Is Westmont High School a good school?

Yes. Westmont High School ranks in the top 5.9% of Illinois high schools.

How many students attend Westmont High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 397 students attended Westmont High School.

What is the racial makeup of Westmont High School?

Students at Westmont High School are 50% White, 28% Hispanic, 8% African American, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Westmont High School?

Westmont High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : C E Miller Elementary School Elementary : J T Manning Elementary School Middle : Westmont Junior High School

Westmont High School

Summary:

Westmont High School is a public high school serving 391 students in grades 9-12 in Westmont, Illinois, part of the highly-ranked Cusd 201 district. This school consistently ranks among the top high schools in Illinois, with a current statewide ranking of 41 out of 697 and a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Westmont High School stands out for its exceptional academic performance, with 44.4% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in SAT Mathematics compared to the state average of 26.1%, and 56.7% proficient or better in SAT English Language Arts versus the state average of 31.1%. The school also excels in science assessments, with 72.8% of students proficient or better in the ISA Science test, far exceeding the state average of 53.2%. Westmont High School maintains an impressively high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 95.6% to 97.9% over the past five years, while keeping its dropout rate low, between 0.2% and 1.7% during the same period.

Westmont High School's strong performance extends across diverse student subgroups, ranking highly for female students (46th out of 664 high schools), male students (43rd out of 668), African American students (14th out of 301), and white students (31st out of 554). The school also performs well for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, ranking 14th out of 639 high schools in this category. When compared to nearby schools like Hinsdale South High School and Proviso West High School, Westmont High School stands out as a top-performing institution, further highlighting its exceptional educational quality.

Detail:

Public 9-12

909 Oakwood Dr
Westmont, IL 60559-1073

(630) 468-8100

District: Cusd 201

SchoolDigger Rank:
41^st of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $30,866

Feeder schools for Westmont High School:

Elementary:	C E Miller Elementary School
	J T Manning Elementary School
Middle:	Westmont Junior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.1

Number of students: 397

Racial breakdown:

White:

50.1%

Hispanic:

28.5%

African American:

7.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 41.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Westmont High School ranks better than 94.1% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 95.63. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Westmont 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 (50.1%), Hispanic (28.5%), African American (7.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 41.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Westmont High School is 11.1. (See more...)

Compare Westmont High School employs 35.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Westmont High School is $30,866.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Westmont High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Westmont High School 41^st of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Westmont High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Cusd 201:

SchoolDigger ranks Cusd 201 69^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Westmont High School

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Rank History for all students at Westmont High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	62.78	223^rd	586	61.9%
2004	71.45	156^th	592	73.6%
2005	62.60	242^nd	590	59.0%
2006	45.60	378^th	596	36.6%
2007	54.78	316^th	612	48.4%
2008	71.98	167^th	624	73.2%
2009	79.47	113^th	632	82.1%
2010	80.85	100^th	643	84.4%
2011	76.31	146^th	655	77.7%
2012	62.85	257^th	665	61.4%
2013	74.74	162^nd	670	75.8%
2014	84.86	93^rd	670	86.1%
2015	45.88	292^nd	614	52.4%
2016	56.24	227^th	643	64.7%
2017	82.40	91^st	642	85.8%
2018	76.93	124^th	647	80.8%
2019	91.01	52^nd	701	92.6%
2021	96.50	36^th	688	94.8%
2022	85.82	80^th	699	88.6%
2023	95.39	25^th	699	96.4%
2024	95.63	41^st	697	94.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Westmont High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	83.14	36^th	374	90.4%
2019	75.86	53^rd	473	88.8%
2021	93.92	18^th	453	96.0%
2022	31.21	286^th	493	42.0%
2023	74.83	83^rd	476	82.6%
2024	79.31	76^th	482	84.2%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	74.63	89^th	585	84.8%
2019	92.56	22^nd	639	96.6%
2021	95.69	23^rd	611	96.2%
2022	71.72	117^th	626	81.3%
2023	93.41	20^th	644	96.9%
2024	98.68	14^th	639	97.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Westmont High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	82.40	88^th	620	85.8%
2019	89.02	58^th	665	91.3%
2021	96.43	30^th	639	95.3%
2022	73.24	145^th	658	78.0%
2023	93.40	30^th	656	95.4%
2024	93.87	46^th	664	93.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Westmont High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	84.45	35^th	428	91.8%
2024	93.07	28^th	429	93.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Westmont High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	69.80	150^th	619	75.8%
2019	88.68	67^th	675	90.1%
2021	94.97	44^th	653	93.3%
2022	91.49	48^th	664	92.8%
2023	95.15	30^th	668	95.5%
2024	95.56	43^rd	668	93.6%

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Rank History for Asian students at Westmont High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	51.61	67^th	134	50.0%

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Rank History for African American students at Westmont High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	96.55	10^th	281	96.4%
2023	97.76	14^th	301	95.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Westmont High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	76.68	42^nd	291	85.6%
2019	87.74	30^th	317	90.5%
2021	52.54	107^th	317	66.2%
2022	66.73	79^th	335	76.4%
2023	81.32	40^th	333	88.0%
2024	74.51	56^th	336	83.3%

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Rank History for White students at Westmont High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	73.83	124^th	548	77.4%
2019	89.23	53^rd	552	90.4%
2021	97.19	27^th	553	95.1%
2022	89.07	53^rd	560	90.5%
2023	96.01	12^th	557	97.8%
2024	96.20	31^st	554	94.4%

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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

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25%

Reviews:

by a citizen
Thursday, September 30, 2021

Blue Ribbon Award and one of the best high schools in Illinois and the country. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, November 10, 2018

