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 ÷ 2021 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% |