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What's something Proviso West High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,870
High
DISTRICT 1,486 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PROVISO TWP HSD 209·NCES 173291003407
Proviso West High School
4701 Harrison St, Hillside, IL 60162 · (708) 202-6224 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,870 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
111 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
982 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 605 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 528 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 383 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 354 | 19% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Proviso West High School
Proviso West High School's state test result (16.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proviso West High School this school | 1,870 | 52.5% | 16.3% |
| Proviso East High School Maywood | 1,663 | 53.0% | 12.9% |
| Zion-Benton Twnshp Hi School Zion | 2,114 | 62.0% | 22.9% |
| Proviso Math and Science Academy Forest Park | 925 | 53.6% | 55.0% |
| Joliet West High School Joliet | 3,451 | 59.5% | 31.8% |
| Romeoville High School Romeoville | 1,848 | 50.7% | 41.4% |
Matched among Illinois high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Proviso West High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #471 of 573 | #84 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,870 | #99 of 708 | #39 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #451 of 528 | #140 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #160 of 537 | #55 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #269 of 578 | #153 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #138 of 191 | #63 of 86 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,870
-83 (-4%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 2,294
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,870 | 111.2 | 16.8:1 | 53% (982) |
| 2023-24 | 1,869 | 101.1 | 18.5:1 | 14% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 1,868 | 87.7 | 21.3:1 | 22% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 1,953 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,797 | 106.1 | 16.9:1 | 18% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 1,949 | 102 | 19.1:1 | 43% (833) |
| 2010-11 | 2,462 | 133 | 18.5:1 | 47% (1,154) |
| 2000-01 | 2,509 | 154 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 2,294 | 130 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Proviso West High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (1,797 to 1,870); teachers up 5% (106.1 to 111.2).
About Proviso West High School
Proviso West High School is a large high school located in Hillside, Illinois. It enrolled 1,870 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 124% higher than the average for high schools in Illinois, which is about 834.
Proviso West High School is run by Proviso Twp HSD 209, whose 3 schools enroll 4,458 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Proviso West High School, at 56%. Next come 39% Black and 3% White. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Cook County residents. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 111.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois. The school's lunch program data list 53% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Proviso West High School posts 16.3% against a 41.2% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Illinois.
Cook County has about 5,182,090 residents, and the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
Nearby, Hillside Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Proviso West High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 32.1%; Proviso West High School's is 16.3%, ranking 7th of 7.
Proviso West High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Proviso West High School's enrollment declined 4%, to 1,870.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Proviso Twp HSD 209
- Proviso East High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Proviso Math and Science AcademyHigh · 925 students
Nearby schools
- Hillside Elementary School0.3 mi · 440
- Westchester Intermediate School0.9 mi · 353
- Lincoln Elementary School1.3 mi · 310
- Early Childhood Center1.3 mi · 178
- Jefferson Primary School1.5 mi · 380
- Sunnyside Intermediate School1.5 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About Proviso West High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Proviso West High School?
Proviso West High School enrolls approximately 1,870 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Proviso West High School serve?
Proviso West High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Proviso West High School?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Proviso West High School.
What is the student diversity at Proviso West High School?
Student demographics at Proviso West High School are roughly 3% White, 56% Hispanic, 39% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Proviso West High School?
Proviso West High School is overseen by Proviso Twp HSD 209 in Cook County.
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