East High School

East High School operates as a well-populated senior high in Aurora, Illinois, overseen by Aurora East USD 131. Current enrollment sits at 4,020 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so East High School sits 382% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 18 schools in Aurora East USD 131 (12,187 students total), East High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, East High School reports that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic; the rest reads as 7% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Kane County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, East High School has 214 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting East High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kane County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, East High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 34.8%; actual is 18.4%, a gap of -16.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kane County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $103,163 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. East High School is one of 167 public schools in Kane County (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students).

John Gates Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East High School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 20.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East High School has expanded 3%, going from 3,904 students in 2018 to 4,020 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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