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Rich Township High School

Public Grades 9-12
577th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 620 Illinois High Schools
Better than 7% of Illinois high schools
Summary

Rich Township High School in Olympia Fields serves 2,433 students in grades 9–12 in Chicago’s south suburbs and is part of Rich Township HSD 227. The school’s most important challenge is low proficiency: in 2025–2026, its results were 22.2 to 34.5 percentage points below the state in all nine subject-and-grade comparisons.

Compared with nearby high schools, Rich was below the average of the other five in all nine comparisons and ranked among the lowest in most. Grade 10 was the clearest weak point: its results were lowest among the six schools in all three subjects, with English Language Arts and Science 25 and 23 points below the nearby-school averages. Relative strengths depend on the comparison: English Language Arts had the smallest average gap to the state, while Mathematics had the smallest average gap to nearby schools. Rich’s results matched the district’s in every subject and grade shown. Chronic absenteeism was also high: 49% of students were chronically absent, compared with 24% statewide and a 28% nearby-school average. Graduation was a brighter measure: the rate reached 90% in 2025–2026, slightly above the state’s 90%.

Results have changed unevenly: 11th-grade ACT Mathematics rose 2 percentage points and 9th-grade English Language Arts rose 4 points from the prior year, while 10th-grade English Language Arts fell 11 points. Graduation improved from 81% in 2022–2023 to 90% in 2025–2026. SchoolDigger ranked Rich in the 7th percentile statewide, 577th of 620 schools, with 0 stars; its percentile fell from 20 in 2021–2022. Context includes a 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio of 12.4, below the nearby-school average of 15.2, and 44% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. SchoolDigger’s rankings indicate a notable relative strength for English Language Learner students: the group ranked in the 88th percentile in 2023–2024, compared with the school’s overall 19th percentile that year; the group’s ranking later fell to the 64th percentile in 2024–2025.

2,433
Students ?
12.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$42,676
Per pupil spending ?
44.1%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 3600 W 203rd St
       Olympia Fields, IL  60461-1025

(708) 679-5600

District: Rich Township HSD 227

Racial breakdown:

