Academy High

Champaign · IL · Private independent

Private

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Circle Academy → The High School Of Saint Thomas More → Grand Prairie School → High Road School Of Bloomington → Menta Academy Cornerstone-Taylorville → Kiefer School → Safe Harbor School → Lighted Way Association →

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How Academy High compares for families

What families should know about Academy High.

▸ 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: Circle Academy, The High School Of Saint Thomas More, Grand Prairie School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Your state's public flagship

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

44%

admit rate

$16,004

in-state tuition/yr · $35,124 out-of-state

1270–1510

SAT 25–75 · ACT 29–34

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.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Their published college list

Colleges the school lists for its graduates

Academy High publishes a list of colleges for its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 115 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
Since May 2021

American University Allegheny College Augustana College* Aurora University Babson College Beloit College* Boston University* Bradley University Brandeis University Butler University Carthage College Carroll University Case Western Reserve University Chicago State University Clark Atlanta University Colorado State University* College of the Atlantic Cornell College* Cornell University Culinary Arts Academy Switzerland* Culinary Institute of America (CIA) DePauw University Depaul University Drexel University Earlham College* Eastern Mennonite University Eastern Illinois University* Fordham University Florida International University Fisk University

and 85 more

Goshen College Grinnell College* Hobart and William Smith Colleges Illinois College Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois Wesleyan University* Indiana University - Bloomington* Iowa State University* Johnson and Wales University Knox College* Lawrence University Lincoln Land Community College Loyola University Chicago* Maryville University - St. Louis Miami University (Ohio) Michigan State University Millikin University* Missouri University of Science and Technology Monmouth College Moorehouse College* Muhlenberg College New York University* North Park University Northern Illinois University Northeastern University Oberlin College The Ohio State University Oregon State University Parkland College* Point Park University* Purdue University Ripon College Richland Community College* Rockford University Rollins College Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology* Rochester Institute of Technology Rutgers University Saint Louis University Saint Olaf College San Diego State University Savannah College of Art & Design* Southern Illinois University - Carbondale* Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville* Southwestern University Stony Brook University Tufts University* Tulane University* University of California - Berkeley University of California - Irvine University of California - San Diego* University of California - Santa Cruz* University of Connecticut University of Colorado - Boulder University of Dayton University of Hartford University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy University of Idaho University of Illinois Chicago* University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign* University of Illinois Springfield* University of Iowa University of Kansas University of Maine University of Massachusetts - Boston University of Miami University of Michigan* University of Minnesota - Twin Cities University of Missouri - Columbia* University of Nebraska - Lincoln University of Oklahoma University of Pittsburgh University of San Francisco University of Southern California* University of St. Thomas University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Whitewater University of Vermont Wabash College Washington University in St. Louis* Wheaton College (MA) Worcester Polytechnic Institute West Virginia University Whitman College Wittenberg University

These are the colleges the school published for its graduates.

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Independently verified As published by Academy High — Our Alumni page – colleges applied to and accepted at ↗. Found at: Our Alumni page, list of institutions students applied to/were accepted at since May 2021.

Enrollment trend & projection

Why only 2 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

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
Circle Academy Urbana	Private	3.5	62	-13.9%
The High School Of Saint Thomas More Champaign	Private	5.6	211	-21.6%
Grand Prairie School Onarga	Private	45.4	56	—
High Road School Of Bloomington Bloomington	Private	46.9	44	—
Menta Academy Cornerstone-Taylorville Taylorville	Private	66.9	81	—
Kiefer School Peoria	Private	82.1	71	-39.8%
Safe Harbor School Manteno	Private	82.2	67	-19.3%
Lighted Way Association La Salle	Private	96.9	32	—

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