We are proud to have our children here. The leaders are very open to feedback and reply quickly to requests. Our children are being appropriately challenged every day. The teachers provide enrichment to keep the kids motivated. Our school received exemplary status in ISBE on October 31, 2018. We are pleased to see how much the administrators and teachers stand behind the kid's performance daily. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, March 30, 2013

The students are great, but the teachers and admin are terrible. What a lazy bunch of immature adults. They spend all of their time worrying about their own personal problems like the students are not even there. No wonder there are so many bad reviews. And the scores are all dropping. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Westmont High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	448	16	38	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	507
1989	400	17	43	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	468
1990	409	21	34	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	472
1991	400	24	33	8	1	n/a	n/a	0	466
1992	415	30	40	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	500
1993	408	31	45	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	503
1994	405	30	42	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	496
1995	397	24	37	27	3	n/a	n/a	0	488
1996	397	24	37	27	3	n/a	n/a	0	488
1997	414	21	38	26	1	n/a	n/a	0	500
1998	396	26	41	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	483
1999	359	28	33	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	438
2000	369	28	36	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	452
2001	383	26	30	21	0	n/a	n/a	0	460
2002	409	37	34	33	0	n/a	n/a	0	513
2003	409	37	34	33	0	n/a	n/a	0	513
2004	413	42	48	29	0	n/a	n/a	0	532
2005	440	57	38	33	0	n/a	n/a	0	568
2006	436	66	33	39	0	n/a	n/a	1	575
2007	448	49	25	47	0	n/a	n/a	4	573
2008	447	39	30	41	0	n/a	n/a	3	560
2009	419	41	23	45	0	n/a	n/a	9	537
2010	412	49	20	48	0	n/a	n/a	14	543
2011	409	48	20	66	0	0	4	0	547
2012	357	44	19	76	1	0	5	0	502
2013	325	36	18	67	1	1	15	0	463
2014	320	36	18	78	0	0	10	0	462
2015	298	26	19	72	0	0	14	0	429
2016	293	25	21	78	0	0	14	0	431
2017	289	34	23	92	0	0	11	0	449
2018	287	30	14	89	0	0	17	0	437
2019	250	29	15	86	0	0	13	0	393
2020	241	33	16	81	1	0	13	0	385
2021	227	40	21	82	0	0	21	0	391
2022	212	42	26	94	0	0	26	0	400
2023	203	31	23	108	0	0	26	0	391
2024	199	31	27	113	0	0	26	1	397

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 Westmont High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	507	31.8	15.9	n/a
1989	468	32.0	14.6	n/a
1990	472	33.4	14.1	n/a
1991	466	36.1	12.9	n/a
1992	500	35.1	14.2	n/a
1993	503	34.2	14.7	n/a
1994	496	34.0	14.6	n/a
1995	488	35.9	13.6	n/a
1996	488	35.9	13.6	n/a
1997	500	33.4	15.0	n/a
1998	483	33.2	14.5	n/a
1999	438	32.9	13.3	n/a
2000	452	32.9	13.7	n/a
2001	460	32.5	14.2	n/a
2002	513	36.8	13.9	21.1
2003	513	36.8	13.9	21.1
2004	532	34.6	15.4	17.1
2005	568	36.0	15.8	20.1
2006	575	35.4	16.2	23.3
2007	573	33.0	17.4	24.1
2008	560	30.0	18.7	27.6
2009	537	38.1	14.1	31.1
2010	543	36.4	14.9	30.6
2011	547	36.4	15.0	29.6
2012	502	33.0	15.2	40.4
2013	463	38.5	12.0	39.7
2014	462	33.1	13.9	35.1
2015	429	34.0	12.6	40.3
2016	431	34.0	12.6	31.6
2017	449	35.1	12.7	34.7
2018	437	35.0	12.4	30.9
2019	393	34.3	11.4	31.3
2020	385	34.4	11.1	31.4
2021	391	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	400	32.7	12.2	34.3
2023	391	31.8	12.2	39.9
2024	397	35.7	11.1	41.1

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 Westmont High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	507	31.8	15.9	n/a
1989	468	32.0	14.6	n/a
1990	472	33.4	14.1	n/a
1991	466	36.1	12.9	n/a
1992	500	35.1	14.2	n/a
1993	503	34.2	14.7	n/a
1994	496	34.0	14.6	n/a
1995	488	35.9	13.6	n/a
1996	488	35.9	13.6	n/a
1997	500	33.4	15.0	n/a
1998	483	33.2	14.5	n/a
1999	438	32.9	13.3	n/a
2000	452	32.9	13.7	n/a
2001	460	32.5	14.2	n/a
2002	513	36.8	13.9	21.1
2003	513	36.8	13.9	21.1
2004	532	34.6	15.4	17.1
2005	568	36.0	15.8	20.1
2006	575	35.4	16.2	23.3
2007	573	33.0	17.4	24.1
2008	560	30.0	18.7	27.6
2009	537	38.1	14.1	31.1
2010	543	36.4	14.9	30.6
2011	547	36.4	15.0	29.6
2012	502	33.0	15.2	40.4
2013	463	38.5	12.0	39.7
2014	462	33.1	13.9	35.1
2015	429	34.0	12.6	40.3
2016	431	34.0	12.6	31.6
2017	449	35.1	12.7	34.7
2018	437	35.0	12.4	30.9
2019	393	34.3	11.4	31.3
2020	385	34.4	11.1	31.4
2021	391	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	400	32.7	12.2	34.3
2023	391	31.8	12.2	39.9
2024	397	35.7	11.1	41.1

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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