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How has Wheaton North High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,863
High
DISTRICT 1,864 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 200·NCES 174218004223
Wheaton North High School
701 W Thomas Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187 · (630) 784-7300 · DuPage County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,863 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
128 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
548 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 440 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 475 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 429 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 519 | 28% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Wheaton North High School
Wheaton North High School's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheaton North High School this school | 1,863 | 29.4% | 62.0% |
| Wheaton Warrenville South High School Wheaton | 1,864 | 28.9% | 54.7% |
| Hampshire High School Hampshire | 2,046 | 32.1% | 46.4% |
| Crystal Lake South High School Crystal Lake | 1,279 | 32.1% | 46.5% |
| Normal Community High School Normal | 2,079 | 33.4% | 49.5% |
| Harry D Jacobs High School Algonquin | 2,056 | 40.3% | 44.0% |
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 Wheaton North High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #25 of 573 | #7 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,863 | #102 of 708 | #17 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #279 of 528 | #11 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #124 of 537 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.4% | #506 of 578 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #152 of 358 | #3 of 20 |
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
1,863
-105 (-5%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 1,591
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 | 1,863 | 128.3 | 14.5:1 | 29% (548) |
| 2023-24 | 1,872 | 129.8 | 14.4:1 | 31% (572) |
| 2022-23 | 1,871 | 132.9 | 14.1:1 | 29% (549) |
| 2020-21 | 1,968 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,096 | 129.7 | 16.2:1 | 24% (502) |
| 2015-16 | 2,093 | 133 | 15.7:1 | 25% (514) |
| 2010-11 | 2,175 | 129 | 16.9:1 | 24% (532) |
| 2000-01 | 2,043 | 110 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,591 | 86 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wheaton North High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (2,096 to 1,863); teachers down 1% (129.7 to 128.3).
About Wheaton North High School
Federal records list Wheaton North High School as a high school in Wheaton, Illinois. Federal data show 1,863 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in Illinois average about 834 students, which makes this school 123% bigger than average.
District-wide, CUSD 200 has 20 schools and 11,639 students.
About 60% of the student body at Wheaton North High School is White. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
Wheaton North High School reports a ratio of 14.5 students per teacher, from 128.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for high schools in Illinois is 13.8:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Wheaton North High School, 29% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Wheaton North High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.0%, compared with a predicted 54.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
For DuPage County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $112,096, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 277 public schools and about 138,557 students.
Of the public schools around it, Wheaton North High School is closest to Carl Sandburg Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Wheaton North High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 67.9% on proficiency, and Wheaton North High School is below that at 62.0%.
For locale, NCES codes Wheaton North High School as Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Wheaton North High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 200
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Hubble Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
Other schools in Wheaton
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Briar Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Wiesbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
Nearby schools
- Carl Sandburg Elementary School0.5 mi · 402
- Hawthorne Elementary School0.9 mi · 185
- Longfellow Elementary School1.1 mi · 318
- Franklin Middle School1.2 mi · 525
- Pleasant Hill Elementary School1.2 mi · 583
- Washington Elementary School1.2 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Wheaton North High SchoolHow many students attend Wheaton North High School?
Wheaton North High School enrolls approximately 1,863 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Wheaton North High School serve?
Wheaton North High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wheaton North High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wheaton North High School is approximately 14.5:1 (128 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wheaton North High School?
At Wheaton North High School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 20% Hispanic, 7% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Wheaton North High School public or private?
Wheaton North High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CUSD 200.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.