Is Thornridge High School a good school?

Thornridge High School ranks in the bottom 14.5% of Illinois high schools.

How many students attend Thornridge High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 978 students attended Thornridge High School.

What is the racial makeup of Thornridge High School?

Students at Thornridge High School are 90% African American, 7% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Thornridge High School?

Thornridge High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School Elementary : Caroline Sibley Elementary School Elementary : Franklin Elementary School Elementary : Gen George Patton Elementary School Elementary : Lincoln Elementary School Middle : Creative Communications Academy Middle : Lincoln Junior High School Middle : S T E M Academy Middle : School of Fine Arts

Thornridge High School

Summary:

Thornridge High School is a public high school located in Dolton, Illinois, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,057 students. The school is part of the Thornton Township High School District 205, which is ranked 780 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Thornridge High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois high schools over the past decade, with its highest ranking being 515 out of 614 schools in the 2014-2015 school year.

Thornridge High School faces significant challenges in terms of academic performance, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism. The school consistently underperforms compared to the state and district averages on standardized tests, with only 1.4% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in SAT Mathematics and 8% proficient or better in SAT English Language Arts. The school's four-year graduation rate is 80.2%, lower than the state average of around 86%, and its dropout rate has been consistently higher than the state average, reaching 8.7% in the 2019-2020 school year. Additionally, Thornridge High School has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, reaching 74.8% in the 2021-2022 school year, significantly higher than the state average of around 15-20%.

While Thornridge High School serves a predominantly low-income student population, with 61.4% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, the school's performance lags behind both the state averages and the nearby Thornwood High School and Thornton Township High School, which also perform below the state average on academic measures. However, the public charter Brooks College Prep Academy High School in Chicago is a notable outlier, significantly outperforming Thornridge High School and the district on academic measures.

Detail:

Public 9-12

15000 Cottage Grove Ave
Dolton, IL 60419-2738

(708) 271-4401

District: Thornton Township HSD 205

SchoolDigger Rank:
596^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $36,220

Feeder schools for Thornridge High School:

Elementary:	Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School
	Caroline Sibley Elementary School
	Franklin Elementary School
	Gen George Patton Elementary School
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	Lincoln Elementary School
Middle:	Creative Communications Academy
	Lincoln Junior High School
	S T E M Academy
	School of Fine Arts

Student/teacher ratio: 15.4

Number of students: 978

Racial breakdown:

African American:

90.0%

Hispanic:

7.5%

Two or more races:

1.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 80%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Thornridge High School ranks worse than 85.5% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 3 ranked high schools in the Thornton Township HSD 205 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.03. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Thornridge High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (90%), Hispanic (7.5%), two or more races (1.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 80% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Thornridge High School is 15.4, which is the highest among 5 high schools in the Thornton Township HSD 205 School District! (See more...)

Compare Thornridge High School employs 63.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Thornridge High School is $36,220, which is the highest among 5 high schools in the Thornton Township HSD 205 School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Thornridge High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Thornridge High School 596^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Thornridge High School in the ranking list.)

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Thornton Township HSD 205:

SchoolDigger ranks Thornton Township HSD 205 780^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Thornridge High School

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Rank History for all students at Thornridge High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	17.15	498^th	586	15.0%
2004	6.21	538^th	592	9.1%
2005	12.68	517^th	590	12.4%
2006	11.80	525^th	596	11.9%
2007	8.21	547^th	612	10.6%
2008	12.11	539^th	624	13.6%
2009	14.43	544^th	632	13.9%
2010	14.18	550^th	643	14.5%
2011	5.34	601^st	655	8.2%
2012	4.89	613^th	665	7.8%
2013	8.60	597^th	670	10.9%
2014	7.40	605^th	670	9.7%
2015	19.57	515^th	614	16.1%
2016	12.16	599^th	643	6.8%
2017	7.49	596^th	642	7.2%
2018	9.11	600^th	647	7.3%
2019	9.42	636^th	701	9.3%
2021	15.87	585^th	688	15.0%
2022	11.37	624^th	699	10.7%
2023	9.89	648^th	699	7.3%
2024	15.03	596^th	697	14.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Thornridge High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	94.39	5^th	205	97.6%
2023	30.97	159^th	217	26.7%
2024	63.91	40^th	248	83.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Thornridge High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.23	248^th	374	33.7%
2019	29.55	306^th	473	35.3%
2021	29.28	270^th	453	40.4%
2022	31.21	286^th	493	42.0%
2023	21.07	375^th	476	21.2%
2024	22.92	369^th	482	23.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Thornridge High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	13.12	537^th	585	8.2%
2019	15.40	568^th	639	11.1%
2021	28.58	455^th	611	25.5%
2022	15.81	561^st	626	10.4%
2023	14.94	575^th	644	10.7%
2024	22.98	506^th	639	20.8%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Thornridge High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	28.07	55^th	104	47.1%
2024	40.58	58^th	125	53.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Thornridge High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	10.10	565^th	620	8.9%
2019	9.72	592^nd	665	11.0%
2021	19.28	511^th	639	20.0%
2022	10.86	591^st	658	10.2%
2023	10.75	590^th	656	10.1%
2024	15.69	561^st	664	15.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Thornridge High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	23.38	382^nd	428	10.7%
2024	27.00	261^st	429	39.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Thornridge High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	8.71	578^th	619	6.6%
2019	9.82	610^th	675	9.6%
2021	12.75	582^nd	653	10.9%
2022	12.26	599^th	664	9.8%
2023	9.41	638^th	668	4.5%
2024	15.19	571^st	668	14.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Thornridge High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.49	178^th	253	29.6%
2019	27.59	218^th	299	27.1%
2021	39.65	138^th	281	50.9%
2022	31.93	185^th	294	37.1%
2023	26.38	226^th	301	24.9%
2024	32.15	192^nd	299	35.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Thornridge High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	30.22	234^th	335	30.1%
2023	9.36	332^nd	333	0.3%
2024	28.05	245^th	336	27.1%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Thornridge High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	818	1153	7	93	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	2071
1989	641	1171	7	100	3	n/a	n/a	0	1922
1990	504	1184	8	105	6	n/a	n/a	0	1807
1991	373	1219	19	102	0	n/a	n/a	0	1713
1992	286	1310	11	104	0	n/a	n/a	0	1711
1993	227	1446	6	119	0	n/a	n/a	0	1798
1994	183	1485	6	108	0	n/a	n/a	0	1782
1995	142	2104	5	104	0	n/a	n/a	0	2355
1996	142	2104	5	104	0	n/a	n/a	0	2355
1997	99	1927	2	81	0	n/a	n/a	0	2109
1998	72	1774	2	65	2	n/a	n/a	0	1915
1999	54	1687	3	45	0	n/a	n/a	0	1789
2000	47	1552	4	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	1650
2001	37	1658	6	31	3	n/a	n/a	0	1735
2002	23	1698	5	33	0	n/a	n/a	0	1759
2003	23	1698	5	33	0	n/a	n/a	0	1759
2004	19	1752	5	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	1800
2005	12	1769	5	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	1809
2006	3	1734	5	23	1	n/a	n/a	2	1768
2007	2	1788	3	28	3	n/a	n/a	4	1828
2008	2	1823	3	24	2	n/a	n/a	8	1862
2009	3	1806	1	19	3	n/a	n/a	7	1839
2010	4	1635	1	15	1	n/a	n/a	7	1663
2011	2	1493	2	13	1	0	5	0	1516
2012	1	1292	2	12	5	0	1	0	1313
2013	0	1282	2	15	5	1	9	0	1314
2014	1	1186	1	17	4	0	6	0	1215
2015	1	1183	2	27	3	0	2	0	1218
2016	4	1210	0	25	1	0	2	0	1242
2017	7	1172	1	25	1	0	5	0	1211
2018	3	1124	1	34	3	0	7	0	1172
2019	4	1050	0	33	1	0	5	0	1093
2020	1	1002	0	29	0	0	6	0	1038
2021	3	1062	0	41	1	0	9	0	1116
2022	5	1056	0	40	0	0	18	0	1119
2023	5	976	0	62	0	0	14	0	1057
2024	6	880	0	73	2	0	17	0	978

