Waubonsie Valley High School

Waubonsie Valley High School is one of the roomy senior highs in Aurora, Illinois, operated by Indian Prairie CUSD 204, with 2,849 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Waubonsie Valley High School sits 242% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 32 schools in Indian Prairie CUSD 204 (26,108 students total), Waubonsie Valley High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Waubonsie Valley High School shows that the most-represented group is White (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 31% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Waubonsie Valley High School has 180 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 20% 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 below DuPage County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, Waubonsie Valley High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.7%, the actual is 62.7%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (DuPage County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Waubonsie Valley High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fischer Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Waubonsie Valley High School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 45.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Waubonsie Valley High School's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 2,642 (now 2,849). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 46% to 33%.

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