York Comm High School

Set in Elmhurst, Illinois, York Comm High School is a sprawling four-year high school, one of the schools within Elmhurst SD 205. It serves 2,590 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 211% larger than the state mean of about 834.

Elmhurst SD 205 runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 8,280 students. York Comm High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, York Comm High School records that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 19% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, York Comm High School logs 182 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below DuPage County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, York Comm High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for DuPage County indicate median household income runs about $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across DuPage County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), York Comm High School is one campus in the mix.

Hawthorne Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around York Comm High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), York Comm High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 78.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 2,805 students in 2018 compared to 2,590 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 74% to 69% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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