Glenbard West High School
Glen Ellyn · IL · Glenbard Twp HSD 87 · Public
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- 📚 30 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 9 calculus classes · 23 physics · 29 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 West High School compares for families
Standout academic depth by national standards.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 10% nationally with 30 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: College Preparatory School Of America, Glenbard East High School, Clare Woods Academy 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
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
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.
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 2,330 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 15 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $373,260/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.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| College Preparatory School Of America Lombard |
Private | 1.8 | 521 | +29.6% |
| Glenbard East High School Lombard |
Public | 2.3 | 2,311 | +0.4% |
| Clare Woods Academy Wheaton |
Private | 2.5 | 78 | +4.0% |
| Wheaton North High School Wheaton |
Public | 2.9 | 1,863 | -4.8% |
| School Of Expressive Arts And Learning (Seal) Lombard |
Private | 3.2 | 111 | +0.0% |
| Technology Center of DuPage Addison |
Public | 3.3 | — | — |
| Glenoaks Hospital Medical School Programs Glendale Heights |
Private | 3.3 | 161 | — |
| Glenbard South High School Glen Ellyn |
Public | 3.4 | 1,090 | -0.3% |