Proviso Math and Science Academy
Forest Park · IL · Proviso Twp HSD 209 · Public
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Harbor Academy Reg Safe Sch Prg → West 40-Sr. Plus → TAPESTRY ALOP → West 40 HNA Learning Program → Proviso East High School → Walther Christian Academy → J Sterling Morton West High Sch → Cornerstone Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Top 2.1% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Proviso Math and Science Academy compares for families
What families should know about Proviso Math and Science 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: Harbor Academy Reg Safe Sch Prg, West 40-Sr. Plus, TAPESTRY ALOP and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Top 2.1% 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
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.
Chronic absenteeism
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
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 +2.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 925 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $24,520 per student in district revenue, the 105 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $2,574,600/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Academy Reg Safe Sch Prg Maywood |
Public | 0.5 | — | — |
| West 40-Sr. Plus Maywood |
Public | 0.5 | — | — |
| TAPESTRY ALOP Maywood |
Public | 0.5 | — | — |
| West 40 HNA Learning Program Maywood |
Public | 0.5 | — | — |
| Proviso East High School Maywood |
Public | 1.1 | 1,663 | -9.4% |
| Walther Christian Academy Melrose Park |
Private | 2.0 | 268 | +4.7% |
| J Sterling Morton West High Sch Berwyn |
Public | 2.1 | 3,374 | -6.7% |
| Cornerstone Academy Oak Park |
Private | 2.2 | 14 | — |