← IL High School Explorer

McHenry Community High School

Mchenry · IL · McHenry CHSD 156 · Public

📄 Shareable scorecard →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • Program details not reported to CRDC
Academic signals
  • Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

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

💡

How McHenry Community High School compares for families

What families should know about McHenry Community High School.

  • 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: Evergreen Academy, Innovation Academy, Johnsburg High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

For Parents

📬

Follow McHenry Community High School

Get an email when McHenry Community High School's numbers change — new admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores. A few updates a year, no spam.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

Title I Targeted Assistance eligible

35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance

37.7%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 559 in 2021 to 591 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+5.7%

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 2,214 students:

2025
2,213
2027
2,210
2029
2,207

≈ 7 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 $24,551 per student in district revenue, the 7 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $171,857/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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Evergreen Academy
Mchenry
Public 1.8
Innovation Academy
Mchenry
Public 1.8
Johnsburg High School
Johnsburg
Public 4.5 502 -14.3%
Prairie Ridge High School
Crystal Lake
Public 5.5 1,133 -4.0%
Grant Community High School
Fox Lake
Public 6.5 1,769 -4.7%
Richmond-Burton High School
Richmond
Public 7.5 521 -8.3%
Crystal Lake Central High School
Crystal Lake
Public 7.8 1,443 -6.6%
Wauconda High School
Wauconda
Public 8.0 1,452 +0.9%

For Parents

Researching colleges for your kid at McHenry Community High School?

Get a personalized College Plan Audit — find Reach, Target, and Safety colleges matched to your kid's GPA, test scores, intended major, and your family's budget. Free.

Start the College Plan Audit →

For School Admins looking at enrollment trends: request an Enrollment Trend Audit →