Is Glenbard East High School a good school?

Glenbard East High School ranks 165 th of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Glenbard East High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 2,264 students attended Glenbard East High School.

What is the racial makeup of Glenbard East High School?

Students at Glenbard East High School are 38% Hispanic, 37% White, 11% Asian, 9% African American, 3% Two or more races, 2% American Indian.

What schools feed into Glenbard East High School?

Glenbard East High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Black Hawk Elementary School Elementary : G Stanley Hall Elementary School Elementary : Madison Elementary School Elementary : Manor Hill Elementary School Elementary : Park View Elementary School Elementary : Pleasant Lane Elementary School Elementary : Reskin Elementary School Elementary : Winnebago Elementary School Elementary : Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School Middle : Glenn Westlake Middle School Middle : Marquardt Middle School

Glenbard East High School

Summary:

Glenbard East High School is a public high school located in Lombard, Illinois, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,275 students. It is part of the Glenbard Township High School District 87, which is ranked 123 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Glenbard East High School has consistently ranked in the top 30% of Illinois high schools over the past 10 years, with a current ranking of 165 out of 697 schools. The school maintains a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating above-average performance compared to other Illinois high schools. Glenbard East performs particularly well for its male students, ranking in the top 20% of Illinois high schools, as well as for its African American and White student populations, ranking in the top 25% and top 17%, respectively. However, the school's Asian student population lags behind, ranking in the bottom 20% of Illinois high schools. The school's 4-year graduation rate ranges from 87.2% to 91.5%, which is above the state average, and its dropout rate has remained low, ranging from 1.2% to 2.0%.

While Glenbard East High School's performance is generally lower than its neighboring schools within the Glenbard Township High School District 87, such as Glenbard South High School and Glenbard West High School, it outperforms some nearby schools outside its district, such as Addison Trail High School and Willowbrook High School, which are part of the DuPage High School District 88. The school's relatively high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 45.63% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, may contribute to its lower performance compared to its higher-performing counterparts within the same district.

Detail:

Public 9-12

1014 S Main St
Lombard, IL 60148-3938

(630) 627-9250

District: Glenbard Township HSD 87

SchoolDigger Rank:
165^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,940

Feeder schools for Glenbard East High School:

Elementary:	Black Hawk Elementary School
	G Stanley Hall Elementary School
	Madison Elementary School
	Manor Hill Elementary School
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	Park View Elementary School
	Pleasant Lane Elementary School
	Reskin Elementary School
	Winnebago Elementary School
	Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School
Middle:	Glenn Westlake Middle School
	Marquardt Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.5

Number of students: 2,264

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

37.7%

White:

37.3%

Asian:

11.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 48.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Glenbard East High School ranks better than 76.3% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 4 ranked high schools in the Glenbard Township HSD 87 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 69.28. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Glenbard East High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (37.7%), White (37.3%), Asian (11.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 48.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Glenbard Township HSD 87 School District. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Glenbard East High School is 16.5. 2 high schools in the Glenbard Township HSD 87 School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Glenbard East High School employs 137.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Glenbard East High School is $21,940, which is the 2^nd highest among 4 high schools in the Glenbard Township HSD 87 School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Glenbard East High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Glenbard East High School 165^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Glenbard East High School in the ranking list.)

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Glenbard Township HSD 87:

SchoolDigger ranks Glenbard Township HSD 87 123^rd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Glenbard East High School

