Southland College Prep Chtr HS
Richton Park · IL · Southland College Prep Chtr HS · Public charter
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Manteno High School → Peotone High School → Rich Township Star Academy → Tinley Park High School → Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr → Hillcrest High School → Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson → Carver Military Academy HS →📋 At a glance
- 📚 11 AP courses offered — Elite
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 6 physics · 7 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 78th percentile nationally
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Southland College Prep Chtr HS compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 22% nationally with 11 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: Manteno High School, Peotone High School, Rich Township Star Academy 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
78th 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 · 2020-21Source: 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
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
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: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
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 584 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manteno High School Manteno |
Public | 16.8 | 587 | -11.5% |
| Peotone High School Peotone |
Public | 10.9 | 420 | -11.4% |
| Rich Township Star Academy Richton Park |
Public | 0.5 | — | — |
| Tinley Park High School Tinley Park |
Public | 6.4 | 1,042 | -4.7% |
| Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr Chicago |
Public · charter | 17.8 | 534 | +9.4% |
| Hillcrest High School Country Club Hills |
Public | 6.2 | 1,100 | -15.4% |
| Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson Chicago |
Public · charter | 16.7 | 695 | +11.2% |
| Carver Military Academy HS Chicago |
Public | 13.9 | 420 | +3.2% |