Is Glenbard North High School a good school?

Glenbard North High School ranks 137 th of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Glenbard North High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,162 students attended Glenbard North High School.

What is the racial makeup of Glenbard North High School?

Students at Glenbard North High School are 36% Hispanic, 33% White, 21% Asian, 6% African American, 3% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Glenbard North High School?

Glenbard North High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Americana Elementary School Elementary : Carol Stream Elementary School Elementary : Cloverdale Elementary School Elementary : Elsie C Johnson Elementary School Elementary : Heritage Lakes Elementary School Elementary : Roy De Shane Elementary School Elementary : Western Trails Elementary School Middle : Jay Stream Middle School Middle : Stratford Middle School

Glenbard North High School

Summary:

Glenbard North High School is a public high school located in Carol Stream, Illinois, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,162 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 North High School has consistently ranked in the top 25-30% of Illinois high schools over the past 10 years, with a current ranking of 137 out of 697 high schools (top 20%). The school has maintained a 4-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger, indicating strong overall performance. Its 4-year graduation rate of 92.1% is higher than the state average, and its dropout rate of 0.8% is significantly lower. In the 2023-2024 school year, 32.7% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in SAT Mathematics, and 34.5% were proficient or better in SAT English Language Arts, both higher than the state averages.

Compared to nearby schools, Wheaton Warrenville South High School and Schaumburg High School have slightly higher rankings, while Addison Trail High School and West Chicago Community High School have lower rankings. Glenbard West High School, another school in the district, ranks in the top 10% of Illinois high schools. However, Glenbard North High School's performance is a concern, as the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 16.5% in 2019-2020 to 24.0% in 2023-2024.

Detail:

Public 9-12

990 Kuhn Rd
Carol Stream, IL 60188-9227

(630) 653-7000

District: Glenbard Township HSD 87

SchoolDigger Rank:
137^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,308

Feeder schools for Glenbard North High School:

Elementary:	Americana Elementary School
	Carol Stream Elementary School
	Cloverdale Elementary School
	Elsie C Johnson Elementary School
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	Heritage Lakes Elementary School
	Roy De Shane Elementary School
	Western Trails Elementary School
Middle:	Jay Stream Middle School
	Stratford Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.4

Number of students: 2,162

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

35.5%

White:

33.3%

Asian:

21.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 40.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Glenbard North High School ranks better than 80.3% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks 3^rd 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 76.2. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Glenbard North 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 Glenbard North High School has the largest high school student body size in the Glenbard Township HSD 87 School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Glenbard North High School is $21,308. 2 high schools in the Glenbard Township HSD 87 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Glenbard North High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Glenbard North High School 137^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Glenbard North 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 North High School