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Rank History for all students at Glenbard East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	69.28	168^th	586	71.3%
2004	64.11	222^nd	592	62.5%
2005	65.81	202^nd	590	65.8%
2006	70.31	166^th	596	72.1%
2007	75.08	144^th	612	76.5%
2008	73.56	152^nd	624	75.6%
2009	67.67	212^th	632	66.5%
2010	65.18	240^th	643	62.7%
2011	57.17	317^th	655	51.6%
2012	65.32	227^th	665	65.9%
2013	58.08	323^rd	670	51.8%
2014	61.96	265^th	670	60.4%
2015	55.65	229^th	614	62.7%
2016	43.63	360^th	643	44.0%
2017	63.43	203^rd	642	68.4%
2018	63.54	209^th	647	67.7%
2019	61.90	222^nd	701	68.3%
2021	68.34	181^st	688	73.7%
2022	66.12	205^th	699	70.7%
2023	65.44	199^th	699	71.5%
2024	69.28	165^th	697	76.3%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Glenbard East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	15.63	132^nd	154	14.3%
2021	44.51	80^th	160	50.0%
2022	52.51	79^th	170	53.5%
2023	51.23	72^nd	163	55.8%
2024	27.60	124^th	182	31.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Glenbard East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.55	53^rd	151	64.9%
2019	45.25	71^st	183	61.2%
2021	46.15	65^th	189	65.6%
2022	45.57	92^nd	205	55.1%
2023	41.84	108^th	217	50.2%
2024	35.30	135^th	248	45.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Glenbard East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	62.73	74^th	374	80.2%
2019	53.73	125^th	473	73.6%
2021	62.04	103^rd	453	77.3%
2022	48.88	149^th	493	69.8%
2023	55.60	147^th	476	69.1%
2024	65.48	115^th	482	76.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Glenbard East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	47.27	292^nd	585	50.1%
2019	47.57	311^th	639	51.3%
2021	52.38	233^rd	611	61.9%
2022	49.50	282^nd	626	55.0%
2023	55.83	238^th	644	63.0%
2024	67.22	148^th	639	76.8%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Glenbard East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	45.31	39^th	91	57.1%
2024	25.74	68^th	125	45.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Glenbard East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	57.09	245^th	620	60.5%
2019	60.71	237^th	665	64.4%
2021	67.55	177^th	639	72.3%
2022	68.71	177^th	658	73.1%
2023	66.36	185^th	656	71.8%
2024	56.56	233^rd	664	64.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Glenbard East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	50.14	149^th	428	65.2%
2024	66.21	88^th	429	79.5%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Glenbard East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	24.17	14^th	19	26.3%
2021	27.82	16^th	22	27.3%
2022	32.53	17^th	26	34.6%
2023	44.62	10^th	22	54.5%
2024	28.19	15^th	23	34.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Glenbard East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	66.89	170^th	619	72.5%
2019	59.45	230^th	675	65.9%
2021	64.84	188^th	653	71.2%
2022	61.21	222^nd	664	66.6%
2023	61.21	215^th	668	67.8%
2024	76.53	130^th	668	80.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Glenbard East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.68	110^th	132	16.7%
2019	15.44	113^th	130	13.1%
2021	13.73	117^th	135	13.3%
2022	18.81	118^th	141	16.3%
2023	20.14	111^th	134	17.2%
2024	26.78	102^nd	137	25.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Glenbard East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	42.86	120^th	253	52.6%
2019	47.58	120^th	299	59.9%
2021	33.85	169^th	281	39.9%
2022	38.15	157^th	294	46.6%
2023	38.46	155^th	301	48.5%
2024	57.26	78^th	299	73.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Glenbard East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.96	160^th	291	45.0%
2019	35.43	190^th	317	40.1%
2021	41.68	156^th	317	50.8%
2022	46.32	164^th	335	51.0%
2023	48.85	145^th	333	56.5%
2024	55.20	113^th	336	66.4%

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Rank History for White students at Glenbard East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	74.50	119^th	548	78.3%
2019	76.46	111^th	552	79.9%
2021	79.27	97^th	553	82.5%
2022	78.82	96^th	560	82.9%
2023	71.20	137^th	557	75.4%
2024	80.25	94^th	554	83.0%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

Review counts

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by a parent
Friday, March 23, 2018

My daughter loves the school, her teachers and the orchestra. She doesn’t even want to move to another school. The presence of the smart kids challenge her. Their freshman and sophomore teams just won first place in the 2018 ICTM so they will be competing in the state competition. They also won first place in the individual tying with IMSA. This school is really showing good performance lately so we are very happy. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Glenbard East High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	1770	55	155	65	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	2045
1989	1609	58	164	93	2	n/a	n/a	0	1926
1990	1475	74	141	105	1	n/a	n/a	0	1796
1991	1422	83	169	116	1	n/a	n/a	0	1791
1992	1397	81	185	129	3	n/a	n/a	0	1795
1993	1402	93	194	135	3	n/a	n/a	0	1827
1994	1515	92	244	149	6	n/a	n/a	0	2006
1995	1686	135	287	193	11	n/a	n/a	0	2312
1996	1686	135	287	193	11	n/a	n/a	0	2312
1997	1630	131	310	190	11	n/a	n/a	0	2272
1998	1639	146	315	203	9	n/a	n/a	0	2312
1999	1691	143	322	252	8	n/a	n/a	0	2416
2000	1663	151	337	236	6	n/a	n/a	0	2393
2001	1695	156	380	270	8	n/a	n/a	0	2509
2002	1771	181	383	296	5	n/a	n/a	0	2636
2003	1771	181	383	296	5	n/a	n/a	0	2636
2004	1732	179	368	334	10	n/a	n/a	0	2623
2005	1768	195	342	336	9	n/a	n/a	6	2656
2006	1666	212	307	365	13	n/a	n/a	42	2605
2007	1680	235	263	405	22	n/a	n/a	1	2606
2008	1620	228	278	463	16	n/a	n/a	24	2629
2009	1517	251	276	489	12	n/a	n/a	77	2622
2010	1448	249	268	512	11	n/a	n/a	86	2574
2011	1314	267	234	604	7	6	56	0	2488
2012	1282	272	245	649	7	6	65	0	2526
2013	1210	257	237	643	9	4	64	0	2424
2014	1128	249	243	658	17	4	62	0	2361
2015	1082	246	259	684	18	4	78	0	2371
2016	1012	248	258	686	11	3	71	0	2289
2017	995	224	268	688	11	3	56	0	2245
2018	982	219	287	709	11	3	52	0	2263
2019	987	205	286	702	9	1	55	0	2245
2020	957	209	296	752	12	1	57	0	2284
2021	989	201	312	786	9	1	60	0	2358
2022	929	195	295	814	5	0	64	0	2302
2023	867	196	275	868	6	1	62	0	2275
2024	845	199	257	853	50	2	58	0	2264

