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What advice would you give to incoming students at Rich Township High School?
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Enrollment
2,433
High
STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICH TWP HSD 227·NCES 173342003458
Rich Township High School
3600 W 203rd St, Olympia Fields, IL 60461 · (708) 679-5600 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,433 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
196 FTE teachers
STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
1,074 students
STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 558 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 600 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 589 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 686 | 28% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-29.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Rich Township High School
Rich Township High School's state test result (16.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Township High School this school | 2,433 | 44.1% | 16.1% |
| Kenwood Academy High School Chicago | 2,268 | 53.8% | 62.1% |
| Southland College Prep Chtr High School Richton Park | 584 | 45.4% | 43.1% |
| Crete-Monee High School Crete | 1,480 | 57.0% | 18.3% |
| Brooks College Prep Academy High School Chicago | 1,007 | 58.8% | 71.7% |
| Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School Chicago | 1,316 | 57.8% | 55.9% |
Matched among Illinois high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rich Township High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #473 of 573 | #86 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,433 | #48 of 708 | #20 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #125 of 528 | #32 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.6% | #323 of 537 | #115 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.1% | #360 of 578 | #157 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +132.8% | #1 of 191 | #1 of 86 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,433
-181 (-7%) vs 2020
+121% since 1990-91, when it was 1,103
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,433 | 196.2 | 12.4:1 | 44% (1,074) |
| 2023-24 | 2,396 | 181.2 | 13.2:1 | 60% (1,443) |
| 2022-23 | 2,487 | 201 | 12.4:1 | 71% (1,766) |
| 2020-21 | 2,614 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,045 | 70.1 | 14.9:1 | 76% (794) |
| 2015-16 | 1,133 | 81 | 14.0:1 | 76% (859) |
| 2010-11 | 1,499 | 100 | 15.0:1 | 69% (1,034) |
| 2000-01 | 1,091 | 53 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,103 | 58 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rich Township High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 133% (1,045 to 2,433); teachers up 180% (70.1 to 196.2).
About Rich Township High School
Rich Township High School is a high school in Olympia Fields, Illinois, according to federal school records. Total enrollment is 2,433 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Illinois enroll about 834 students on average.
The local education agency for Rich Township High School is Rich Twp HSD 227.
A large majority of enrollment at Rich Township High School is Black, at 85%. It is also 11% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Cook County's residents are about 22% Black, 63 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 12.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Rich Township High School, which has 196.2. The school's 12.4:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for high schools in Illinois. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 44%. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
Rich Township High School trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 29.9 points (16.1% versus 46.0%), a bottom-10% result in Illinois on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Rich Township High School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Arcadia Elementary School is closest at about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Rich Township High School places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 181 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Olympia Fields
- Arcadia Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
Nearby schools
- Arcadia Elementary School0.5 mi · 516
- Heather Hill Elementary School1.4 mi · 319
- Matteson Elementary School1.4 mi · 420
- O W Huth Middle School1.4 mi · 421
- Indiana Elementary School1.6 mi · 215
- Homewood-Flossmoor High School1.7 mi · 2,707
Frequently asked questions
About Rich Township High SchoolHow large is Rich Township High School?
Rich Township High School enrolls approximately 2,433 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Rich Township High School serve?
Rich Township High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Rich Township High School have?
Rich Township High School employs 196 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rich Township High School?
At Rich Township High School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 11% Hispanic, 85% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Rich Township High School public or private?
Rich Township High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rich Twp HSD 227.
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