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Rank History for all students at Glenbard North High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	77.51	110^th	586	81.2%
2004	71.28	159^th	592	73.1%
2005	68.34	183^rd	590	69.0%
2006	67.17	194^th	596	67.4%
2007	77.49	123^rd	612	79.9%
2008	66.37	213^th	624	65.9%
2009	65.23	234^th	632	63.0%
2010	70.17	180^th	643	72.0%
2011	72.46	191^st	655	70.8%
2012	77.33	137^th	665	79.4%
2013	71.15	195^th	670	70.9%
2014	74.44	159^th	670	76.3%
2015	50.08	264^th	614	57.0%
2016	49.42	291^st	643	54.7%
2017	61.79	223^rd	642	65.3%
2018	76.05	128^th	647	80.2%
2019	69.16	169^th	701	75.9%
2021	70.98	163^rd	688	76.3%
2022	68.49	185^th	699	73.5%
2023	65.84	193^rd	699	72.4%
2024	76.20	137^th	697	80.3%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	53.73	69^th	154	55.2%
2019	42.67	90^th	165	45.5%
2021	36.10	94^th	160	41.3%
2022	53.15	77^th	170	54.7%
2023	56.02	65^th	163	60.1%
2024	72.19	52^nd	182	71.4%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	38.03	84^th	151	44.4%
2019	43.49	79^th	183	56.8%
2021	42.64	75^th	189	60.3%
2022	38.42	120^th	205	41.5%
2023	40.88	113^th	217	47.9%
2024	41.16	104^th	248	58.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Glenbard North High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	47.97	135^th	374	63.9%
2019	66.47	81^st	473	82.9%
2021	60.24	107^th	453	76.4%
2022	59.72	104^th	493	78.9%
2023	61.22	126^th	476	73.5%
2024	71.41	99^th	482	79.5%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	71.97	97^th	585	83.4%
2019	53.25	265^th	639	58.5%
2021	49.96	251^st	611	58.9%
2022	66.86	152^nd	626	75.7%
2023	60.27	206^th	644	68.0%
2024	78.81	86^th	639	86.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Glenbard North High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	73.97	140^th	620	77.4%
2019	63.84	213^th	665	68.0%
2021	72.85	146^th	639	77.2%
2022	65.93	200^th	658	69.6%
2023	64.19	207^th	656	68.4%
2024	75.07	134^th	664	79.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Glenbard North High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	60.94	104^th	428	75.7%
2024	64.86	90^th	429	79.0%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Glenbard North High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	30.34	12^th	19	36.8%
2021	29.78	14^th	22	36.4%
2022	31.13	18^th	26	30.8%
2023	29.31	15^th	22	31.8%
2024	17.78	19^th	23	17.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Glenbard North High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	74.57	127^th	619	79.5%
2019	70.42	152^nd	675	77.5%
2021	64.38	190^th	653	70.9%
2022	67.99	170^th	664	74.4%
2023	64.60	193^rd	668	71.1%
2024	74.27	140^th	668	79.0%

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Rank History for Asian students at Glenbard North High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.50	87^th	132	34.1%
2019	25.53	102^nd	130	21.5%
2021	16.16	115^th	135	14.8%
2022	25.28	111^th	141	21.3%
2023	16.83	117^th	134	12.7%
2024	34.92	96^th	137	29.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Glenbard North High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	51.76	93^rd	253	63.2%
2019	40.33	146^th	299	51.2%
2021	46.35	106^th	281	62.3%
2022	57.97	83^rd	294	71.8%
2023	30.98	200^th	301	33.6%
2024	39.40	145^th	299	51.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Glenbard North High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	58.09	90^th	291	69.1%
2019	48.59	138^th	317	56.5%
2021	45.00	140^th	317	55.8%
2022	48.69	151^st	335	54.9%
2023	50.66	140^th	333	58.0%
2024	57.26	104^th	336	69.0%

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Rank History for White students at Glenbard North High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	73.70	125^th	548	77.2%
2019	74.97	116^th	552	79.0%
2021	81.54	87^th	553	84.3%
2022	70.57	135^th	560	75.9%
2023	67.74	155^th	557	72.2%
2024	74.53	115^th	554	79.2%

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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

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Enrollment information for Glenbard North High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	1743	70	266	66	9	n/a	n/a	0	2154
1989	1666	65	273	83	6	n/a	n/a	0	2093
1990	1660	81	284	100	8	n/a	n/a	0	2133
1991	1754	79	311	121	7	n/a	n/a	0	2272
1992	1788	86	339	145	6	n/a	n/a	0	2364
1993	1796	78	335	138	8	n/a	n/a	0	2355
1994	1758	72	354	139	8	n/a	n/a	0	2331
1995	1772	86	360	152	8	n/a	n/a	0	2378
1996	1772	86	360	152	8	n/a	n/a	0	2378
1997	1775	99	366	158	7	n/a	n/a	0	2405
1998	1872	77	368	143	9	n/a	n/a	0	2469
1999	1866	63	407	179	9	n/a	n/a	0	2524
2000	1882	83	456	202	14	n/a	n/a	0	2637
2001	1915	88	492	216	11	n/a	n/a	0	2722
2002	1901	103	547	298	8	n/a	n/a	0	2857
2003	1901	103	547	298	8	n/a	n/a	0	2857
2004	1896	120	526	304	8	n/a	n/a	0	2854
2005	1865	132	507	325	8	n/a	n/a	2	2839
2006	1827	144	493	353	9	n/a	n/a	1	2827
2007	1783	160	461	395	7	n/a	n/a	6	2812
2008	1672	158	465	443	6	n/a	n/a	22	2766
2009	1619	183	472	454	6	n/a	n/a	42	2776
2010	1455	163	464	483	5	n/a	n/a	65	2635
2011	1350	176	470	576	9	0	58	0	2639
2012	1262	179	491	597	12	0	46	0	2587
2013	1174	152	499	587	18	3	56	0	2489
2014	1107	162	509	556	18	3	61	0	2416
2015	1014	169	470	525	20	3	55	0	2256
2016	957	170	494	515	17	4	61	0	2218
2017	905	192	509	547	8	1	67	0	2229
2018	857	167	527	577	11	1	63	0	2203
2019	849	176	543	597	9	1	62	0	2237
2020	828	169	519	649	8	0	66	0	2239
2021	797	153	508	679	7	0	64	0	2208
2022	752	141	496	721	5	1	82	0	2198
2023	721	138	460	768	3	1	71	0	2162

