Is Adlai E Stevenson High School a good school?

Yes! Adlai E Stevenson High School is one of the best high schools in the state. It ranks 8 th of 697 Illinois high schools.

How many students attend Adlai E Stevenson High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 4,614 students attended Adlai E Stevenson High School.

What is the racial makeup of Adlai E Stevenson High School?

Students at Adlai E Stevenson High School are 43% White, 42% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What schools feed into Adlai E Stevenson High School?

Adlai E Stevenson High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Country Meadows Elementary School Elementary : Earl Pritchett School Elementary : Half Day School Elementary : Ivy Hall Elementary School Elementary : Kildeer Countryside Elementary School Elementary : Laura B Sprague School Elementary : Meridian School Elementary : Prairie Elementary School Elementary : Tripp School Elementary : Willow Grove Early Learning Center Middle : Aptakisic Junior High School Middle : Daniel Wright Junior High School Middle : Twin Groves Middle School Middle : Woodlawn Middle School

Adlai E Stevenson High School

Summary:

Adlai E Stevenson High School is a highly-ranked public high school serving grades 9-12 in Lincolnshire, Illinois, part of the Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125 district. With consistently outstanding academic performance, low dropout rates, and strong student outcomes across various subgroups, this school is considered one of the top high schools in Illinois.

Adlai E Stevenson High School students excel academically, outperforming state averages in standardized tests. In the 2023-2024 school year, 73.9% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in SAT Mathematics, compared to the state average of 26.1%, and 71.8% were proficient or better in SAT English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 31.1%. The school's four-year graduation rate is an impressive 97.0%, significantly higher than the state average. When compared to nearby high schools, such as Libertyville High School, Adlai E Stevenson consistently outperforms its peers in academic metrics and student outcomes.

While the school faces some challenges, such as increasing chronic absenteeism and a relatively homogeneous student population, its overall performance and ranking among the top high schools in Illinois make it a standout educational institution. Adlai E Stevenson High School's exceptional academic achievements, low dropout rates, and strong student subgroup performance demonstrate its commitment to providing a high-quality education for all its students.

Detail:

Public 9-12

1 Stevenson Dr
Lincolnshire, IL 60069-2824

(847) 415-4000

District: Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125

SchoolDigger Rank:
8^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $24,374

Feeder schools for Adlai E Stevenson High School:

Elementary:	Country Meadows Elementary School
	Earl Pritchett School
	Half Day School
	Ivy Hall Elementary School
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	Kildeer Countryside Elementary School
	Laura B Sprague School
	Meridian School
	Prairie Elementary School
	Tripp School
	Willow Grove Early Learning Center
Middle:	Aptakisic Junior High School
	Daniel Wright Junior High School
	Twin Groves Middle School
	Woodlawn Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.3

Number of students: 4,614

Racial breakdown:

White:

43.0%

Asian:

42.0%

Hispanic:

9.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Adlai E Stevenson High School ranks better than 98.9% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 99.88. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Adlai E Stevenson 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 (43%), Asian (42%), Hispanic (9.3%). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Adlai E Stevenson High School is 16.3. (See more...)

Compare Adlai E Stevenson High School employs 281.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Adlai E Stevenson High School is $24,374.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Adlai E Stevenson High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Adlai E Stevenson High School 8^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Adlai E Stevenson High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125:

SchoolDigger ranks Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125 5^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Adlai E Stevenson High School

