Comm H S Dist 99 - South High Sch

Located at 1436 Norfolk St, in Downers Grove, Illinois, Comm H S Dist 99 - South High Sch is a sizable secondary school that caters to 2,591 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within CHSD 99. Enrollment runs roughly 211% larger than the state mean of about 834.

CHSD 99 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 4,673 students; Comm H S Dist 99 - South High Sch is among them.

Looking at the student body, Comm H S Dist 99 - South High Sch shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 23% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

On the resource side, On paper, Comm H S Dist 99 - South High Sch has 176 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (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 Comm H S Dist 99 - South High Sch is one.

Kingsley Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Comm H S Dist 99 - South High Sch's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 2,696 (now 2,591). White enrollment moved from 58% to 54% across the same window.

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