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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% |