Rich Township High School

As a roomy four-year high school in Olympia Fields, Illinois, Rich Township High School hosts 2,433 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Rich Twp HSD 227. Enrollment runs roughly 192% bigger than the state mean of about 834.

Rich Township High School is a school of Rich Twp HSD 227, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Rich Township High School lists that nearly all students (85%) are Black; the rest is composed of 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 196 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Rich Township High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.0%; this one comes in at 16.1%, -29.9 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rich Township High School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Arcadia Elem School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rich Township High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rich Township High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.8%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rich Township High School has climbed 133%, going from 1,045 students in 2018 to 2,433 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 94% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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