Carbondale Community High School is a public high school located in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. It serves grades 9–12 and is the sole school in District 165, having several different feeder schools within the city and outside of it. During the 2023–24 school year, 995 students attended the school.
The district includes Carbondale, De Soto, and Makanda.
Notable alumni
Ron Acks (1944-2023) – American football player
Stephen Bardo (1986) – basketball player
Shawn Colvin (1978) – Grammy-award winning musical artist
Justin Dentmon (2004) – basketball player
Ben Falcone (1991) – an American actor, comedian and filmmaker.
Mark Gottfried – basketball player, head coach
Troy Hudson – NBA basketball player
John Ratcliffe (1983) – 9th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 6th Director of National Intelligence, and former U.S. Representative for Texas's 4th district
David Sulzer/Dave Soldier (1974) – attended two years; neuroscientist at Columbia University and experimental musician
Les Taylor (1968) – basketball player



