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If you had an hour of school board time for Thornton Township High School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,697
High
DISTRICT 1,503 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THORNTON TWP HSD 205·NCES 173897003955
Thornton Township High School
15001 Broadway Ave, Harvey, IL 60426 · (708) 225-4150 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,697 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Illinois public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
119 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
1,498 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 420 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 421 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 398 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 458 | 27% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Thornton Township High School
Thornton Township High School's state test result (15.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton Township High School this school | 1,697 | 88.3% | 15.3% |
| Peoria High School Peoria | 1,541 | 85.9% | 7.2% |
| Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep Chicago | 1,060 | 87.1% | 20.3% |
| Bloom Trail High School Chicago Heights | 1,218 | 80.9% | 16.3% |
| Manual High School Peoria | 731 | 89.7% | 5.7% |
| Kankakee High School Kankakee | 1,360 | 87.3% | 12.9% |
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 Thornton Township High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #480 of 573 | #92 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,697 | #131 of 708 | #54 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #258 of 528 | #70 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #195 of 537 | #74 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #68 of 578 | #59 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #303 of 358 | #87 of 101 |
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
1,697
+4 (+0%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 2,396
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 | 1,697 | 119 | 14.3:1 | 88% (1,498) |
| 2023-24 | 1,645 | 119 | 13.8:1 | 93% (1,526) |
| 2022-23 | 1,628 | 117.2 | 13.9:1 | 95% (1,548) |
| 2020-21 | 1,693 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,738 | 137 | 12.7:1 | 54% (932) |
| 2015-16 | 1,814 | 149 | 12.2:1 | 91% (1,651) |
| 2010-11 | 2,160 | 146 | 14.8:1 | 90% (1,934) |
| 2000-01 | 2,270 | 146 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 2,396 | 134 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thornton Township High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,738 to 1,697); teachers down 13% (137 to 119).
About Thornton Township High School
Thornton Township High School is the name of a large high school in Harvey, Illinois. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,697 students. By comparison, high schools in Illinois enroll about 834 students on average.
Thornton Township High School is in Thornton Twp HSD 205, a district with 4,509 students across 3 schools.
Of every 100 students at Thornton Township High School, about 66 are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Hispanic and 3% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 22%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Thornton Township High School scores 48%.
Thornton Township High School reported 119 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.3:1. It is about the same as the 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois. Roughly 88% of students at Thornton Township High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Thornton Township High School lands at C, ahead of 31% of Illinois public high schools.
The model predicts 20.5% for a school in Illinois with Thornton Township High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Thornton Township High School posts 15.3%.
For Cook County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Bryant Elementary School, is the closest to Thornton Township High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 15.3% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Thornton Township High School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 1,693 in 2020-21 and 1,697 in 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 Thornton Twp HSD 205
- Thornwood High SchoolHigh · 1,843 students
- Thornridge High SchoolHigh · 969 students
- Outlook AcademyHigh
- PEACE CenterHigh
Other schools in Harvey
- Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Taft SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Bryant Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Maya Angelou Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
Nearby schools
- Bryant Elementary School0.4 mi · 294
- Whittier Elementary School0.4 mi · 197
- Brooks Middle School0.8 mi · 455
- Coolidge Middle School1.0 mi · 460
- Holmes Elementary School1.2 mi · 270
- Maya Angelou Elementary School1.2 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About Thornton Township High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thornton Township High School?
Thornton Township High School enrolls approximately 1,697 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Thornton Township High School serve?
Thornton Township High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Thornton Township High School have?
Thornton Township High School employs 119 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
How diverse is Thornton Township High School?
Thornton Township High School reports a student body of 3% White, 29% Hispanic, 66% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Thornton Township High School?
Thornton Township High School is overseen by Thornton Twp HSD 205 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.