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Glenbard West High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
670 Crescent Blvd
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Phone
(630) 469-8600
District
Glenbard Twp HSD 87
County
DUPAGE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2313
Classroom Teachers
132

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

9

(10 is best)

Better than 87.0% of all IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Glenbard West High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
47%
27%
49%
29%
44%
24%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
16
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 548 23.7%
Grade 10 536 23.2%
Grade 11 630 27.2%
Grade 12 599 25.9%
Total 2313 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 54.5% 44.9% 48.2%
Black 4.5% 7.1% 17.2%
Hispanic 25.4% 31.5% 28.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 15.2% 15.7% 5.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.9% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 163,755 12,549,689
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,698.5 225
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.4% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.7% 33.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.5% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 16.7% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 61,250 5,001,904
Single Parent Households With Children 5.8% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.1% 90.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 47.1% 37.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 31.2% 23.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.8% 17.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.0% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.3% 15.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.0% 13.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.8% 9.5%
$15,000 or less 5.0% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $15,674 $121,428,000 59.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,538 $11,912,000 5.9%
Staff $955 $7,401,000 3.6%
General Administration $240 $1,861,000 0.9%
School Administration $1,657 $12,840,000 6.3%
Operation $1,054 $8,169,000 4.0%
Transportation $1,150 $8,910,000 4.4%
Other $870 $6,739,000 3.3%
Total Support $7,465 $57,832,000 28.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,077 $23,834,000 11.7%
Total Expenditures $26,216 $203,094,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,344 $21,011,381,000 52.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,455 $2,694,692,000 6.8%
Staff $716 $1,326,218,000 3.3%
General Administration $562 $1,041,380,000 2.6%
School Administration $995 $1,842,060,000 4.6%
Operation $1,579 $2,924,414,000 7.3%
Transportation $640 $1,185,247,000 3.0%
Other $822 $1,522,629,000 3.8%
Total Support $6,768 $12,536,640,000 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,433 $6,357,896,000 15.9%
Total Expenditures $21,545 $39,905,917,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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