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Waukegan High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
2325 Brookside Ave
Waukegan, IL 60085
Phone
(224) 303-3000
District
WAUKEGAN CUSD 60
County
LAKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
4564
Classroom Teachers
225

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

2

(10 is best)

Better than 18.6% of all IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Waukegan High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

30 20 10 0
7%
25%
7%
26%
6%
25%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
20
17
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 1,189 26.1%
Grade 10 1,126 24.7%
Grade 11 1,163 25.5%
Grade 12 1,086 23.8%
Total 4564 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 2.5% 3.1% 48.7%
Black 13.1% 13.2% 17.3%
Hispanic 82.2% 81.4% 28.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.5% 1.4% 5.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 0.9% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 83,424 12,582,032
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,319.7 226
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.0% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.8% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.2% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 11.3% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 28,086 4,968,761
Single Parent Households With Children 13.3% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 73.8% 90.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 14.6% 36.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.9% 21.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.0% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.4% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.9% 15.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.4% 13.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.0% 10.3%
$15,000 or less 9.3% 8.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,234 $187,620,624 56.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,198 $33,708,528 10.2%
Staff $1,169 $17,927,784 5.4%
General Administration $439 $6,732,504 2.0%
School Administration $911 $13,971,096 4.2%
Operation $1,380 $21,163,680 6.4%
Transportation $23 $352,728 0.1%
Other $1,838 $28,187,568 8.5%
Total Support $7,957 $122,028,552 36.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,452 $22,267,872 6.7%
Total Expenditures $21,643 $331,917,048 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,818 $20,214,612,291 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,311 $2,449,080,202 6.3%
Staff $673 $1,256,727,156 3.2%
General Administration $673 $1,256,749,375 3.2%
School Administration $942 $1,760,657,749 4.5%
Operation $1,431 $2,672,969,408 6.9%
Transportation $748 $1,398,114,051 3.6%
Other $736 $1,376,105,992 3.5%
Total Support $6,513 $12,170,558,501 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,424 $6,398,727,407 16.5%
Total Expenditures $20,756 $38,783,883,293 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%