Ridgewood Comm High School
Norridge · IL · Ridgewood CHSD 234 · Public
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Elmwood Park High School → Noble St Chtr-Pritzker Col Prep → North-Grand High School → Steinmetz College Prep HS → Noble St Chtr-ITW Speer Acad → Northside College Preparatory Hs → CICS - Northtown Campus → Prosser Career Academy HS →📋 At a glance
- 📚 11 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 9 physics · 7 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 68th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 89th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Ridgewood Comm High School compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 68th percentile nationally with 11 AP courses.
- ▸ 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: Elmwood Park High School, Noble St Chtr-Pritzker Col Prep, North-Grand High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
68th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2189th percentile 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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +5.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 988 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $27,800 per student in district revenue, the 324 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $9,007,200/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood Park High School Elmwood Park |
Public | 2.8 | 1,015 | +2.3% |
| Noble St Chtr-Pritzker Col Prep Chicago |
Public · charter | 5.4 | 993 | +2.4% |
| North-Grand High School Chicago |
Public | 5.3 | 1,061 | -0.2% |
| Steinmetz College Prep HS Chicago |
Public | 2.4 | 1,230 | -11.1% |
| Noble St Chtr-ITW Speer Acad Chicago |
Public · charter | 4.2 | 1,135 | -2.1% |
| Northside College Preparatory Hs Chicago |
Public | 5.7 | 1,061 | +3.3% |
| CICS - Northtown Campus Chicago |
Public · charter | 4.9 | 878 | -2.4% |
| Prosser Career Academy HS Chicago |
Public | 4.0 | 1,185 | +9.1% |