Cary-Grove Community High School

Cary-Grove Community High School is one of the large senior highs in Cary, Illinois, part of CHSD 155, with 1,348 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 62% larger than the state mean of about 834.

CHSD 155 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 5,203 students. Cary-Grove Community High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Cary-Grove Community High School logs that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Cary-Grove Community High School has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below McHenry County's rate of about 35%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cary-Grove Community High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.7%; this one delivers 58.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for McHenry County indicate median household income runs about $104,802, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across McHenry County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,123 students), Cary-Grove Community High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oak Knoll Early Childhood Center, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cary-Grove Community High School. On composite proficiency, Cary-Grove Community High School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 50.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cary-Grove Community High School has contracted 21%, going from 1,705 students in 2018 to 1,348 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 73%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.