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Carl Sandburg High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
13300 S La Grange Rd
Orland Park, IL 60462
Phone
(708) 671-3100
District
CONS HSD 230
County
COOK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2954
Classroom Teachers
182

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

9

(10 is best)

Better than 87.4% of all IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Carl Sandburg High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

50 40 30 20 10 0
41%
25%
42%
26%
39%
25%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
15
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 723 24.5%
Grade 10 702 23.8%
Grade 11 735 24.9%
Grade 12 794 26.9%
Total 2954 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 73.4% 74.1% 48.7%
Black 6.2% 4.8% 17.3%
Hispanic 13.6% 15.8% 28.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.5% 4.9% 5.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 157,931 12,582,032
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,155.4 226
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.2% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.9% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.2% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 20.5% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 60,223 4,968,761
Single Parent Households With Children 4.9% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.0% 90.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 38.3% 36.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 23.0% 21.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.8% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.3% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.4% 15.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.5% 13.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.9% 10.3%
$15,000 or less 5.2% 8.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,588 $108,549,308 56.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,193 $16,318,113 8.4%
Staff $598 $4,449,718 2.3%
General Administration $368 $2,738,288 1.4%
School Administration $1,506 $11,206,146 5.8%
Operation $1,693 $12,597,613 6.5%
Transportation $1,289 $9,591,449 4.9%
Other $1,051 $7,820,491 4.0%
Total Support $8,698 $64,721,818 33.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,771 $20,619,011 10.6%
Total Expenditures $26,057 $193,890,137 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,818 $20,214,612,291 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,311 $2,449,080,202 6.3%
Staff $673 $1,256,727,156 3.2%
General Administration $673 $1,256,749,375 3.2%
School Administration $942 $1,760,657,749 4.5%
Operation $1,431 $2,672,969,408 6.9%
Transportation $748 $1,398,114,051 3.6%
Other $736 $1,376,105,992 3.5%
Total Support $6,513 $12,170,558,501 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,424 $6,398,727,407 16.5%
Total Expenditures $20,756 $38,783,883,293 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%