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🌱 Patch AM: How Elmhurst schools now measure up against their suburban peers

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  • How Elmhurst schools now measure up against their suburban peers

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📰 News we're reading

• Hinsdale, Elmhurst Schools Differ On Measuring Performance (patch.com) — Elmhurst School District 205 is now benchmarking itself mainly against state averages instead of similar, demographically matched districts, even as Hinsdale District 86 adopts a new "league of comparables" system. That shift matters because Elmhurst's relatively low share of low‑income students makes state comparisons look especially favorable. Recent data also showed Elmhurst's special education performance trailing peer high schools Patch analyzed.
   

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