Is Pontiac High School a good school?

Pontiac High School ranks 277 th of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Pontiac High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 678 students attended Pontiac High School.

What is the racial makeup of Pontiac High School?

Students at Pontiac High School are 75% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 3% African American.

What schools feed into Pontiac High School?

Pontiac High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Central Elementary School Elementary : Graymont Elementary School Elementary : Lincoln Elementary School Elementary : Odell Grade School Elementary : Saunemin Elementary School Elementary : Washington Elementary School Middle : Pontiac Junior High School

Pontiac High School

Summary:

Pontiac High School is a public high school serving 693 students in grades 9-12 in Pontiac, Illinois. The school is part of the Pontiac Township HSD 90 district, which is ranked 378 out of 813 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Pontiac High School has seen a decline in its 4-year graduation rate, dropping from 95.4% in 2019-2020 to 78.4% in 2023-2024, this is still lower than the state average and nearby schools like Lexington High School (96.7%) and Tri-Point High School (89.2%). The school has also experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 13.9% in 2019-2020 to 25.5% in 2023-2024, which is higher than the state average and most nearby schools. Additionally, Pontiac High School's test scores in SAT Mathematics, SAT English Language Arts, and ISA Science are generally lower than the state averages and the scores of nearby high-performing schools.

Interestingly, Pontiac High School's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with the school ranking much lower for Hispanic students and students with disabilities compared to other subgroups. The school's spending per student has increased from $13,432 in 2019-2020 to $15,938 in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average and some nearby schools. However, Pontiac High School has a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 13.3 in 2022-2023, which is higher than some of the nearby schools like Lexington High School (12.0) and Tri-Point High School (7.3).

Detail:

Public 9-12

1100 E Indiana Ave
Pontiac, IL 61764-1204

(815) 844-6113

District: Pontiac Township HSD 90

SchoolDigger Rank:
277^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,367

Feeder schools for Pontiac High School:

Elementary:	Central Elementary School
	Graymont Elementary School
	Lincoln Elementary School
	Odell Grade School
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	Saunemin Elementary School
	Washington Elementary School
Middle:	Pontiac Junior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.5

Number of students: 678

Racial breakdown:

White:

75.4%

Hispanic:

14.5%

Two or more races:

6.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 52.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Pontiac High School ranks better than 60.3% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 53.62. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Pontiac High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (75.4%), Hispanic (14.5%), two or more races (6.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 52.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Pontiac High School is 14.5. (See more...)

Compare Pontiac High School employs 46.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Pontiac High School is $18,367.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Pontiac High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Pontiac High School 277^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Pontiac High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Pontiac Township HSD 90:

SchoolDigger ranks Pontiac Township HSD 90 378^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Pontiac High School

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Rank History for all students at Pontiac High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	69.52	167^th	586	71.5%
2004	70.56	168^th	592	71.6%
2005	50.82	333^rd	590	43.6%
2006	53.84	319^th	596	46.5%
2007	45.61	375^th	612	38.7%
2008	43.89	410^th	624	34.3%
2009	59.18	282^nd	632	55.4%
2010	60.42	281^st	643	56.3%
2011	63.92	265^th	655	59.5%
2012	47.63	399^th	665	40.0%
2013	59.18	309^th	670	53.9%
2014	62.86	254^th	670	62.1%
2015	19.32	519^th	614	15.5%
2016	49.84	286^th	643	55.5%
2017	58.62	251^st	642	60.9%
2018	59.36	244^th	647	62.3%
2019	60.18	240^th	701	65.8%
2021	56.96	245^th	688	64.4%
2022	51.65	334^th	699	52.2%
2023	50.13	327^th	699	53.2%
2024	53.62	277^th	697	60.3%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Pontiac High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	53.53	70^th	163	57.1%
2024	22.94	137^th	182	24.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Pontiac High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.23	248^th	374	33.7%
2019	29.55	306^th	473	35.3%
2021	39.67	211^th	453	53.4%
2022	31.21	286^th	493	42.0%
2023	21.07	375^th	476	21.2%
2024	29.75	295^th	482	38.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Pontiac High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	46.06	302^nd	585	48.4%
2019	53.58	262^nd	639	59.0%
2021	39.43	347^th	611	43.2%
2022	57.82	221^st	626	64.7%
2023	48.66	305^th	644	52.6%
2024	35.36	394^th	639	38.3%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Pontiac High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	25.74	68^th	125	45.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Pontiac High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	57.09	244^th	620	60.6%
2019	64.49	205^th	665	69.2%
2021	61.74	211^th	639	67.0%
2022	42.82	378^th	658	42.6%
2023	44.59	364^th	656	44.5%
2024	59.46	220^th	664	66.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Pontiac High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	40.86	210^th	428	50.9%
2024	27.00	261^st	429	39.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Pontiac High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	58.75	235^th	619	62.0%
2019	54.49	266^th	675	60.6%
2021	48.61	301^st	653	53.9%
2022	56.28	261^st	664	60.7%
2023	53.34	282^nd	668	57.8%
2024	46.15	324^th	668	51.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Pontiac High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	65.46	68^th	291	76.6%
2019	36.55	184^th	317	42.0%
2022	40.62	193^rd	335	42.4%
2023	33.23	223^rd	333	33.0%
2024	25.69	254^th	336	24.4%

