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Hinsdale Central High School → Naperville Central High School → Comm H S Dist 99 - North H S → Naperville North High School → Glenbard East High School → York Comm High School → Glenbard West High School → Bolingbrook High School →At a glance
- 19 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 4 calculus classes · 23 physics · 24 chemistry
- AP rigor: 90th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: Top 0.4% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Comm H S Dist 99 - South High Sch compares for families
Standout academic depth by national standards.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 10% nationally with 19 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: Hinsdale Central High School, Naperville Central High School, Comm H S Dist 99 - North H S 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
90th 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 · 2020-21Top 0.4% 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: 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.
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 -1.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,591 students:
≈ 209 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $26,214 per student in district revenue, the 209 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $5,478,726/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinsdale Central High School Hinsdale |
Public | 4.6 | 2,445 | -3.9% |
| Naperville Central High School Naperville |
Public | 7.0 | 2,589 | -0.9% |
| Comm H S Dist 99 - North H S Downers Grove |
Public | 2.4 | 2,082 | -3.5% |
| Naperville North High School Naperville |
Public | 7.1 | 2,467 | -7.2% |
| Glenbard East High School Lombard |
Public | 6.6 | 2,311 | +0.4% |
| York Comm High School Elmhurst |
Public | 9.1 | 2,590 | -6.7% |
| Glenbard West High School Glen Ellyn |
Public | 7.8 | 2,330 | +0.4% |
| Bolingbrook High School Bolingbrook |
Public | 6.7 | 3,298 | -2.5% |