Schools · Rich
Rich, IL schools
Rich’s public schools score well below Illinois’s averages: 18% of students are proficient in reading against 30.7% statewide, and 85% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.3%. Kids attend one of 7 schools through grade 8, then Colin Powell Middle Sch or O W Huth Middle School or Illinois School and Rich Township High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Rich’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Rich’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 83% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
DTest scoresCGraduation
Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 17%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (1,390)Better than 8%
Towns in Cook County (28)Better than 11%
High confidence. Built on 1,468 tested students and a graduating class of 819; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Illinois’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2018.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Illinois only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Illinois with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Rich kids go to school
Grades 8
C-Colin Powell Middle Sch or C+O W Huth Middle School or C+Illinois School
Depends on your address Elementary School District 159Grades 9–12
C-Rich Township High School
2,433 students · Olympia Fields Rich Township High School District 227Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades 9–12, Rich Township High School District 227)12%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades 8, Elementary School District 159)15%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades PK–8, Matteson Elementary School District 162)18%
State average 30.7%
Math (grades 9–12, Rich Township High School District 227)5%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades 8, Elementary School District 159)8%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades PK–8, Matteson Elementary School District 162)12%
State average 25.8%
Graduation · class of 2018
85% graduate on time
Graduation rate
85%
IL: 87.3%
Graduating class
819
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #485 of 635 IL towns →
Districts
Three districts serve Rich
Rich Township High School District 227Grades 9–12 · 2 schools · 2,433 students
$38,455 per studentIL $21,567C-Elementary School District 159Grades PK–8 · 5 schools · 1,653 students
$27,813 per studentIL $21,567DMatteson Elementary School District 162Grades PK–8 · 7 schools · 2,405 students
$20,488 per studentIL $21,567C-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 28 schools in Rich
Showing 1–28 of 28 schools
Arcadia Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 516 students
C+PublicWestern Avenue Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 499 students
B+PublicMatteson Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–3 · 420 students
DPublicIllinois SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 391 students
C+PublicFlossmoor Hills Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 357 students
BPublicHeather Hill Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 319 students
B+PublicMarya Yates Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 284 students
C+PublicMohawk Primary CenterElementary · Grades K–3 · 283 students
D-PublicSieden Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 279 students
C+PublicNeil Armstrong Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 266 students
C-PublicWoodgate Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 260 students
C-PublicBlackhawk Primary CenterElementary · Grades K–3 · 167 students
D-Public21st Century Primary CenterElementary · Grades K–3 · 152 students
D-PublicInfant Jesus of Prague SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 233 students
PrivateFlossmoor Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–K · 52 students
PrivateParker Junior High SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 822 students
C+PublicColin Powell Middle SchMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 564 students
C-PublicMichelle Obama Sch of TechnologyMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 428 students
D-PublicO W Huth Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 421 students
C+PublicSouthwood Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 283 students
DPublicSauk Elem SchoolMiddle · Grades 4–6 · 281 students
CPublicIndiana Elem SchoolMiddle · Grades 4–6 · 215 students
C+PublicHomewood-Flossmoor High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,707 students
B-PublicRich Township High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,433 students
C-PublicSouthland College Prep Chtr HSHigh · Grades 9–12 · 584 students
B+CharterRich Township Star AcademyHigh · Grades 10–12
PublicRichton Square SchoolPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 161 students
PublicCarra AcademyOther · Grades 1–12 · 31 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.