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Unity High School → Clinton High School → Argenta-Oreana High School → Maroa-Forsyth Senior High Sch → St Joseph-Ogden High School → Mahomet-Seymour High School → Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond → Tuscola High School →At a glance
- 4 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 2 calculus classes · 1 physics · 6 chemistry
- AP rigor: 66th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: 80th percentile by test-taker volume
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How Monticello High School compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 66th percentile nationally with 4 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: Unity High School, Clinton High School, Argenta-Oreana High School 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
66th 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 · 2020-2180th percentile 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 most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
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 +0.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 489 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $19,379 per student in district revenue, the 9 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $174,411/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity High School Tolono |
Public | 17.2 | 480 | -7.2% |
| Clinton High School Clinton |
Public | 23.2 | 514 | +2.2% |
| Argenta-Oreana High School Argenta |
Public | 13.3 | 268 | -1.5% |
| Maroa-Forsyth Senior High Sch Maroa |
Public | 20.7 | 348 | -0.6% |
| St Joseph-Ogden High School Saint Joseph |
Public | 28.8 | 457 | +3.6% |
| Mahomet-Seymour High School Mahomet |
Public | 15.2 | 1,050 | +2.1% |
| Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond Arthur |
Public | 22.1 | 310 | -0.3% |
| Tuscola High School Tuscola |
Public | 22.1 | 299 | +4.9% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantMonticello High School is a public high school in Monticello, IL, enrolling 489 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is up 8% from 2021 to 2024.
It offers 4 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 66% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
246 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 80% of U.S. high schools.
It has about 244 students per school counselor.
21% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Monticello High School offer? Monticello High School offers 4 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 66% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
How many students attend Monticello High School? Monticello High School is a public high school in Monticello, IL, enrolling 489 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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