Willowbrook High School

Located at 1250 S Ardmore Ave, in Villa Park, Illinois, Willowbrook High School is a high-enrollment secondary school that hosts 1,983 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by DuPage HSD 88. That puts it 138% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Across the 2 schools in DuPage HSD 88 (3,830 students total), Willowbrook High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Willowbrook High School logs that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 38% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, DuPage County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Willowbrook High School has 118 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 48% of students at Willowbrook High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against DuPage County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Willowbrook High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for DuPage County shows 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. Willowbrook High School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students).

District 45 Early Education Ctr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Willowbrook High School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Willowbrook High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Willowbrook High School's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,912 (now 1,983). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 28% to 38%.

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