Real Estate
Analysis: Woodridge home prices up 19 percent over past decade; property tax rates fell to 4.17 percent
Throughout Woodridge, home prices climbed between 2011 and 2015, a BlockShopper analysis showed.
Downers Grove South High School
Downers Grove South High School is located at 1436 Norfolk St., Downers Grove.
Recent News About Downers Grove South High School
Sports
Dupage Policy Journal Athletes in Action, Football: Oct. 15 - Oct. 21
Athletes in Action tracks players with ties to communities within the Dupage Policy Journal coverage area as they compete at the collegiate level. The following football players will compete during the week of Oct. 15 to Oct. 21.
Sports
Willowbrook's Copeland has three tackles in Indiana St. Sycamores football loss
Willowbrook graduate Khalif Copeland had three tackles in Indiana St. Sycamores football's 45-24 loss Oct. 21 to the Southern Ill. Salukis at Memorial Stadium.
Sports
Dupage Policy Journal Athletes in Action, Football: Oct. 22 - Oct. 28
Athletes in Action tracks players with ties to communities within the Dupage Policy Journal coverage area as they compete at the collegiate level. The following football players will compete during the week of Oct. 22 to Oct. 28.
Sports
Dupage Policy Journal Athletes in Action, Football: Oct. 29 - Nov. 4
Athletes in Action tracks players with ties to communities within the Dupage Policy Journal coverage area as they compete at the collegiate level. The following football players will compete during the week of Oct. 29 to Nov. 4.
Sports
Downers Grove South's Turner has seven receiving yards in Eastern Ill. Panthers football loss
Downers Grove South graduate Javon Turner had seven receiving yards and one reception in Eastern Ill. Panthers football's 30-14 loss Oct. 21 to the Jacksonville St. Gamecocks at O'Brien.
Sports
Dupage Policy Journal Athletes in Action, Football: Nov. 12 - Nov. 18
Athletes in Action tracks players with ties to communities within the Dupage Policy Journal coverage area as they compete at the collegiate level. The following football players will compete during the week of Nov. 12 to Nov. 18.
Schools
Report: 30 percent of 2016 Downers Grove South High School graduates in Illinois community colleges had to take remedial classes
In the two years after 92% of Downers Grove South High School's class of 2016 graduated on time, 30 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
Schools
Report: 39 percent of 2016 Willowbrook High School graduates in Illinois community colleges had to take remedial classes
In the two years after 86% of Willowbrook High School's class of 2016 graduated on time, 39 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
Schools
Report: 46 percent of 2015 Willowbrook High School graduates in Illinois community colleges had to take remedial classes
In a year when 89 percent of Willowbrook High School seniors graduated on time, 46 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
Schools
92.5 percent of Willowbrook teachers stay put; average earns $95,285 per year
More than 92.5 percent of teachers stay at Willowbrook High School year to year, according to the 2017 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.
Schools
Willowbrook High School reports 8% truancy rate
The truancy rate at Willowbrook High School stayed flat at 8 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
Schools
At Willowbrook, 89 percent of students graduate high school; 71 percent go to college
About 92 percent of ninth graders in 2017 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 89 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Schools
At Willowbrook, 89 percent of students graduate high school; 85 percent go to college
About 90 percent of ninth graders in 2018 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 89 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Schools
Willowbrook High School reports 10% truancy rate
The truancy rate at Willowbrook High School rose to 10 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.