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2154	117.2	18.3	n/a
1989	2093	118.6	17.6	n/a
1990	2133	129.1	16.5	n/a
1991	2272	129.3	17.5	n/a
1992	2364	141.8	16.6	n/a
1993	2355	134.9	17.5	n/a
1994	2331	129.0	18.1	n/a
1995	2378	127.1	18.7	n/a
1996	2378	127.1	18.7	n/a
1997	2405	129.4	18.6	n/a
1998	2469	134.2	18.4	n/a
1999	2524	140.0	18.0	n/a
2000	2637	150.0	17.6	n/a
2001	2722	150.0	18.1	n/a
2002	2857	164.3	17.4	4.2
2003	2857	164.3	17.4	4.2
2004	2854	146.0	19.5	4.9
2005	2839	143.3	19.8	6.1
2006	2827	135.7	20.8	7.1
2007	2812	153.0	18.4	9.1
2008	2766	130.0	21.3	11.2
2009	2776	158.9	17.5	14.2
2010	2635	156.8	16.8	16.9
2011	2639	153.2	17.2	21.6
2012	2587	150.9	17.1	23.2
2013	2489	253.0	9.8	31.7
2014	2416	147.5	16.3	32.8
2015	2256	142.0	15.8	35.7
2016	2218	143.0	15.5	30.6
2017	2229	133.4	16.7	36
2018	2203	140.2	15.7	33.9
2019	2237	139.0	16.0	33.3
2020	2239	144.9	15.4	35.3
2021	2208	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	2198	141.6	15.5	32.8
2023	2162	139.9	15.4	40.4

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 North High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2154	117.2	18.3	n/a
1989	2093	118.6	17.6	n/a
1990	2133	129.1	16.5	n/a
1991	2272	129.3	17.5	n/a
1992	2364	141.8	16.6	n/a
1993	2355	134.9	17.5	n/a
1994	2331	129.0	18.1	n/a
1995	2378	127.1	18.7	n/a
1996	2378	127.1	18.7	n/a
1997	2405	129.4	18.6	n/a
1998	2469	134.2	18.4	n/a
1999	2524	140.0	18.0	n/a
2000	2637	150.0	17.6	n/a
2001	2722	150.0	18.1	n/a
2002	2857	164.3	17.4	4.2
2003	2857	164.3	17.4	4.2
2004	2854	146.0	19.5	4.9
2005	2839	143.3	19.8	6.1
2006	2827	135.7	20.8	7.1
2007	2812	153.0	18.4	9.1
2008	2766	130.0	21.3	11.2
2009	2776	158.9	17.5	14.2
2010	2635	156.8	16.8	16.9
2011	2639	153.2	17.2	21.6
2012	2587	150.9	17.1	23.2
2013	2489	253.0	9.8	31.7
2014	2416	147.5	16.3	32.8
2015	2256	142.0	15.8	35.7
2016	2218	143.0	15.5	30.6
2017	2229	133.4	16.7	36
2018	2203	140.2	15.7	33.9
2019	2237	139.0	16.0	33.3
2020	2239	144.9	15.4	35.3
2021	2208	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	2198	141.6	15.5	32.8
2023	2162	139.9	15.4	40.4

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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