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Rank History for all students at Adlai E Stevenson High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	97.98	6^th	586	99.0%
2004	97.44	8^th	592	98.6%
2005	97.01	7^th	590	98.8%
2006	96.79	7^th	596	98.8%
2007	97.82	8^th	612	98.7%
2008	97.32	8^th	624	98.7%
2009	97.67	7^th	632	98.9%
2010	96.14	11^th	643	98.3%
2011	97.74	9^th	655	98.6%
2012	97.57	9^th	665	98.6%
2013	97.80	9^th	670	98.7%
2014	97.55	8^th	670	98.8%
2015	97.81	13^th	614	97.9%
2016	94.26	13^th	643	98.0%
2017	99.08	8^th	642	98.8%
2018	99.10	7^th	647	98.9%
2019	98.93	11^th	701	98.4%
2021	99.88	7^th	688	99.0%
2022	98.61	6^th	699	99.1%
2023	98.30	7^th	699	99.0%
2024	99.88	8^th	697	98.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Adlai E Stevenson High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	94.72	9^th	154	94.2%
2019	93.69	10^th	165	93.9%
2021	90.33	20^th	160	87.5%
2022	88.61	17^th	170	90.0%
2023	92.35	11^th	163	93.3%
2024	96.72	9^th	182	95.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Adlai E Stevenson High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	99.28	1^st	151	99.3%
2019	99.98	2^nd	183	98.9%
2021	99.42	4^th	189	97.9%
2022	77.19	15^th	205	92.7%
2023	99.83	1^st	217	99.5%
2024	98.26	5^th	248	98.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Adlai E Stevenson High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	96.70	12^th	374	96.8%
2019	96.11	20^th	473	95.8%
2021	98.01	13^th	453	97.1%
2022	98.34	14^th	493	97.2%
2023	99.64	12^th	476	97.5%
2024	99.78	11^th	482	97.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Adlai E Stevenson High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	83.92	38^th	585	93.5%
2019	91.75	28^th	639	95.6%
2021	98.34	14^th	611	97.7%
2022	92.58	25^th	626	96.0%
2023	96.94	10^th	644	98.4%
2024	77.82	91^st	639	85.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Adlai E Stevenson High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	98.38	7^th	620	98.9%
2019	98.37	9^th	665	98.6%
2021	99.77	8^th	639	98.7%
2022	98.22	6^th	658	99.1%
2023	97.90	8^th	656	98.8%
2024	99.58	10^th	664	98.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Adlai E Stevenson High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	97.85	12^th	428	97.2%
2024	99.25	13^th	429	97.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Adlai E Stevenson High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	99.19	6^th	619	99.0%
2019	98.83	10^th	675	98.5%
2021	99.85	7^th	653	98.9%
2022	98.52	7^th	664	98.9%
2023	98.20	8^th	668	98.8%
2024	99.92	8^th	668	98.8%

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Rank History for Asian students at Adlai E Stevenson High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	89.80	7^th	132	94.7%
2019	90.17	5^th	130	96.2%
2021	93.78	7^th	135	94.8%
2022	88.01	12^th	141	91.5%
2023	87.77	9^th	134	93.3%
2024	92.96	7^th	137	94.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Adlai E Stevenson High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	99.86	5^th	253	98.0%
2019	97.40	13^th	299	95.7%
2021	92.09	16^th	281	94.3%
2022	99.65	6^th	294	98.0%
2023	98.53	11^th	301	96.3%
2024	99.91	9^th	299	97.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Adlai E Stevenson High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	91.58	23^rd	291	92.1%
2019	83.08	38^th	317	88.0%
2021	92.49	24^th	317	92.4%
2022	88.71	30^th	335	91.0%
2023	94.80	18^th	333	94.6%
2024	90.85	30^th	336	91.1%

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Rank History for White students at Adlai E Stevenson High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	97.97	10^th	548	98.2%
2019	96.82	22^nd	552	96.0%
2021	98.69	13^th	553	97.6%
2022	97.33	9^th	560	98.4%
2023	95.66	17^th	557	96.9%
2024	97.65	20^th	554	96.4%

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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

All ratings (Avg rating: 3.7)

67%

33%

Reviews:

by a teacher
Friday, June 16, 2023

This school used to be good, but over the last decade, it has taken a terrible turn. Students will tell you that they do NOT feel prepared for college. Teachers are not allowed to grade effort, participation, or homework and they must give students second and third chances on assessments. As a result, Students are developing bad habits. They do not try their best, they wait to the last minute, they do not do the homework or pay attention in class. Attendance is atrocious with students skipping class with impunity. Even students who get caught cheating on a test are given a second chance to take the test. All of this goofy grading stresses students out. Those students who do care about their grades feel it is unfair and also find it frustrating that they don't know what their grade is all semester. There have been multiple suicides over the last several years. Admin refuses to listen to teacher concerns. Many veteran teachers are stepping down from the roles as club sponsors and coaches and even retiring early. Check the 5 essentials data and the School satisfaction survey data and you will see these sad trends reflected there. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Terrific setting and preparation for college, very competitive, diversity abundant and the student is setting own goals..Go MKG! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Adlai E Stevenson High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	1669	22	59	45	2	n/a	n/a	0	1797
1989	1672	25	80	49	2	n/a	n/a	0	1828
1990	1710	21	94	49	5	n/a	n/a	0	1879
1991	1829	25	133	44	11	n/a	n/a	0	2042
1992	1974	28	159	50	9	n/a	n/a	0	2220
1993	2147	30	175	70	3	n/a	n/a	0	2425
1994	2287	49	221	75	5	n/a	n/a	0	2637
1995	2537	47	297	73	4	n/a	n/a	0	2958
1996	2537	47	297	73	4	n/a	n/a	0	2958
1997	2645	44	335	93	4	n/a	n/a	0	3121
1998	2792	38	358	89	9	n/a	n/a	0	3286
1999	2960	37	396	89	12	n/a	n/a	0	3494
2000	3176	38	434	88	14	n/a	n/a	0	3750
2001	3331	30	460	92	12	n/a	n/a	0	3925
2002	3635	39	517	124	4	n/a	n/a	0	4319
2003	3635	39	517	124	4	n/a	n/a	0	4319
2004	3619	50	549	131	2	n/a	n/a	0	4351
2005	3637	39	559	132	6	n/a	n/a	195	4568
2006	3672	42	633	146	7	n/a	n/a	10	4510
2007	3591	54	641	153	11	n/a	n/a	11	4461
2008	3531	55	682	179	15	n/a	n/a	21	4483
2009	3426	70	721	218	15	n/a	n/a	45	4495
2010	3286	67	714	202	13	n/a	n/a	67	4349
2011	3047	74	718	239	11	11	82	0	4182
2012	2826	65	755	275	1	2	107	0	4031
2013	2686	50	754	248	0	3	115	0	3856
2014	2594	63	767	230	2	10	95	0	3761
2015	2528	70	855	273	7	4	102	0	3839
2016	2487	58	981	295	9	0	102	0	3932
2017	2427	77	1107	294	10	2	111	0	4028
2018	2381	81	1256	336	9	4	118	0	4185
2019	2330	87	1368	344	5	4	123	0	4261
2020	2267	94	1457	333	3	3	114	0	4271
2021	2229	82	1532	353	7	2	110	0	4315
2022	2157	91	1644	365	8	1	126	0	4392
2023	2101	77	1754	403	10	2	141	1	4489
2024	1982	82	1938	428	15	2	165	2	4614

