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New Beginnings Regnl Safe Sch Pgm → DREAM Academy → Dream Academy → Elgin High School → Larkin High School → South Elgin High School → Streamwood High School → Success Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 24% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Central School Program compares for families
What families should know about Central School Program.
- ▸ 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: New Beginnings Regnl Safe Sch Pgm, DREAM Academy, Dream Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 24% 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Beginnings Regnl Safe Sch Pgm Elgin |
Public | 0.1 | — | — |
| DREAM Academy Elgin |
Public | 0.1 | — | — |
| Dream Academy Elgin |
Public | 0.1 | — | — |
| Elgin High School Elgin |
Public | 1.8 | 2,576 | -9.1% |
| Larkin High School Elgin |
Public | 1.9 | 2,173 | -3.4% |
| South Elgin High School South Elgin |
Public | 2.5 | 2,665 | -9.4% |
| Streamwood High School Streamwood |
Public | 4.1 | 1,890 | -4.1% |
| Success Academy Carpentersville |
Public | 4.9 | — | — |