Thornton Fractnl No High School

Thornton Fractnl No High School is a 9-12 campus of sprawling scale in Calumet City, Illinois, overseen by Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215, educateing 1,425 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 71% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Thornton Fractnl No High School is one of 2 schools operated by Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215, a district that instructs 3,228 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Thornton Fractnl No High School records that 62% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 36% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 77% of students at Thornton Fractnl No High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Thornton Fractnl No High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.8%, the actual is 21.4%, a residual of -5.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate 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. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Thornton Fractnl No High School is one.

Wentworth Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thornton Fractnl No High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thornton Fractnl No High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 21.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,452 students in 2018 compared to 1,425 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 28% to 36%.

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