Plainfield Academy
Plainfield · IL · Plainfield SD 202 · Public · K-12 combined
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Plainfield High School → Plainfield North High School → Plainfield East High School → Plainfield South High School → Wilco Area Career Center → Gail McKinzie High School → Romeoville High School → Neuqua Valley High School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 39% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Plainfield Academy compares for families
What families should know about Plainfield Academy.
- ▸ LocallyIL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Plainfield High School, Plainfield North High School, Plainfield East High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 39% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $14,355/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plainfield High School Plainfield |
Public | 0.5 | 1,800 | -13.8% |
| Plainfield North High School Plainfield |
Public | 4.0 | 2,399 | -1.6% |
| Plainfield East High School Plainfield |
Public | 4.2 | 1,825 | -9.7% |
| Plainfield South High School Plainfield |
Public | 4.8 | 2,323 | -4.6% |
| Wilco Area Career Center Romeoville |
Public | 5.7 | — | — |
| Gail McKinzie High School Naperville |
Public | 6.0 | — | — |
| Romeoville High School Romeoville |
Public | 6.3 | 1,848 | -5.5% |
| Neuqua Valley High School Naperville |
Public | 6.9 | 3,018 | -8.5% |