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Herrin High School → Carbondale Comm H S → Murphysboro High School → Marion High School → Benton Cons High School → Frankfort Comm High School → Johnston City High School → ROE 21 ALOP →At a glance
- 4 AP courses offered — Strong
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 1 calculus classes · 1 physics · 4 chemistry
- AP rigor: 64th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: 84th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Carterville High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 64th percentile nationally with 4 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: Herrin High School, Carbondale Comm H S, Murphysboro High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
64th 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 · 2020-2184th 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.
Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 668 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $11,520 per student in district revenue, the 54 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $622,080/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herrin High School Herrin |
Public | 5.8 | 662 | -1.6% |
| Carbondale Comm H S Carbondale |
Public | 5.0 | 1,022 | +6.7% |
| Murphysboro High School Murphysboro |
Public | 13.1 | 565 | -2.2% |
| Marion High School Marion |
Public | 9.4 | 1,075 | -7.5% |
| Benton Cons High School Benton |
Public | 19.5 | 604 | +2.7% |
| Frankfort Comm High School West Frankfort |
Public | 14.0 | 416 | -3.0% |
| Johnston City High School Johnston City |
Public | 11.0 | 328 | -0.3% |
| ROE 21 ALOP Marion |
Public | 9.8 | — | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantCarterville High School is a public high school in Carterville, IL, enrolling 668 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2021 to 2024.
It offers 4 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 64% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
298 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 84% of U.S. high schools.
17% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Carterville High School offer? Carterville High School offers 4 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 64% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
How many students attend Carterville High School? Carterville High School is a public high school in Carterville, IL, enrolling 668 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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