Schools among DuPage County had the 72nd highest truancy rate of 6.4% during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
More than 5 in 10 DuPage County public high school students aren't at grade level in English.
More than 5 in 10 DuPage County public high school students aren't at grade level in Math.
The truancy rate at Hinsdale South High School fell to six percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The truancy rate at Hinsdale South High School fell to five percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The Illinois Schools Report Card finds that 87.3 percent of teachers stay at Hinsdale South High School year to year, according to their 2020 three-year average.
Of the 1,420 students attending Hinsdale South High School in 2019, 44.3 percent scored proficient in English Language Arts and 46.8 percent were proficient in math, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
About 97 percent of ninth graders in 2020 were "on track" to graduate at Hinsdale South High 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.
We Stand for the Students organized a student rally yesterday to protest Hinsdale Township High School District 86's decision to begin school remotely.
About 95 percent of ninth graders in 2019 were “on track” to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 87 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Hinsdale Township High School District 86 could face a community push for a property tax cut referendum in the wake of the Board of Education’s elimination of activities at its two high schools, and intent to eliminate others.
A candidate for the Hinsdale 86 school board said she would vote to reinstate athletic programs in Central and South high schools that were cut by the board in December even if voters reject the district’s $139.8 million bond referendum on April 2.
About 92 percent of ninth graders in 2018 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 87 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
About 95 percent of ninth graders in 2017 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 88 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
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. 19 to Nov. 25.