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Thornwood High School

Public Grades 9-12

575^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 698 Illinois High Schools

Better than 18% of Illinois high schools

Summary

Thornwood High School is a public high school located in South Holland, Illinois, serving 1,868 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Thornton Township High School District 205, which is ranked 793 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Thornwood High School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Illinois high schools, with academic performance significantly below state averages across standardized tests. The school's four-year graduation rate fluctuates between 80.6% and 89.0%, slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate ranges from 2.4% to 4.4%, higher than the state average. Thornwood also has a very high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 25.4% to 48.8%, far exceeding the state average. The school serves a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 53.51% to 72.06% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Interestingly, Thornwood High School's performance is generally comparable to other high schools within the Thornton Township High School District 205, such as Thornridge High School and Thornton Township High School. However, when compared to the Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215 schools, Thornwood's performance is notably lower, with higher academic proficiency rates, graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism, despite serving a similar socioeconomic demographic.

1,843

Students ?

12.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$36,225

Per pupil spending ?

73.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

17101 S Park Ave
South Holland, IL 60473-3484

(708) 225-4701

District: Thornton Township HSD 205

Feeder schools for Thornwood High School:

Elementary:	Barack H Obama Learning Academy
	Eisenhower School
	Greenwood Elementary School
	Jesse C White Learning Academy
	More...
	Madison School
	McKinley Elementary School
	Taft School
	Wolcott School
Middle:	Coolidge Middle School
	McKinley Junior High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

82.0%

Hispanic:

13.7%

White:

2.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 9th percentile in 2018 → 18th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 18th (2025) from a 9th-percentile low (2018)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Illinois average (23% vs 48% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)

!Graduation rate below the Illinois average (83% vs 89%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg20%

Illinois avg48%

575^th of 698

Illinois public high schools ?

Bottom 18%▼ down 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 25% (2015) to bottom 18% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 3High Schools in the Thornton Township HSD 205

793^rd of 811Thornton Township HSD 205 among Illinois districts

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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	17.0	575 of 698	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.4	555 of 697	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.5	588 of 699	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.2	608 of 699	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.5	560 of 688	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.2	601 of 701	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.9	586 of 647	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.4	581 of 642	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	16.8	557 of 643	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	27.9	459 of 614	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	7.8	600 of 670	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	11.2	580 of 670	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	12.1	572 of 665	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	7.7	582 of 655	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	11.0	561 of 643	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	23.9	518 of 632	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	19.4	523 of 624	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	11.4	531 of 612	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	17.6	505 of 596	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	14.3	513 of 590	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	13.2	521 of 592	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	20.0	488 of 586	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	41.8	162 of 323	49.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	36.3	163 of 299	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.3	157 of 301	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.5	183 of 294	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	44.2	114 of 281	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.7	176 of 299	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.9	161 of 253	36.4%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	23.8	423 of 491	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.0	261 of 429	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.2	223 of 428	47.9%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	41.9	144 of 284	49.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	71.9	32 of 248	87.1%	★★★★☆
2023	49.1	82 of 217	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	23.5	190 of 205	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	56.1	42 of 189	77.8%	★★★★☆
2019	60.0	34 of 183	81.4%	★★★★☆
2018	83.2	10 of 151	93.4%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	17.4	562 of 685	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	523 of 664	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.1	558 of 656	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.8	570 of 658	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.6	480 of 639	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.3	561 of 665	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.5	553 of 620	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	31.3	255 of 366	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	54.8	114 of 336	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	29.5	242 of 333	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.2	257 of 335	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.8	216 of 317	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.3	249 of 317	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.1	216 of 291	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	39.1	86 of 138	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.7	68 of 125	45.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	43.0	47 of 104	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.1	34 of 98	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	14.8	20 of 24	16.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	23.7	543 of 672	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.8	463 of 639	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.0	539 of 644	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	547 of 626	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.5	435 of 611	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.4	506 of 639	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.6	520 of 585	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	17.4	570 of 685	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.7	534 of 668	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.1	559 of 668	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.9	588 of 664	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.9	556 of 653	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.4	580 of 675	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.0	569 of 619	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	7.6	202 of 211	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	170 of 182	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.9	159 of 163	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.5	160 of 170	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	22.3	123 of 160	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.3	139 of 165	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	23.5	411 of 527	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.1	375 of 482	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.7	362 of 476	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.2	286 of 493	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.3	270 of 453	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.0	277 of 473	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.8	219 of 374	41.4%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	25.0	457 of 564	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2025)50th percentile+32 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)49th percentile+32 vs school

Homeless (2025)38th percentile+20 vs school

Hispanic (2025)30th percentile+13 vs school

Special Education (2025)22nd percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)19th percentile~ school

White (2025)19th percentile~ school

Female (2025)18th percentile~ school

Male (2025)17th percentile~ school

Disabled (2025)14th percentile-4 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)4th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts25%-26 vs state

Science20%-29 vs state

Mathematics14%-25 vs state

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by a student
Monday, January 9, 2012

