Glenbard East High School
Lombard · IL · Glenbard Twp HSD 87 · Public
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Willowbrook High School → York Comm High School → Comm H S Dist 99 - North H S → Hinsdale Central High School → Comm H S Dist 99 - South High Sch → Addison Trail High School → Lake Park High School → Wheaton North High School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 25 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 7 calculus classes · 18 physics · 27 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 90th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 94th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Glenbard East High School compares for families
Standout academic depth by national standards.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 10% nationally with 25 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyIL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Willowbrook High School, York Comm High School, Comm H S Dist 99 - North H S and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
90th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2194th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $14,355/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,311 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $24,884 per student in district revenue, the 8 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $199,072/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willowbrook High School Villa Park |
Public | 1.9 | 1,983 | -0.3% |
| York Comm High School Elmhurst |
Public | 3.9 | 2,590 | -6.7% |
| Comm H S Dist 99 - North H S Downers Grove |
Public | 4.2 | 2,082 | -3.5% |
| Hinsdale Central High School Hinsdale |
Public | 7.0 | 2,445 | -3.9% |
| Comm H S Dist 99 - South High Sch Downers Grove |
Public | 6.6 | 2,591 | -5.1% |
| Addison Trail High School Addison |
Public | 4.5 | 1,845 | -5.9% |
| Lake Park High School Roselle |
Public | 7.6 | 2,522 | -1.9% |
| Wheaton North High School Wheaton |
Public | 5.2 | 1,863 | -4.8% |