These former DuPage Policy Journal area high school standouts will be in action in the week starting Mon Nov. 6.
These former DuPage Policy Journal area high school standouts will be in action in the week starting Mon Oct. 30.
In DuPage County schools, there were more white students than any other individual ethnicity in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Truancy is a persistent issue in many schools across the United States, with some students regularly skipping classes and falling behind in their studies.
In DuPage County schools, 22,445 Asian students were enrolled in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
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 Westmont High School fell to three percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The truancy rate at Westmont Junior High School fell to one percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The truancy rate at Westmont High School rose to five 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 Westmont Junior High School rose to seven percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
Of the 365 students attending Westmont High School in 2019, 57 percent scored proficient in English Language Arts and 53.2 percent were proficient in math, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
The Illinois Schools Report Card finds that 93.5 percent of teachers stay at Westmont High School year to year, according to their 2020 three-year average.
About 98 percent of ninth graders in 2020 were "on track" to graduate at Westmont High School, where the four-year graduation rate was 97 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.