952-1969)
- Four Rivers Conference (2000-2006)
- (1952-1966)
- (1979-1983)
- (1983-1986)
- (1978-1982)
- Heart of Illinois Conference (1970s) (1972–1978)
- (1985-1998)
- (1966-1981)
- (North Central) (1970-1972)
- (South Central) (1928-1973)
- (1952-1975)
- (1952-1974)
- (1976-1994)
- (1970s-1980s)
- (????-1917)
- Kankakee Valley Conference (1950-1979)
- (1952-1967)
- (1952–1975)
- Little 7 Conference (1921–1995)
- (North Central) (1921–1979)
- (Far North) (1958–1975)
- (Northeast) (1919–19??)
- (Northwest) (1918–192?)
- (Southwest) (????–????)
- (1960s-1970s)
- Little Five Conference (1920s-1929)
- (19??'s-1948)
- (Central Illinois) (1959-1993)
- (Northern Illinois) (????-????)
- (1960-1965)
- Mid Northern (????-1991)
- (1983-2008)
- (1944-1997)
- Mid-State Six Conference (196?-2015)
- (1948-1970)
- (1952-1970)
- (1957-1968)
- North Central Illinois Conference (1929-2011)
- North Egypt Conference (1938-2003)
- (1904-1914)
- (1930s-1940s)
- Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference (2010-2018)
- Northwest Conference (1963-1974)
- Northwest Illinois Conference (NWIC) (1974-1996)
- (1972-1973)
- Northwest 8 Conference (1977-1990)
- (1925-1996)
- Okaw Valley Conference (1950s-2017)
- Olympic Conference (1976-2010)
- (1961-1973)
- (1950-1977)
- (1990-1995)
- (1924-1948)
- (1952-1971)
- Sangamon Valley Conference (1948-2021)
- SHARK Conference (1940s-1981)
- SICA — (South Inter-Conference Association, dissolved 2006)
- (1962-1972)
- (1957-1974)
- (1986-1993)
- (????-1993)
- (1959-1985)
- Stephenson County Conference (1958-1963) (Renamed "Northwest Illinois Conference")
- (1960-1973)
- Suburban Catholic Conference (2009-2015)
- (1913–1975)
- (1995-2005)
- (1946-1953)
- (1982-1984)
- (1932-1935)
- (19??-1958)
- (1958-1963)
- (1974-1976)
- Upstate Illini Conference (1991-2000)
- (1950-1958)
- (1950-1981)
- (1928-1989)
- (1974-1996)
- (1908-1921)
- Western Sun Conference (2006-2010)
- (1903-1910)
- (1974-1988)
- (1959-1973)
- (1954-1959) (Renamed "Kankakee Valley Conference" in 1960)
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