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Round Lake Senior High School → Grant Community High School → Mundelein Cons High School → Harry D Jacobs High School → Crystal Lake Central High School → Wauconda High School → Lake Zurich High School → Dundee-Crown High School →How McHenry Community High School compares for families
What families should know about McHenry Community High School.
- ▸ 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: Round Lake Senior High School, Grant Community High School, Mundelein Cons High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,214 students:
≈ 2 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 $24,551 per student in district revenue, the 2 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $49,102/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Lake Senior High School Round Lake |
Public | 9.0 | 2,194 | -2.2% |
| Grant Community High School Fox Lake |
Public | 6.5 | 1,769 | -4.7% |
| Mundelein Cons High School Mundelein |
Public | 13.4 | 2,282 | +3.3% |
| Harry D Jacobs High School Algonquin |
Public | 12.7 | 2,056 | +2.5% |
| Crystal Lake Central High School Crystal Lake |
Public | 7.8 | 1,443 | -6.6% |
| Wauconda High School Wauconda |
Public | 8.0 | 1,452 | +0.9% |
| Lake Zurich High School Lake Zurich |
Public | 13.3 | 1,835 | +2.6% |
| Dundee-Crown High School Carpentersville |
Public | 14.4 | 2,573 | -2.4% |