Monticello High School
Monticello · IL · Monticello CUSD 25 · Public
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Bement High School → Deland-Weldon High School → Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High Sch → Argenta-Oreana High School → Mahomet-Seymour High School → Blue Ridge High School → Centennial High School → Educ for Employment Sys 330 →📋 At a glance
- 📚 4 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 1 physics · 6 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 66th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 80th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Monticello High School compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 66th percentile nationally with 4 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: Bement High School, Deland-Weldon High School, Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High Sch 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
66th percentile nationally
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 · 2020-2180th percentile by test-taker volume
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
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
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. 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
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
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 489 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $19,379 per student in district revenue, the 8 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $155,032/year in additional funding.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bement High School Bement |
Public | 6.8 | 85 | +1.2% |
| Deland-Weldon High School De Land |
Public | 9.6 | 45 | — |
| Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High Sch Cerro Gordo |
Public | 12.2 | 131 | -8.4% |
| Argenta-Oreana High School Argenta |
Public | 13.3 | 268 | -1.5% |
| Mahomet-Seymour High School Mahomet |
Public | 15.2 | 1,050 | +2.1% |
| Blue Ridge High School Farmer City |
Public | 16.3 | 155 | -19.3% |
| Centennial High School Champaign |
Public | 16.4 | 1,476 | +1.6% |
| Educ for Employment Sys 330 Champaign |
Public | 16.8 | — | — |