Naperville Central High School

Naperville Central High School is a senior high of big scale in Naperville, Illinois, part of Naperville CUSD 203, instructing 2,589 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 210% above the state mean of about 834.

Naperville CUSD 203 runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 16,047 students. Naperville Central High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Naperville Central High School reports that White students make up the majority at 61%; the rest consists of 18% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. That composition is broadly in line with DuPage County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Naperville Central High School records 185 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below DuPage County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, Naperville Central High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.9%, the actual is 69.4%, a residual of +7.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for DuPage County put median household income runs about $112,096, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across DuPage County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), Naperville Central High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Naper Elem School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Naperville Central High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 76.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Naperville Central High School has contracted 8%, going from 2,810 students in 2018 to 2,589 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 67% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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