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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Addison Trail High School this year?
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Enrollment
1,847
High
DISTRICT 1,915 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUPAGE HSD 88·NCES 171394001737
Addison Trail High School
213 N Lombard Rd, Addison, IL 60101 · (630) 628-3302 · DuPage County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,847 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
113 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
1,161 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 424 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 469 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 503 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 449 | 24% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Addison Trail High School
Addison Trail High School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addison Trail High School this school | 1,847 | 62.9% | 32.5% |
| Reavis High School Burbank | 1,930 | 65.5% | 33.4% |
| Elgin High School Elgin | 2,576 | 63.1% | 26.1% |
| Larkin High School Elgin | 2,174 | 65.0% | 20.3% |
| West Leyden High School Northlake | 1,687 | 58.6% | 32.3% |
| Argo Community High School Summit | 1,817 | 64.6% | 32.1% |
Matched among Illinois high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Addison Trail High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #318 of 573 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,847 | #106 of 708 | #18 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #429 of 528 | #20 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.8% | #214 of 537 | #22 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #185 of 578 | #1 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #242 of 358 | #12 of 20 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,847
-103 (-5%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 1,736
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,847 | 112.8 | 16.4:1 | 63% (1,161) |
| 2023-24 | 1,904 | 118.6 | 16.1:1 | 67% (1,273) |
| 2022-23 | 1,927 | 120.5 | 16.0:1 | 61% (1,175) |
| 2020-21 | 1,950 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,960 | 123.7 | 15.8:1 | 55% (1,083) |
| 2015-16 | 2,039 | 123 | 16.6:1 | 57% (1,161) |
| 2010-11 | 1,907 | 118 | 16.2:1 | 45% (853) |
| 2000-01 | 1,743 | 111 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,736 | 99 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Addison Trail High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,960 to 1,847); teachers down 9% (123.7 to 112.8).
About Addison Trail High School
Addison Trail High School is the name of a high-enrollment high school in Addison, Illinois. Total enrollment is 1,847 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Illinois enroll about 834 students on average.
DuPage HSD 88 runs Addison Trail High School along with 1 other school, enrolling 3,830 students in total.
More than half of the students at Addison Trail High School are Hispanic (70%). Next come 21% White, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. That compares with about 16% Hispanic among all DuPage County residents. The diversity index for Addison Trail High School is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 112.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.4:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois is 2.6 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 63%. The average for public schools in DuPage County is 34%.
Addison Trail High School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (32.5%) and its predicted rate (35.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
The school's county is DuPage County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $112,096, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 277 public schools in the county, enrolling about 138,557, Addison Trail High School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Addison Trail High School is closest to Stone Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Addison Trail High School is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Addison Trail High School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,950 to 1,847, a 5% drop.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Addison
- Indian Trail Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Fullerton Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Stone Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
- Lake Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Army Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 258 students
Nearby schools
- Stone Elementary School0.3 mi · 357
- Wesley Elementary School0.4 mi · 220
- Army Trail Elementary School1.2 mi · 258
- Lake Park Elementary School1.3 mi · 294
- Indian Trail Jr High School1.3 mi · 1,111
- Lincoln Elementary School1.4 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Addison Trail High SchoolHow many students attend Addison Trail High School?
Addison Trail High School enrolls approximately 1,847 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Addison Trail High School serve?
Addison Trail High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Addison Trail High School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Addison Trail High School.
What is the student diversity at Addison Trail High School?
Student demographics at Addison Trail High School are roughly 21% White, 70% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Addison Trail High School public or private?
Addison Trail High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DuPage HSD 88.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.