Glenbard East High School

Glenbard East High School operates as a well-populated senior high in Lombard, Illinois, one of the schools within Glenbard Twp HSD 87. Current enrollment sits at 2,311 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 177% bigger than the state mean of about 834.

Glenbard Twp HSD 87 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 7,810 students. Glenbard East High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Glenbard East High School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 36% White, 11% Asian, 9% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, DuPage County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 137 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 48% of students at Glenbard East High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against DuPage County (around 34%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glenbard East High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for DuPage County put 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%. Glenbard East High School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students).

Wm Hammerschmidt Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glenbard East High School. On composite proficiency, Glenbard East High School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Glenbard East High School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 2,263 (now 2,311). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 31% to 41% over that span.

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