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Thornridge High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2071	123.2	16.8	n/a
1989	1922	116.0	16.5	n/a
1990	1807	106.6	16.9	n/a
1991	1713	111.6	15.3	n/a
1992	1711	111.9	15.2	n/a
1993	1798	113.3	15.9	n/a
1994	1782	121.9	14.6	n/a
1995	2355	147.0	16.0	n/a
1996	2355	147.0	16.0	n/a
1997	2109	146.6	14.4	n/a
1998	1915	133.4	14.4	n/a
1999	1789	130.0	13.8	n/a
2000	1650	128.0	12.9	n/a
2001	1735	127.0	13.7	n/a
2002	1759	117.0	15.0	35
2003	1759	117.0	15.0	35
2004	1800	127.0	14.2	39.1
2005	1809	101.0	17.9	90.4
2006	1768	91.3	19.4	n/a
2007	1828	102.0	17.9	51.4
2008	1862	70.0	26.6	56.9
2009	1839	113.5	16.2	59.2
2010	1663	124.6	13.3	100.2
2011	1516	106.8	14.1	77.1
2012	1313	102.7	12.7	84.5
2013	1314	101.8	12.9	89.6
2014	1215	97.0	12.5	58.8
2015	1218	104.0	11.7	85.1
2016	1242	102.0	12.1	93.6
2017	1211	103.9	11.6	6.6
2018	1172	100.5	11.6	55.7
2019	1093	97.6	11.1	97.3
2020	1038	92.0	11.2	50.5
2021	1116	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1119	80.0	13.9	66.4
2023	1057	72.0	14.6	61.4
2024	978	63.3	15.4	80

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Thornridge High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2071	123.2	16.8	n/a
1989	1922	116.0	16.5	n/a
1990	1807	106.6	16.9	n/a
1991	1713	111.6	15.3	n/a
1992	1711	111.9	15.2	n/a
1993	1798	113.3	15.9	n/a
1994	1782	121.9	14.6	n/a
1995	2355	147.0	16.0	n/a
1996	2355	147.0	16.0	n/a
1997	2109	146.6	14.4	n/a
1998	1915	133.4	14.4	n/a
1999	1789	130.0	13.8	n/a
2000	1650	128.0	12.9	n/a
2001	1735	127.0	13.7	n/a
2002	1759	117.0	15.0	35
2003	1759	117.0	15.0	35
2004	1800	127.0	14.2	39.1
2005	1809	101.0	17.9	90.4
2006	1768	91.3	19.4	n/a
2007	1828	102.0	17.9	51.4
2008	1862	70.0	26.6	56.9
2009	1839	113.5	16.2	59.2
2010	1663	124.6	13.3	100.2
2011	1516	106.8	14.1	77.1
2012	1313	102.7	12.7	84.5
2013	1314	101.8	12.9	89.6
2014	1215	97.0	12.5	58.8
2015	1218	104.0	11.7	85.1
2016	1242	102.0	12.1	93.6
2017	1211	103.9	11.6	6.6
2018	1172	100.5	11.6	55.7
2019	1093	97.6	11.1	97.3
2020	1038	92.0	11.2	50.5
2021	1116	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1119	80.0	13.9	66.4
2023	1057	72.0	14.6	61.4
2024	978	63.3	15.4	80

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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