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Glenbard East High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2045	116.5	17.5	n/a
1989	1926	115.1	16.7	n/a
1990	1796	121.9	14.7	n/a
1991	1791	123.5	14.5	n/a
1992	1795	121.9	14.7	n/a
1993	1827	117.9	15.5	n/a
1994	2006	120.5	16.6	n/a
1995	2312	138.8	16.7	n/a
1996	2312	138.8	16.7	n/a
1997	2272	141.3	16.1	n/a
1998	2312	144.7	16.0	n/a
1999	2416	149.9	16.1	n/a
2000	2393	152.8	15.7	n/a
2001	2509	160.1	15.7	n/a
2002	2636	159.1	16.6	12.1
2003	2636	159.1	16.6	12.1
2004	2623	140.4	18.7	14.3
2005	2656	137.3	19.3	15.8
2006	2605	125.5	20.8	16.3
2007	2606	145.0	18.0	19
2008	2629	134.0	19.6	19.7
2009	2622	149.8	17.5	24.4
2010	2574	151.5	16.9	29.4
2011	2488	147.4	16.8	32.4
2012	2526	142.9	17.6	36.7
2013	2424	223.6	10.8	43.2
2014	2361	139.9	16.8	44.5
2015	2371	142.0	16.6	44.5
2016	2289	141.0	16.2	38.4
2017	2245	135.8	16.5	43.6
2018	2263	140.1	16.1	41.8
2019	2245	136.8	16.4	41.7
2020	2284	146.4	15.5	41.1
2021	2358	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	2302	141.4	16.2	37.2
2023	2275	138.4	16.4	45.6
2024	2264	137.1	16.5	48.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Glenbard East High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2045	116.5	17.5	n/a
1989	1926	115.1	16.7	n/a
1990	1796	121.9	14.7	n/a
1991	1791	123.5	14.5	n/a
1992	1795	121.9	14.7	n/a
1993	1827	117.9	15.5	n/a
1994	2006	120.5	16.6	n/a
1995	2312	138.8	16.7	n/a
1996	2312	138.8	16.7	n/a
1997	2272	141.3	16.1	n/a
1998	2312	144.7	16.0	n/a
1999	2416	149.9	16.1	n/a
2000	2393	152.8	15.7	n/a
2001	2509	160.1	15.7	n/a
2002	2636	159.1	16.6	12.1
2003	2636	159.1	16.6	12.1
2004	2623	140.4	18.7	14.3
2005	2656	137.3	19.3	15.8
2006	2605	125.5	20.8	16.3
2007	2606	145.0	18.0	19
2008	2629	134.0	19.6	19.7
2009	2622	149.8	17.5	24.4
2010	2574	151.5	16.9	29.4
2011	2488	147.4	16.8	32.4
2012	2526	142.9	17.6	36.7
2013	2424	223.6	10.8	43.2
2014	2361	139.9	16.8	44.5
2015	2371	142.0	16.6	44.5
2016	2289	141.0	16.2	38.4
2017	2245	135.8	16.5	43.6
2018	2263	140.1	16.1	41.8
2019	2245	136.8	16.4	41.7
2020	2284	146.4	15.5	41.1
2021	2358	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	2302	141.4	16.2	37.2
2023	2275	138.4	16.4	45.6
2024	2264	137.1	16.5	48.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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