Amos Alonzo Stagg High School

Palos Hills · IL · Cons HSD 230 · Public

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📖27 AP courses

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

📚 27 AP courses offered — Elite
✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
🔢 10 calculus classes · 59 physics · 48 chemistry

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: 73th percentile nationally
📝 SAT/ACT participation: Top 1.0% by test-taker volume

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Amos Alonzo Stagg High School compares for families

Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.

▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 73th percentile nationally with 27 AP courses.
▸ LocallyIL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Chicago Christian High School, Regl Inst Scholastic Excellence, Universal School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🎓 Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth

73th percentile nationally

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AP courses offered

Subject breadth not reported

Advanced math classes

10 calculus · 29 advanced

Lab science classes

107

59 physics · 48 chemistry

Other rigor signals

✅ Dual-enrollment program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Top 1.0% by test-taker volume

SAT/ACT test-takers

999

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

39.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Compared against

18,426

US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

38.4%

Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

8.1%

Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.

Students absent 15+ days

207

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

284:1

Above the ASCA 250:1 target but below the US median (~430:1). Capacity is workable.

Counselor FTE

9.0

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

175

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 677 in 2021 to 652 in 2024 — over 3 years.

-3.7%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -0.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,560 students:

2025

2,558

2027

2,554

2029

2,550

≈ 10 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue at risk

At $26,791 per student in district revenue, the 10 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $267,910/year in funding at risk.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Chicago Christian High School Palos Heights	Private	2.0	314	+1.3%
Regl Inst Scholastic Excellence Worth	Public	2.0	—	—
Universal School Bridgeview	Private	2.6	666	+6.9%
A B Shepard High Sch (Campus) Palos Heights	Public	3.2	1,916	+0.3%
H L Richards High Sch(Campus) Oak Lawn	Public	3.2	1,702	+0.8%
Carl Sandburg High School Orland Park	Public	3.3	2,840	-3.9%
Oak Lawn Comm High School Oak Lawn	Public	3.5	1,867	+0.3%
Elim Christian School Crestwood	Private	3.7	4	—