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Rank History for White students at Pontiac High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.28	281^st	548	48.7%
2019	50.16	230^th	552	58.3%
2021	42.98	273^rd	553	50.6%
2022	34.00	374^th	560	33.2%
2023	32.47	374^th	557	32.9%
2024	42.57	274^th	554	50.5%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Pontiac High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	727	6	10	32	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	775
1989	724	10	7	21	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	762
1990	702	11	6	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	743
1991	716	7	7	24	2	n/a	n/a	0	756
1992	726	6	6	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	758
1993	708	11	6	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	745
1994	736	11	4	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	778
1995	787	12	4	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	829
1996	787	12	4	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	829
1997	789	10	7	27	1	n/a	n/a	0	834
1998	792	14	4	19	1	n/a	n/a	0	830
1999	766	13	4	15	1	n/a	n/a	0	799
2000	768	19	3	20	1	n/a	n/a	0	811
2001	777	12	3	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	814
2002	835	14	4	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	877
2003	835	14	4	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	877
2004	823	20	5	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	868
2005	852	26	4	20	0	n/a	n/a	2	904
2006	839	23	4	22	2	n/a	n/a	15	905
2007	840	16	7	29	1	n/a	n/a	27	920
2008	826	11	5	28	3	n/a	n/a	35	908
2009	791	9	4	25	2	n/a	n/a	49	880
2010	744	9	5	24	2	n/a	n/a	44	828
2011	649	16	1	44	4	3	24	0	741
2012	695	11	2	51	2	2	27	0	790
2013	652	17	3	60	3	2	21	0	758
2014	633	15	4	54	3	1	20	0	730
2015	598	20	3	53	3	0	20	0	697
2016	599	18	3	61	4	0	22	0	707
2017	573	21	2	58	2	0	20	0	676
2018	537	24	2	64	2	0	18	0	647
2019	562	22	3	53	1	1	27	0	669
2020	561	15	2	55	0	0	29	0	662
2021	568	23	2	62	0	1	37	0	693
2022	570	17	2	68	0	0	39	0	696
2023	544	17	2	86	1	0	43	0	693
2024	511	23	1	98	0	0	44	1	678

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Pontiac High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	775	44.2	17.5	n/a
1989	762	43.4	17.5	n/a
1990	743	44.7	16.6	n/a
1991	756	44.4	17.0	n/a
1992	758	46.5	16.3	n/a
1993	745	46.2	16.1	n/a
1994	778	46.7	16.7	n/a
1995	829	47.8	17.3	n/a
1996	829	47.8	17.3	n/a
1997	834	48.7	17.1	n/a
1998	830	48.0	17.3	n/a
1999	799	49.2	16.2	n/a
2000	811	49.0	16.6	n/a
2001	814	49.8	16.3	n/a
2002	877	52.1	16.8	17.3
2003	877	52.1	16.8	17.3
2004	868	51.9	16.7	20.9
2005	904	49.5	18.3	21.4
2006	905	50.5	17.9	23.6
2007	920	44.0	20.9	26.7
2008	908	38.0	23.9	30.2
2009	880	52.3	16.8	29.8
2010	828	50.4	16.4	32.7
2011	741	47.9	15.4	36
2012	790	49.6	15.9	32.7
2013	758	n/a	n/a	31.3
2014	730	n/a	n/a	32.3
2015	697	59.0	11.8	37.7
2016	707	54.0	13.0	36.6
2017	676	51.8	13.0	38.6
2018	647	50.1	12.8	41.1
2019	669	49.5	13.5	37.4
2020	662	52.0	12.7	36.9
2021	693	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	696	47.5	14.6	40.1
2023	693	52.0	13.3	47.9
2024	678	46.4	14.5	52.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Pontiac High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	775	44.2	17.5	n/a
1989	762	43.4	17.5	n/a
1990	743	44.7	16.6	n/a
1991	756	44.4	17.0	n/a
1992	758	46.5	16.3	n/a
1993	745	46.2	16.1	n/a
1994	778	46.7	16.7	n/a
1995	829	47.8	17.3	n/a
1996	829	47.8	17.3	n/a
1997	834	48.7	17.1	n/a
1998	830	48.0	17.3	n/a
1999	799	49.2	16.2	n/a
2000	811	49.0	16.6	n/a
2001	814	49.8	16.3	n/a
2002	877	52.1	16.8	17.3
2003	877	52.1	16.8	17.3
2004	868	51.9	16.7	20.9
2005	904	49.5	18.3	21.4
2006	905	50.5	17.9	23.6
2007	920	44.0	20.9	26.7
2008	908	38.0	23.9	30.2
2009	880	52.3	16.8	29.8
2010	828	50.4	16.4	32.7
2011	741	47.9	15.4	36
2012	790	49.6	15.9	32.7
2013	758	n/a	n/a	31.3
2014	730	n/a	n/a	32.3
2015	697	59.0	11.8	37.7
2016	707	54.0	13.0	36.6
2017	676	51.8	13.0	38.6
2018	647	50.1	12.8	41.1
2019	669	49.5	13.5	37.4
2020	662	52.0	12.7	36.9
2021	693	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	696	47.5	14.6	40.1
2023	693	52.0	13.3	47.9
2024	678	46.4	14.5	52.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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