Oswego High School

Oswego High School is one of the heavily attended 9-12 campuss in Oswego, Illinois, operated by CUSD 308, with 2,870 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 244% bigger than typical.

Within CUSD 308, which oversees 21 schools and 16,766 students, Oswego High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Oswego High School lists that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 65% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Oswego High School shows 182 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 30% of students at Oswego High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Oswego High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 41.3%, a residual of -12.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kendall County indicate the typical household earns roughly $111,601 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Kendall County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,773 students), of which Oswego High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Southbury Elem School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Oswego High School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.2%.

Oswego High School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Oswego High School's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 2,773 (now 2,870). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 63% to 49%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.