Is Johnsburg High School a good school?

Johnsburg High School ranks 210 th of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Johnsburg High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 530 students attended Johnsburg High School.

What is the racial makeup of Johnsburg High School?

Students at Johnsburg High School are 85% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What schools feed into Johnsburg High School?

Johnsburg High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Johnsburg Elementary School Elementary : Ringwood School Primary Center Middle : Johnsburg Junior High School

Johnsburg High School

Summary:

Johnsburg High School is a public high school located in Johnsburg, Illinois, serving 560 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Johnsburg CUSD 12 district, which is ranked 387 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Johnsburg High School has consistently ranked in the top 30% of Illinois high schools over the past 10 years, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school maintains a strong 4-year graduation rate, ranging from 88.2% to 91.2% over the past 5 years, and a relatively low dropout rate between 1.8% and 3.5%. While the school's test scores in SAT Mathematics, SAT English Language Arts, and ISA Science are generally on par with or slightly below the state averages, its performance in ISA Science has been consistently stronger, with proficiency rates ranging from 54.2% to 77.3% over the past 3 years, compared to the state average of around 52-53%.

When compared to nearby high schools, such as Antioch Community High School and Lakes Community High School, Johnsburg High School generally performs on par or slightly better. However, the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 6.5% in 2019-2020 to 20.1% in 2022-2023, which is a concerning trend. Additionally, the school's spending per student has increased from $14,323 in 2020-2021 to $17,318 in 2022-2023, which is higher than the nearby Round Lake Senior High School ($16,095) but lower than the more affluent Grayslake North High School ($23,794).

Detail:

Public 9-12

2002 W Ringwood Rd
Johnsburg, IL 60051-8573

(815) 385-9233

District: Johnsburg CUSD 12

SchoolDigger Rank:
210^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,798

Feeder schools for Johnsburg High School:

Elementary:	Johnsburg Elementary School
	Ringwood School Primary Center
Middle:	Johnsburg Junior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.5

Number of students: 530

Racial breakdown:

White:

84.9%

Hispanic:

9.2%

Two or more races:

3.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 30.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Johnsburg High School ranks better than 69.9% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 62.57. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Johnsburg 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: White (84.9%), Hispanic (9.2%), two or more races (3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 30.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Johnsburg High School is 13.5. (See more...)

Compare Johnsburg High School employs 39 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Johnsburg High School is $18,798.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Johnsburg High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Johnsburg High School 210^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Johnsburg High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Johnsburg CUSD 12:

SchoolDigger ranks Johnsburg CUSD 12 387^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Johnsburg High School

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Rank History for all students at Johnsburg High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	76.06	121^st	586	79.4%
2004	63.48	229^th	592	61.3%
2005	58.73	276^th	590	53.2%
2006	50.29	346^th	596	41.9%
2007	59.64	268^th	612	56.2%
2008	74.32	148^th	624	76.3%
2009	72.04	179^th	632	71.7%
2010	74.74	147^th	643	77.1%
2011	76.27	147^th	655	77.6%
2012	64.65	239^th	665	64.1%
2013	70.26	204^th	670	69.6%
2014	73.42	162^nd	670	75.8%
2015	55.29	232^nd	614	62.2%
2016	44.64	346^th	643	46.2%
2017	74.74	128^th	642	80.1%
2018	70.14	172^nd	647	73.4%
2019	81.96	102^nd	701	85.4%
2021	68.15	182^nd	688	73.5%
2022	72.07	159^th	699	77.3%
2023	81.37	108^th	699	84.5%
2024	62.57	210^th	697	69.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Johnsburg High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	42.48	163^rd	374	56.4%
2019	35.61	258^th	473	45.5%
2021	47.26	160^th	453	64.7%
2022	31.21	286^th	493	42.0%
2023	57.21	141^st	476	70.4%
2024	50.02	169^th	482	64.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Johnsburg High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.99	250^th	585	57.3%
2019	84.05	49^th	639	92.3%
2021	65.32	138^th	611	77.4%
2022	70.33	127^th	626	79.7%
2023	65.40	160^th	644	75.2%
2024	57.69	213^th	639	66.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Johnsburg High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	72.56	151^st	620	75.6%
2019	91.47	48^th	665	92.8%
2021	57.94	232^nd	639	63.7%
2022	63.23	224^th	658	66.0%
2023	85.97	73^rd	656	88.9%
2024	60.35	216^th	664	67.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Johnsburg High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	72.69	63^rd	428	85.3%
2024	53.26	117^th	429	72.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Johnsburg High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	64.04	195^th	619	68.5%
2019	66.21	179^th	675	73.5%
2021	72.10	144^th	653	77.9%
2022	76.44	119^th	664	82.1%
2023	70.89	152^nd	668	77.2%
2024	61.72	208^th	668	68.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Johnsburg High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	42.66	157^th	291	46.0%
2021	52.12	109^th	317	65.6%
2023	64.84	75^th	333	77.5%
2024	56.11	109^th	336	67.6%

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Rank History for White students at Johnsburg High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	57.76	191^st	548	65.1%
2019	69.50	138^th	552	75.0%
2021	50.23	231^st	553	58.2%
2022	53.22	235^th	560	58.0%
2023	70.16	140^th	557	74.9%
2024	44.01	271^st	554	51.1%

