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Bartlett High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Bartlett High School
Bartlett High School is one of the high-enrollment 9-12 campuss in Bartlett, Illinois, overseen by SD U-46, with 2,037 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 144% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.
Bartlett High School is one of 51 schools operated by SD U-46, a district that caters to 34,036 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Bartlett High School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% White, 16% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Bartlett High School has 143 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bartlett High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.0%; this one delivers 45.3%.
In the surrounding community, DuPage County reports that median household earnings sit near $112,096, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Bartlett High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Prairieview Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bartlett High School. On composite proficiency, Bartlett High School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Five-year trend. Bartlett High School's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 2,422 (now 2,037). Hispanic enrollment moved from 33% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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