Glenbard North High School

Glenbard North High School operates as a big high school in Carol Stream, Illinois, operated by Glenbard Twp HSD 87. Current enrollment sits at 2,079 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 149% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Within Glenbard Twp HSD 87, which oversees 4 schools and 7,810 students, Glenbard North High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glenbard North High School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 33% White, 21% Asian, 6% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 138 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Glenbard North High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than DuPage County's rate of about 34%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Glenbard North High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for DuPage County indicate 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 Glenbard North High School is one.

Roy De Shane Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glenbard North High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.9%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Glenbard North High School's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 2,203 (now 2,079). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 26% to 38%.

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