West Aurora High School

Located at 1201 W New York St, in Aurora, Illinois, West Aurora High School is a large four-year high school that teaches 3,641 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Aurora West USD 129. That puts it 337% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

West Aurora High School is one of 16 schools operated by Aurora West USD 129, a district that enrolls 11,020 students overall.

Looking at the student body, West Aurora High School records that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 19% White, 11% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 225 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at West Aurora High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Aurora High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.8%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of -9.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Kane County indicate median household income runs about $103,163, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kane County's 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), West Aurora High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 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), West Aurora High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 27.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. West Aurora High School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 3,665 (now 3,641). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 57% to 65% over that span.

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