Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr
Chicago · IL · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 · Public charter · K-12 combined
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CICS - Ralph Ellison Campus → Chicago Military Academy HS → Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk → North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ → Tilden Career Communty Academy HS → School of Social Justice HS → Multicultural Arts High School → Richards Career Academy HS →At a glance
- 10 AP courses offered — Elite
- 1 calculus classes · 2 physics · 3 chemistry
- AP rigor: 70th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 42% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 70th percentile nationally with 10 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: CICS - Ralph Ellison Campus, Chicago Military Academy HS, Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk 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
70th 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 · 2020-21Bottom 42% 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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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.
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 +0.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 712 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $21,813 per student in district revenue, the 4 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $87,252/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CICS - Ralph Ellison Campus Chicago |
Public · charter | 3.3 | 247 | +50.6% |
| Chicago Military Academy HS Chicago |
Public | 4.0 | 209 | -12.9% |
| Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk Chicago |
Public · charter | 1.9 | 284 | +4.0% |
| North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ Chicago |
Public · charter | 4.6 | 258 | -22.5% |
| Tilden Career Communty Academy HS Chicago |
Public | 2.2 | 288 | +2.1% |
| School of Social Justice HS Chicago |
Public | 3.9 | 269 | -10.3% |
| Multicultural Arts High School Chicago |
Public | 3.9 | 283 | +20.4% |
| Richards Career Academy HS Chicago |
Public | 1.1 | 348 | +0.3% |