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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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Reviews:

by a parent
Monday, December 6, 2010

We had 3 children graduate from the Johnsburg school district. With a combined total years of 36 different educators, there were 5 of them that really helped to educate our children. This district really needs help hiring committed teachers. I believe not only should the school day be 60 to 90 minutes longer, each teacher should be required to stay in the classroom an hour after that. This would give the students time to come back to that class after school and ask for help. Do not waste time in class having the children grade each others papers. We all remember having to grade Tommy Whites paper, and every answer being wrong, or Carolyn's paper and you could put an A+ on it before you even started. The kid's pick up on this, and start to label that person. A teacher should grade the paper's, also you should not have the parents grade them either. They could start comparing there children to others in the class. Each child is an individual, let's treat them that way. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Johnsburg High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	687	n/a	3	10	2	n/a	n/a	0	702
1990	652	n/a	5	5	3	n/a	n/a	0	665
1991	646	0	2	6	3	n/a	n/a	0	657
1992	663	0	4	2	1	n/a	n/a	0	670
1993	661	0	2	6	3	n/a	n/a	0	672
1994	697	0	2	7	2	n/a	n/a	0	708
1995	720	0	2	14	2	n/a	n/a	0	738
1996	720	0	2	14	2	n/a	n/a	0	738
1997	720	0	5	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	739
1998	746	0	7	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	758
1999	749	2	5	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	773
2000	748	2	6	17	1	n/a	n/a	0	774
2001	768	1	4	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	786
2002	800	1	4	23	1	n/a	n/a	0	829
2003	800	1	4	23	1	n/a	n/a	0	829
2004	832	1	4	26	2	n/a	n/a	0	865
2005	838	2	3	27	2	n/a	n/a	0	872
2006	864	2	3	20	2	n/a	n/a	0	891
2007	886	0	2	19	1	n/a	n/a	1	909
2008	875	0	4	25	0	n/a	n/a	3	907
2009	871	1	4	24	0	n/a	n/a	5	905
2010	846	2	3	24	0	n/a	n/a	11	886
2011	746	4	3	45	1	0	18	0	817
2012	716	3	4	46	2	0	17	0	788
2013	686	5	7	47	2	0	16	0	763
2014	637	3	7	41	1	0	13	0	702
2015	622	3	10	42	0	0	11	0	688
2016	602	5	9	43	0	0	11	0	670
2017	593	9	7	35	1	0	10	0	655
2018	563	4	7	47	0	0	7	0	628
2019	535	4	4	42	1	0	7	0	593
2020	554	2	2	34	0	0	5	0	597
2021	533	2	5	49	0	0	8	0	597
2022	513	4	5	54	0	0	10	0	586
2023	483	5	4	53	1	0	14	0	560
2024	450	8	5	49	2	0	16	0	530

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 Johnsburg High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	702	39.7	17.6	n/a
1990	665	38.0	17.5	n/a
1991	657	39.3	16.7	n/a
1992	670	39.3	17.0	n/a
1993	672	40.2	16.7	n/a
1994	708	40.3	17.6	n/a
1995	738	41.0	18.0	n/a
1996	738	41.0	18.0	n/a
1997	739	41.0	18.0	n/a
1998	758	41.3	18.4	n/a
1999	773	42.3	18.3	n/a
2000	774	43.6	17.8	n/a
2001	786	46.1	17.0	n/a
2002	829	46.5	17.8	5.4
2003	829	46.5	17.8	5.4
2004	865	49.7	17.4	6.4
2005	872	47.5	18.4	5.4
2006	891	46.9	19.0	5.6
2007	909	47.0	19.3	5.3
2008	907	45.0	20.2	7.1
2009	905	46.9	19.3	8.7
2010	886	52.4	16.9	12.5
2011	817	51.0	16.0	14.6
2012	788	52.0	15.1	15.7
2013	763	52.9	14.3	18
2014	702	n/a	n/a	16.4
2015	688	49.0	14.0	24
2016	670	45.0	14.8	20.4
2017	655	44.4	14.7	22.1
2018	628	44.8	14.0	21.7
2019	593	39.9	14.8	22.3
2020	597	41.0	14.5	21.3
2021	597	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	586	39.5	14.8	20.5
2023	560	39.0	14.3	25.7
2024	530	39.0	13.5	30.6

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 Johnsburg High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	702	39.7	17.6	n/a
1990	665	38.0	17.5	n/a
1991	657	39.3	16.7	n/a
1992	670	39.3	17.0	n/a
1993	672	40.2	16.7	n/a
1994	708	40.3	17.6	n/a
1995	738	41.0	18.0	n/a
1996	738	41.0	18.0	n/a
1997	739	41.0	18.0	n/a
1998	758	41.3	18.4	n/a
1999	773	42.3	18.3	n/a
2000	774	43.6	17.8	n/a
2001	786	46.1	17.0	n/a
2002	829	46.5	17.8	5.4
2003	829	46.5	17.8	5.4
2004	865	49.7	17.4	6.4
2005	872	47.5	18.4	5.4
2006	891	46.9	19.0	5.6
2007	909	47.0	19.3	5.3
2008	907	45.0	20.2	7.1
2009	905	46.9	19.3	8.7
2010	886	52.4	16.9	12.5
2011	817	51.0	16.0	14.6
2012	788	52.0	15.1	15.7
2013	763	52.9	14.3	18
2014	702	n/a	n/a	16.4
2015	688	49.0	14.0	24
2016	670	45.0	14.8	20.4
2017	655	44.4	14.7	22.1
2018	628	44.8	14.0	21.7
2019	593	39.9	14.8	22.3
2020	597	41.0	14.5	21.3
2021	597	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	586	39.5	14.8	20.5
2023	560	39.0	14.3	25.7
2024	530	39.0	13.5	30.6

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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