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 Adlai E Stevenson High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1797	99.1	18.1	n/a
1989	1828	110.0	16.6	n/a
1990	1879	114.9	16.3	n/a
1991	2042	123.6	16.5	n/a
1992	2220	136.8	16.2	n/a
1993	2425	147.0	16.5	n/a
1994	2637	151.8	17.4	n/a
1995	2958	174.4	17.0	n/a
1996	2958	174.4	17.0	n/a
1997	3121	185.0	16.9	n/a
1998	3286	200.6	16.4	n/a
1999	3494	208.6	16.7	n/a
2000	3750	225.7	16.6	n/a
2001	3925	239.2	16.4	n/a
2002	4319	267.2	16.2	n/a
2003	4319	267.2	16.2	n/a
2004	4351	268.2	16.2	n/a
2005	4568	268.5	17.0	n/a
2006	4510	252.0	17.9	n/a
2007	4461	267.0	16.7	n/a
2008	4483	244.0	18.4	n/a
2009	4495	275.5	16.3	n/a
2010	4349	271.5	16.0	n/a
2011	4182	255.5	16.3	n/a
2012	4031	250.9	16.0	4.2
2013	3856	342.1	11.2	4.9
2014	3761	243.0	15.4	0.1
2015	3839	273.0	14.0	0.1
2016	3932	277.0	14.1	5.1
2017	4028	288.1	13.9	5.4
2018	4185	273.6	15.2	4.9
2019	4261	278.7	15.2	5.3
2020	4271	286.2	14.9	2.1
2021	4315	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	4392	279.1	15.7	5
2023	4489	252.6	17.7	n/a
2024	4614	281.6	16.3	n/a

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 Adlai E Stevenson High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1797	99.1	18.1	n/a
1989	1828	110.0	16.6	n/a
1990	1879	114.9	16.3	n/a
1991	2042	123.6	16.5	n/a
1992	2220	136.8	16.2	n/a
1993	2425	147.0	16.5	n/a
1994	2637	151.8	17.4	n/a
1995	2958	174.4	17.0	n/a
1996	2958	174.4	17.0	n/a
1997	3121	185.0	16.9	n/a
1998	3286	200.6	16.4	n/a
1999	3494	208.6	16.7	n/a
2000	3750	225.7	16.6	n/a
2001	3925	239.2	16.4	n/a
2002	4319	267.2	16.2	n/a
2003	4319	267.2	16.2	n/a
2004	4351	268.2	16.2	n/a
2005	4568	268.5	17.0	n/a
2006	4510	252.0	17.9	n/a
2007	4461	267.0	16.7	n/a
2008	4483	244.0	18.4	n/a
2009	4495	275.5	16.3	n/a
2010	4349	271.5	16.0	n/a
2011	4182	255.5	16.3	n/a
2012	4031	250.9	16.0	4.2
2013	3856	342.1	11.2	4.9
2014	3761	243.0	15.4	0.1
2015	3839	273.0	14.0	0.1
2016	3932	277.0	14.1	5.1
2017	4028	288.1	13.9	5.4
2018	4185	273.6	15.2	4.9
2019	4261	278.7	15.2	5.3
2020	4271	286.2	14.9	2.1
2021	4315	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	4392	279.1	15.7	5
2023	4489	252.6	17.7	n/a
2024	4614	281.6	16.3	n/a

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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