Downers Grove South High School
Recent News About Downers Grove South High School
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How many students failed their Math exams in DuPage County in 2022?
More than 5 in 10 DuPage County public high school students aren't at grade level in Math.
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Antifa group goes to extra effort to cancel 'Truth & Lies in American Education'
Despite an aggressive effort of Chicago-area Antifa activists to cancel an event sponsored by Parents Involved in Education, the program will go on at an undisclosed location.
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Newsome: Investigation into 'weaponization' of FBI over targeting of parents may be under way
“We are in a war for our country and childrens' futures,” Newsome said. “Our kids are suffering because parents weren’t aware of what’s going on in their children’s school. Or, they didn’t have the courage to speak up for their kids. If you don’t have the courage to stand up for your children, you won’t take a stance for anything.”
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Disturbing videos of kids fighting at Downers Grove South: jeering comments include, 'This was the most funniest fight I ever seen'
A troubling trend of fights at Downers Grove South is being featured on an Instagram page.
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"Timothy will be mask-optional, effective immediately:" Timothy Christian Superintendent Davidson says students can ignore Pritzker order, uncover faces
In a letter to employees, students and parents Friday night, Timothy Christian Schools Superintendent Matt Davidson celebrated a Sangamon County judge's ruling declaring Gov. J.B. Pritzker's statewide schools' mask mandate null and void, declaring his schools "mask-optional-- effective immediately."
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Community HS District 99 - South High School reports 13% truancy rate
The truancy rate at Community HS District 99 - South High School rose to 13 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
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Community HS District 99 - South High School reports 16% truancy rate
The truancy rate at Community HS District 99 - South High School rose to 16 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
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Wheaton North, Willowbrook, Glenbard North, Neuqua Valley, IC Catholic advance to IHSA Football Quarterfinals
Five DuPage County schools reached the IHSA football quarterfinals.
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95.4 percent of Community High School District 99 - South teachers stay put; average earns $97,985 per year
The Illinois Schools Report Card finds that 95.4 percent of teachers stay at Community High School District 99 - South High School year to year, according to their 2020 three-year average.
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Community HS District 99 - South High School scores 42.3% ELA proficiency, 48.3% on math in 2019
Of the 2,765 students attending Community HS District 99 - South High School in 2019, 42.3 percent scored proficient in English Language Arts and 48.3 percent were proficient in math, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
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At Community High School District 99 - South, 93 percent of students graduate high school
About 97 percent of ninth graders in 2020 were "on track" to graduate at Community HS District 99 - South High School, where the four-year graduation rate was 93 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
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Report: 34 percent of 2018 Comm H. S. Dist 99 - South High School graduates in Illinois community colleges had to take remedial classes
In the two years after 93 percent of Comm H. S. Dist 99 - South High School's class of 2018 graduated on time, 34 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
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At Downers Grove South, 93 percent of students graduate high school; 83 percent go to college
About 93 percent of ninth graders in 2019 were “on track” to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 93 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
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At Willowbrook High School, 87 percent of students graduate high school; 71 percent go to college
About 87 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.
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Report: 29 percent of 2017 Downers Grove South High School graduates in Illinois community colleges had to take remedial classes
In the two years after 90% of Downers Grove South High School's class of 2017 graduated on time, 29 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
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Report: 35 percent of 2017 Willowbrook High School graduates in Illinois community colleges had to take remedial classes
In the two years after 89% of Willowbrook High School's class of 2017 graduated on time, 35 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
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Report: 39 percent of 2016 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, 39 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
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95 percent of Willowbrook teachers stay put; average earns $97,646.03 per year
More than 95 percent of teachers stay at Willowbrook High School year to year, according to the 2018 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.
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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.
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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.