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Reavis High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Reavis High School
Set in Burbank, Illinois, Reavis High School is a high-enrollment high school, run under Reavis Twp HSD 220. It serves 1,930 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Reavis High School sits 131% bigger than that benchmark.
Reavis High School sits inside Reavis Twp HSD 220, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
Demographically, Reavis High School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment; the rest reads as 26% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Reavis High School has 114 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Reavis High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Reavis High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.7%; this one delivers 33.4%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Reavis High School is one.
The closest other public school is Harry E Fry School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Reavis High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.0%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 7%: 1,797 students in 2018 compared to 1,930 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 42% to 26%.
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