SCHOOL PROFILE 1500 W. Kennedy Rd. | Lake Forest, IL 60045 847-615-3210 | lfanet.org
School Code 142525 Lake Forest Academy is an independent, co-ed, 9th to 12th grade college-preparatory school for boarding and day students located in the Chicago suburb of Lake Forest.
COLLEGE COUNSELING STAFF
CLASS OF 2025 JUNIOR GRADE DISTRIBUTION
Tom Johnson | Interim Head of School
SUBJECT
tjohnson@lfanet.org | 847-615-3236 Andrew Poska | Dean of College Counseling aposka@lfanet.org | 847-615-3279 Shannon Bradac | Registrar, College Counseling Office Manager sbradac@lfanet.org | 847-625-3241 Mitch Morgan-Dunham | Assoc. Dean of College Counseling mitchell.morgan-dunham@lfanet.org | 847-615-4798 Keily Pacheco | Asst. Dean of College Counseling keily.pacheco@lfanet.org | 847- 615-3274 Ben Wetherbee | Senior Assoc. Dean of College Counseling bwetherbee@lfanet.org | 847-615-4884
ACCREDITATION LFA complies with the Guide to Ethical Practice in College Admission. LFA is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and recognized by the State of lllinois.
DEMOGRAPHICS Enrollment 452 Class of 2025 123 States Represented 18 Countries Represented 40 Domestic Students of Color 39% International Students 25% Financial Aid $ 6.3 million Students to four-year colleges 100%
STATISTICAL PROFILE Class of 2024 Students*
115
Median ACT Score 31 Median SAT 1430 *104 students in the class sat for a standardized exam
24 ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES English Language | English Literature | Biology | Chemistry Environmental Science | Psychology | Physics C: Mechanics Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism | Computer Science A Computer Science Principles | Economics | Precalculus Calculus AB | Calculus BC | Statistics | Art History | U.S. History | World History | U.S. Government & Comparative Politics Chinese Language | French Language | Spanish Language Spanish Literature | Music Theory
A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C English English 11: Literature and Composition 1 7 8 11 6 5 2 AP Language & Composition 2 21 24 11 11 1 1 Math Conceptual Precalculus 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 Precalculus 1 2 6 1 6 5 2 2 AP Precalculus 3 5 4 2 2 AP Calculus AB 1 5 3 4 3 2 AP Calculus BC 2 3 3 3 1 2 AP Statistics 12 7 4 3 1 1 1 AP Computer Science A 2 3 1 1 1 AP Computer Science Principles 2 4 3 3 1 Post AP Formal Logic 1 2 1 Post AP Multivariable Calculus 1 2 1 1 Science Biology 1 4 5 4 5 2 1 1 2 Biology of Human Disease 1 1 2 1 Advanced Biology 3 2 3 2 1 Advanced Physics 2 1 1 2 1 1 AP Biology 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 AP Chemistry 2 10 5 8 3 1 1 AP Environmental Science 3 7 2 6 2 1 AP Physics C 6 7 6 3 3 1 2 Social Science World History II 1 3 6 2 2 1 1 United States History 3 18 17 8 6 4 2 1 Global Concentration: Cohort 3 4 1 AP Economics 1 2 1 1 AP US Comparative Government and Politics 2 1 3 AP United States History 1 5 7 8 3 5 AP World History 2 2 2 1 1 Modern and Classical Languages Spanish III Advanced 1 2 1 1 Spanish IV Advanced 1 4 2 3 1 French III Advanced 1 3 2 1 French IV Advanced 1 1 1 1 AP Chinese Language and Culture 1 1 1 AP French Language and Culture 1 1 1 AP Spanish Language and Culture 1 3 1 1 Fine and Performing Arts AP Art History 1 1 1
LFA’S GRADING SYSTEM + CURRICULUM
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n Due to the small class size of each graduating class, Lake Forest Academy does not rank its students. n LFA uses letter grades from A - F on an unweighted 4.0 scale. Grades A - D may have pluses and minuses. n Admission to advanced level and AP courses is decided by the appropriate department based on a student’s ability and success in previous coursework. n After exhausting course offerings, upperclassmen may elect to pursue independent studies. Some of our favorites this year include: Biofuels from Plants, Horseshoe Theory, Pablo Picasso: The Blue Period, Bioinformatic Studies, NAND to Tetris, and Cultural Relativisim: The Controversiality of Human Rights. One semester of Independent Study equals a 1/4 credit.
n Psychology is considered a science elective.
LFA’S NATIONAL MERIT RECIPIENTS n In the ’25 class, five seniors earned National Merit Semi-Finalist recognition