LA GRANGE, IL – Lyons Township High School is holding its own against area high schools with similar demographics.
On Friday, the state released last school year's statistics for Illinois' 850 school districts.
At Lyons Township High, 76 percent of last school year's juniors met standards on the English language arts part of the ACT (chart below). That was up from 72 percent the year before.
The school's math and science numbers were similar to the previous year, with 60 percent and 67 percent, respectively, deemed proficient.
Typically, the rate of students from low-income families affects test scores.
Lyons Township High and neighboring Riverside Brookfield both have 12 percent low-income rates.
Their proficiency rates were about the same, except in math, with Lyons exceeding Riverside, 66 percent to 59 percent.
York High School, where 17 percent of students are low-income, surpassed Lyons Township and Riverside in all three categories.
In a news release, Lyons Township High noted it again received the highest rating of "exemplary" from the state. About a quarter of schools fall into this category.
"This is a testament to our commitment to our 5-year Strategic Plan and the continued progress we are making towards our goals," Superintendent Brian Waterman said in the release. "I think this is an encouraging example of progress as we look to the current process of creating our 2027- 2032 Strategic Plan."
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