York High Class Sizes On High Side In Area

ELMHURST, IL – York High School's class sizes are on the high side compared to many other suburban high schools.

Last school year, York High's average class size was 25, according to the Illinois Report Card. That was the third-highest of a dozen area high schools. Most of them are in districts with which Elmhurst School District 205 likes to compare.

Overall, though, the Elmhurst district saw its average class size drop to 23 last school year, from 24. The statewide average is 21.

At 10 of the district's dozen schools, average sizes decreased last school year, while the number stayed the same at another.

Only at Jefferson Elementary did the average class size increase – from 18 to 19. Even at that level, Jefferson shared the smallest average size with Fischer, the district's largest elementary.

During school board meetings last spring and summer, parents from Edison, Jackson, Jefferson and Lincoln elementary schools expressed concern about class sizes in particular grades.

Patch emailed the district Thursday morning, asking about its class size for this school year. The state won't release this year's numbers until October.

At a July board meeting, Superintendent Keisha Campbell said conversations about class sizes started before the end of the school year and continued through the summer. She said determining class sizes is complex, involving many factors.

"We must be extremely careful when we consider the potential impact that a decision has on the system, not just an individual school or an individual grade level, but we're thinking about the school system as a whole," Campbell said.

Here are the 2024-25 average class sizes for area high schools:

Here are the 2024-25 average class sizes at school districts with which Elmhurst likes to compare:

Here are Elmhurst's 2024-25 elementary school average class sizes:

Here are the 2024-25 average class sizes at Elmhurst's middle and high schools:

Source: Illinois Report Card