Dontrell Jackson Isolta Jimenez-Proudfoot Jill Lupescu Carolyn Strong
Principal
Tony Ratliff[2]
Assistant Principal
Wanda Russell
Teaching staff
137 (on an FTE basis)[3]
Grades
9–12
Gender
Coed
Enrollment
1,475 (2020–21)[3]
• Grade 9
399 students
• Grade 10
396 students
• Grade 11
376 students
• Grade 12
304 students
Average class size
19
Student to teacher ratio
12.69[3]
Campus
Suburban
Color(s)
Purple White
Athletics conference
Southland Athletic Conference
Mascot
Wildcat
Team name
Wildcats
Rival
Bloom Trail Kankakee
Accreditation
Illinois State Board of Education
Newspaper
Paw Prints
Communities served
Harvey, South Holland, Phoenix, Riverdale, Dixmoor, Markham, Blue Island[4]
Website
School website
Thornton Township High School, often simply referred to as Thornton is a public high school founded in 1899, located in Harvey, one of the South Suburbs of the city of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The school is one of three administered by Thornton Township High Schools District 205. It is occasionally confused with the two other similarly named schools in the district, Thornridge High School and Thornwood High School.
A predominantly African American and Hispanic high school, Thornton is best known for its alumni who have been successful in both the Performing Arts and athletics.[5]
^Thornton Township H.S. District 205 District Administration; accessed August 19, 2019
^Administration, Thornton H.S. homepage; accessed October 18, 2010 Archived July 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ abc"Thornton Township High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
^"Thornton High School profile, ihsa.org; accessed November 24, 2008". Ihsa.org. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
^Class of 2007 school report card, p. 1; accessed November 24, 2008 [dead link]
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