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Thornwood High School → Thornridge High School → Thornton Township High School → PEACE Center → Thornton Fractnl So High School → Regl Inst Scholastic Excellence → South Cook Truancy Program → Carver Military Academy HS →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Outlook Academy compares for families
What families should know about Outlook Academy.
- ▸ 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: Thornwood High School, Thornridge High School, Thornton Township High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 1% 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.
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.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornwood High School South Holland |
Public | 0.1 | 1,843 | -7.2% |
| Thornridge High School Dolton |
Public | 2.5 | 969 | -13.4% |
| Thornton Township High School Harvey |
Public | 2.9 | 1,697 | -1.2% |
| PEACE Center Dolton |
Public | 3.4 | — | — |
| Thornton Fractnl So High School Lansing |
Public | 3.8 | 1,803 | -8.6% |
| Regl Inst Scholastic Excellence Chicago Heights |
Public | 4.9 | — | — |
| South Cook Truancy Program Chicago Hts |
Public | 4.9 | — | — |
| Carver Military Academy HS Chicago |
Public | 5.0 | 420 | +3.2% |