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Thornridge High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
15000 Cottage Grove Ave
Dolton, IL 60419
Phone
(708) 271-4401
District
Thornton Twp HSD 205
County
COOK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1057
Classroom Teachers
72

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

1

(10 is best)

Better than 9.6% of all IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Thornridge High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

40 30 20 10 0
3%
27%
5%
29%
0%
24%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
13
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 263 24.9%
Grade 10 265 25.1%
Grade 11 247 23.4%
Grade 12 282 26.7%
Total 1057 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 0.5% 0.8% 48.2%
Black 93.6% 81.1% 17.2%
Hispanic 5.9% 17.4% 28.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.5% 5.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 105,003 12,582,032
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,081.7 226
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.6% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.6% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.1% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.9% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 15.7% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 39,405 4,968,761
Single Parent Households With Children 15.7% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.7% 90.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 20.2% 36.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.8% 21.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.9% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.8% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.8% 15.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.8% 13.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.3% 10.3%
$15,000 or less 14.5% 8.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,549 $63,421,000 51.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,883 $8,815,000 7.1%
Staff $429 $2,008,000 1.6%
General Administration $957 $4,480,000 3.6%
School Administration $2,236 $10,465,000 8.4%
Operation $2,197 $10,283,000 8.3%
Transportation $259 $1,211,000 1.0%
Other $1,242 $5,816,000 4.7%
Total Support $9,203 $43,078,000 34.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,773 $17,660,000 14.2%
Total Expenditures $26,524 $124,159,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,344 $21,011,381,000 52.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,455 $2,694,692,000 6.8%
Staff $716 $1,326,218,000 3.3%
General Administration $562 $1,041,380,000 2.6%
School Administration $995 $1,842,060,000 4.6%
Operation $1,579 $2,924,414,000 7.3%
Transportation $640 $1,185,247,000 3.0%
Other $822 $1,522,629,000 3.8%
Total Support $6,768 $12,536,640,000 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,433 $6,357,896,000 15.9%
Total Expenditures $21,545 $39,905,917,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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