Fenton High School

Fenton High School is one of the sizable four-year high schools in Bensenville, Illinois, one of the schools within Fenton CHSD 100, with 1,396 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 67% bigger than the state mean of about 834.

Fenton High School sits inside Fenton CHSD 100, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Fenton High School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 24% White, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against DuPage County (around 34%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fenton High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.4%.

Across the wider county, census data for DuPage County shows median household earnings sit near $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Fenton High School is one.

Blackhawk Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fenton High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fenton High School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 40.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 1,473 students in 2018 compared to 1,396 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 62% to 68% over that span.

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