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Lake Forest Academy

Lake Forest · IL · Private independent

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📖18 AP courses

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 18 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 4 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1340 (25-75: 1280–1410)
  • 📝 ACT avg 30.0 (25-75: 28–32)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 80.0% (avg score 3.9)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Lake Forest Academy compares for families

What families should know about Lake Forest Academy.

  • 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: Safe Haven School, Lake Forest High School, Lake Co Hulse Detention Center 9- and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 435 in 2018 to 437 in 2022 — over 4 years.
+0.5%
Why only 3 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

For a more current snapshot, see Lake Forest Academy's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.lfanet.org/admission/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +0.1%/year, projecting from 2022's 437 students:

2023
438
2025
439
2027
440

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

Revenue upside

At tuition per student, the 3 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $48,000/year in tuition upside.

Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

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

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Safe Haven School
Lake Bluff
Private 2.7 36
Lake Forest High School
Lake Forest
Public 2.9 1,359 -7.4%
Lake Co Hulse Detention Center 9-
Vernon Hills
Public 3.0
Vernon Hills High School
Vernon Hills
Public 3.3 1,419 -7.1%
Woodlands Academy Of The Sacred Heart
Lake Forest
Private 3.3 120 -9.1%
Exceptional Learners Collaborativ
Vernon Hills
Public 3.3
District 128 Transition Pthwys Ct
Libertyville
Public 3.5
Adlai E Stevenson High School
Lincolnshire
Public 4.3 4,758 +8.3%

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