African American:
84.9%
Hispanic:
10.8%
Two or more races:
2.5%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 9th percentile in 2016 → 7th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (19% vs 47% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (49% vs 24% Illinois)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school19%
District avg19%
Illinois avg47%
577th of 620
Illinois public high schools ?
Bottom 7%▼ down 2 pts since 2016
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20267.0577 of 6206.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202513.9599 of 69814.2%★☆☆☆☆
202418.2568 of 69718.5%★☆☆☆☆
202315.1603 of 69913.7%★☆☆☆☆
202220.5562 of 69919.6%★☆☆☆☆
202118.4566 of 68817.7%★☆☆☆☆
201915.5593 of 70115.4%★☆☆☆☆
201815.0564 of 64712.8%★☆☆☆☆
201714.4559 of 64212.9%★☆☆☆☆
201614.0585 of 6439.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201519.5517 of 61415.8%★☆☆☆☆
201412.2586 of 67012.5%★☆☆☆☆
201314.0564 of 67015.8%★☆☆☆☆
201214.6563 of 66515.3%★☆☆☆☆
201116.0549 of 65516.2%★☆☆☆☆
201030.2497 of 64322.7%★☆☆☆☆
200931.9476 of 63224.7%★☆☆☆☆
200831.8477 of 62423.6%★☆☆☆☆
200713.6528 of 61213.7%★☆☆☆☆
200619.3497 of 59616.6%★☆☆☆☆
200520.0505 of 59014.4%★☆☆☆☆
200419.2502 of 59215.2%★☆☆☆☆
200314.8506 of 58613.7%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202623.0142 of 18724.1%★☆☆☆☆
202536.4185 of 32342.7%★★☆☆☆
202438.3151 of 29949.5%★★☆☆☆
202332.4188 of 30137.5%★★☆☆☆
202247.5120 of 29459.2%★★★☆☆
202142.6122 of 28156.6%★★★☆☆
201940.7143 of 29952.2%★★★☆☆
201842.1123 of 25351.4%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202530.1357 of 49127.3%★☆☆☆☆
202435.8213 of 42950.3%★★★☆☆
202326.3345 of 42819.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202551.8103 of 28463.7%★★★☆☆
202472.531 of 24887.5%★★★★☆
202373.524 of 21788.9%★★★★☆
202299.71 of 20599.5%★★★★★
202199.05 of 18997.4%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20266.0517 of 5455.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202514.5583 of 68514.9%★☆☆☆☆
202418.4536 of 66419.3%★☆☆☆☆
202316.3553 of 65615.7%★☆☆☆☆
202222.2510 of 65822.5%★☆☆☆☆
202118.1522 of 63918.3%★☆☆☆☆
201917.8542 of 66518.5%★☆☆☆☆
201815.2540 of 62012.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202618.9223 of 26816.8%★☆☆☆☆
202524.2288 of 36621.3%★☆☆☆☆
202422.8270 of 33619.6%★☆☆☆☆
202341.7176 of 33347.1%★★☆☆☆
202249.5148 of 33555.8%★★★☆☆
202134.4201 of 31736.6%★★☆☆☆
201920.4264 of 31716.7%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202540.779 of 13842.8%★★☆☆☆
202425.768 of 12545.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202613.4428 of 47810.5%★☆☆☆☆
202521.8557 of 67217.1%★☆☆☆☆
202426.1479 of 63925.0%★☆☆☆☆
202321.0530 of 64417.7%★☆☆☆☆
202233.5430 of 62631.3%★★☆☆☆
202131.0431 of 61129.5%★☆☆☆☆
201920.5532 of 63916.7%★☆☆☆☆
201824.7478 of 58518.3%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20266.1499 of 5214.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202513.7603 of 68512.0%★☆☆☆☆
202418.5541 of 66819.0%★☆☆☆☆
202313.9584 of 66812.6%★☆☆☆☆
202218.7550 of 66417.2%★☆☆☆☆
202118.1534 of 65318.2%★☆☆☆☆
201914.4581 of 67513.9%★☆☆☆☆
201814.9532 of 61914.1%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202421.5139 of 18223.6%★☆☆☆☆
202312.5155 of 1634.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.4148 of 17012.9%★☆☆☆☆
20216.1156 of 1602.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202614.7204 of 23814.3%★☆☆☆☆
202529.5339 of 52735.7%★★☆☆☆
202424.7356 of 48226.1%★☆☆☆☆
202321.1375 of 47621.2%★☆☆☆☆
202236.1263 of 49346.7%★★☆☆☆
202135.9243 of 45346.4%★★☆☆☆
201929.6306 of 47335.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201827.2248 of 37433.7%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202212.5529 of 5605.5%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
English Language Learner (2025)64th percentile+50 vs school
Homeless (2025)43rd percentile+29 vs school
Disabled (2025)27th percentile+13 vs school
African American (2026)24th percentile+17 vs school
Multi-racial (2024)24th percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2026)17th percentile+10 vs school
Special Education (2026)14th percentile+7 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)10th percentile+4 vs school
White (2022)6th percentile-14 vs school
Female (2026)5th percentile~ school
Male (2026)4th percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts24%-26 vs state
Science22%-26 vs state
Mathematics10%-30 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Open Quote THIS SCHOOL ALLOWS BULLYING. My daughter has been getting bullied. I’ve been up to the school, had a meeting with one parent, but the other child and her parent decided not to show up, and that is the girl STILL BULLYING MY CHILD. The teacher told my daughter to “handle it the right way”. My instructions to my daughter was to NOT interact with that girl, yet I have a teacher telling my daughter to “handle” it. If you try to take up for yourself, you get put in in-school detention. My daughter is currently a straight “A” student, but I am watching her self esteem slowly go away. I can’t wait to get my daughter out of this school at the end of the year.

There are fights at this school 5 days a week, kids getting “jumped” every other day. It’s like a war zone there. The PTSD these kids must have once they graduate...smh. I don’t understand how kids can learn in an environment like this. And this was supposed to be one of the better schools in the south suburbs. I’m a Registered Nurse and am working to get OUT of this school district. I don’t have time for the ghetto-ness of this place! WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T MOVE INTO THE RICH SCHOOL DISTRICT! Close Quote





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In the 2024-25 school year, 2,433 students attended Rich Township High School.

Students at Rich Township High School are 85% African American, 11% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 1% White.

Rich Township High School ranks in the bottom 6.9% of Illinois high schools.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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