Academics
In 2008, H-F had an average composite ACT score of 21.5 and graduated 89.9% of its senior class. H-F has not made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, the test used in the state of Illinois to fulfill mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. While the school overall has achieved AYP, one student subgroup has not met AYP in reading.
H-F has been named one of Newsweek's top 1,000 schools on several occasions in recent years: 2009 (#1142), 2008 (#746), 2007 (#682), 2006 (#849), 2005 (#744), and 2003 (#518).
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