LHS Earns 'Exemplary' Designation On ISBE School Report Card

LEMONT, IL — Lemont High School earned a designation of "Exemplary" on its 2024 Illinois School Report Card, the school shared. This marks the second straight year, and the fourth time since 2019, that Lemont High School has earned the top designation available from the Illinois State Board of Education.

Lemont High School's Class of 2025 ranked among the top 5 percent of public high schools in the state in Mathematics proficiency, and among the 10 percent in English Language Arts proficiency, according to the school. Its 1080 average composite SAT score ranked among the top three in the southwest suburbs.

According to data from the Illinois School Report Card, less than two percent of the state's high schools met each of Lemont High School's marks in 4-year graduation rate, English Language Arts proficiency, and Mathematics proficiency.

According to the news release, in order to earn the "Exemplary" designation, schools must meet each of the following criteria:

• Overall performance in the top 10 percent of all schools
• Must have no underperforming student groups at or below the “all students” group of the lowest-performing 5 percent of schools
• High schools must have a graduation rate higher than 67 percent

The indicators of school success that are measured for overall high school performance include:

• English Language Arts Proficiency
• Mathematics Proficiency
• Science Proficiency
• Graduation (composite 4-, 5- and 6-year graduation rate)
• English Language Learner Progress to Proficiency
• Chronic Absenteeism
• Climate Survey
• 9th Graders on track to Graduate