A B Shepard High Sch (Campus)

A B Shepard High Sch (Campus) is a heavily attended 9-12 campus in Palos Heights, Illinois, one of the schools within CHSD 218. The school enrolls 1,916 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 130% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Within CHSD 218, which oversees 3 schools and 5,436 students, A B Shepard High Sch (Campus) is one campus in the system.

Demographically, A B Shepard High Sch (Campus) reports that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 34% Hispanic, 25% Black, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, A B Shepard High Sch (Campus) has 125 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at A B Shepard High Sch (Campus) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, A B Shepard High Sch (Campus) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.4%, the actual is 34.9%, a residual of +2.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. A B Shepard High Sch (Campus) is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Indian Hill, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, A B Shepard High Sch (Campus) comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at A B Shepard High Sch (Campus) has grew 10%, going from 1,744 students in 2018 to 1,916 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 37% across the same window.

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