When I attended Thornwood High School in 2004 - 2008 we had three classes a day. My first year at Thornwood high school was just a long review of what I had learn in Junior high school. I did not begin to learn anything until I started to take AP classes. If I could have gotten a better high school education, I would have. The hardest class at Thornwood High school was gym. I hear that there are now seven classes a day for students. Good. I hope those student have more than I did. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2025)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2025)		PreACT Secure Science (2025)		ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Meningococcal (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 9th Grade	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 10th Grade	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Thornwood High School	Public	9-12	17101 S Park Ave	South Holland	60473	Cook County	Thornton Township HSD 205	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 225-4701	1,843	143	12.8	73.5%	37 (2.0%)	1,512 (82.0%)	253 (13.7%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (1.8%)	17	575^th of 698 public high schools	17.6%		19.4	555^th of 697 public high schools	20.4%	20	39.9	26.0	17.4	11.2	27.8	21.9	25.2	14.4	19.8	94.6	95.2	95.2	95.2	95.6	94.9	96.4	90.7	$36,225	$5,818	$30,407
Outlook Academy	Public	9-12	465 E 170th St	South Holland	60473	Cook County	Thornton Township HSD 205	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(312) 752-0367	0	15	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Thornridge High School	Public	9-12	15000 Cottage Grove Ave	Dolton	60419	Cook County	Thornton Township HSD 205	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 271-4401	969	63	15.3	86.2%	5 (0.5%)	862 (89.0%)	80 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.1%)	11	621^st of 698 public high schools	11.0%		15	596^th of 697 public high schools	14.5%	25	35.2	30.2	7.3	6.3	20.1	16.1	18.0	6.1	17.1	94.0	92.7	92.7	92.7	94.5	92.9	95.9	89.7	$41,059	$6,307	$34,752
Thornton Township High School	Public	9-12	15001 Broadway Ave	Harvey	60426	Cook County	Thornton Township HSD 205	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 225-4150	1,697	119	14.2	88.3%	54 (3.2%)	1,120 (66.0%)	484 (28.5%)	19 (1.1%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	14 (0.8%)	11.1	620^th of 698 public high schools	11.2%		20.6	546^th of 697 public high schools	21.7%	74	32.1	18.9	11.4	6.5	25.8	13.0	21.0	9.6	17.5	88.1	88.7	88.7	88.7	88.3	88.5	89.1	84.2	$29,633	$1,873	$27,760
PEACE Center	Public	9-12	306 E 144th St	Dolton	60419	Cook County	Thornton Township HSD 205	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(708) 985-3598	0	5	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Thornton Fractnl So High School	Public	9-12	18500 Burnham Ave	Lansing	60438	Cook County	Thornton Fractional Township HSD 215	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 585-2000	1,803	107	16.9	65.8%	101 (5.6%)	1,231 (68.3%)	443 (24.6%)	10 (0.6%)	6 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	10 (0.6%)	29.9	508^th of 698 public high schools	27.2%		30.4	468^th of 697 public high schools	32.9%	40	49.8	42.0	13.4	14.5	37.3	36.8	36.7	17.4	28.7	98.1	98.1	98.1	98.1	98.1	98.1	98.1	98.2	$20,813	$1,216	$19,596
Thornton Fractnl No High School	Public	9-12	755 Pulaski Rd	Calumet City	60409	Cook County	Thornton Fractional Township HSD 215	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 585-1000	1,425	86	16.5	77.4%	15 (1.1%)	886 (62.2%)	514 (36.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.4%)	22.8	548^th of 698 public high schools	21.5%		19.9	552^nd of 697 public high schools	20.8%	4	48.0	31.8	10.6	13.9	34.0	30.1	31.4	15.6	23.7	99.2	99.2	99.2	99.2	99.2	98.9	99.3	98.6	$21,070	$1,216	$19,854
Center for Alternative Learning	Public	9-12	1601 Wentworth Ave	Calumet City	60409	Cook County	Thornton Fractional Township HSD 215	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(708) 585-9401	0	3	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Center for Academics and Technolo	Public	9-12	1605 Wentworth	Calumet City	60409	Cook County	Thornton Fractional Township HSD 215	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(708) 585-2353	0	12	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)										99.4	99.4	99.4	99.4	100.0	99.4	99.4	98.2
South Cook Truancy Program	Public	6-12	405 Ashland Ave	Chicago Heights	60411	Cook County	Region 07 South Cook ISC 4	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(708) 754-6600	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about Thornwood High School

What is the racial makeup of Thornwood High School?

Students at Thornwood High School are 82% African American, 14% Hispanic, 2% White, 2% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Thornwood High School?

Thornwood High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Barack H Obama Learning Academy
Elementary : Eisenhower School
Elementary : Greenwood Elementary School
Elementary : Jesse C White Learning Academy
Elementary : Madison School
Elementary : McKinley Elementary School
Elementary : Taft School
Elementary : Wolcott School
Middle : Coolidge Middle School
Middle : McKinley Junior High School

What district is Thornwood High School in?

Thornton Township HSD 205

How many students attend Thornwood High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,843 students attended Thornwood High School.

Is Thornwood High School a good school?

Thornwood High School ranks in the bottom 17.6% of Illinois high schools.

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