Wheaton Warrenville South High School - Wheaton, Illinois/IL

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Wheaton Warrenville South High School

1993 Tiger Trail Rd, Wheaton, IL, 60187-7896 -

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Definition of Terms

Wheaton Warrenville South High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Dupage County, IL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2423 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

134 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 604 students

Grade 10 - 643 students

Grade 11 - 617 students

Grade 12 - 559 students

This School

( IL ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:18

1:17

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( IL ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	4%	3%
% Hispanic	7%	16%
% Black	4%	21%
% White	85%	56%

Additional Student Information

This School

( IL ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

39%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

( IL ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Community Unit 200 School District

This School's Agency

( IL ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	20	3
Number of Students Managed	14,076 students	907 students
District Total Revenue	$143,109,000	$8,184,000
District Expenditure	$180,558,000	$8,197,000
District Revenue / Student	$10,167	$7,864
District Expenditure / Student	$12,827	$9,159
District Graduation Rates	89%	70%

Wheaton Warrenville South High School, or WWSHS, and locally referred to as "South", is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Butterfield Road and Wiesbrook Road in the southwest corner of affluent Wheaton, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Community Unit School District 200, which also includes Wheaton North High School.
History: The building was originally completed in 1973 as Wheaton-Warrenville High school, to serve the growing populations in Warrenville and southern Wheaton. Ten years after its completion, the building was converted into Wheaton-Warrenville Middle School after contentious litigation whereby a collection of parents associated with Wheaton Warrenville south attempted to secede from District 200. Among other issues, parents attempting to secede were concerned about proposed district boundaries where students on the south side of town would be asked to drive past Wheaton Central on their way to attend Wheaton North. The litigation failed. In 1992, Wheaton Central High School campus closed and the building re-opened itself as a high school, establishing Wheaton Warrenville South High School. However, district 200 elected to retain the Tiger mascot in lieu of the green and gold Wolverine that Wheaton Warrenville High School had used.
The building is comprised of five major pods: Grange, completed in 2005, and Tradition, Scholarship, Commitment, and Integrity, which are taken from the school seal.
In 1999, the Integrity wing was built in the southeast corner of the school to house the math department. It includes eleven new classrooms, a math lab, and a math office.
In 2002, The Tradition and Commitment pods, primarily housing the English and Science departments, respectively, underwent significant renovations with reconstruction of all second floor classrooms. More than $100,000 worth of technology was also upgraded in 2002, with all classrooms receiving at least one new Dell XP computer connecting to a new broadband internet access connection, Cable TV, accompanying DVD/VCR combo player. The computer labs were also updated and several carts of wireless internet laptops were added.
Wheaton Warrenville South installed solar panels on the roof of the school as an alternative energy source as part of a 2004 partnership with British Petroleum. BP's North American Chemical headquarters is located approximately two miles south of the school in Naperville. The remaining energy comes from Commonwealth Edison, which primarily produces energy from nuclear and fossil fuel sources.
On April 1, 2003, residents of Community Unit School District 200 approved, by a vote of 10,173 to 6,518, a $72 million bond referendum to add about 150,000 square feet of space and renovate both Wheaton Warrenville South, and its counterpart, Wheaton North.
The first phase of construction began in August 2003 and was completed in March 2005 and included 21 new classrooms with two resource centers to house the English and Foreign Language departments, two art rooms, a band room, an orchestra room, a choral room, and nine sound-proof practice rooms. In addition, the central office area was reconverted for the counseling center and the health office, while all other administrative offices were moved to the front of the building. A new commons area was constructed and the cafeteria underwent significant renovations.
The second phase began in spring 2005 and was completed by May 2006 and consisted primarily of renovations to the athletics wing and the construction of the field house. The library will undergo significant renovations in the summer of 2006.
On June 7, 2005, Herman Calloway, Sr, a construction worker for Hamilton Construction (contracted by Bovis Lend Lease), was killed while working on the construction of the field house, when the fifteen-foot deep trench he was in caved-in, causing traumatic head, neck and chest injuries. His son, Herman Calloway, Jr. was also injured in the collapse.
Academics: In 2005, Wheaton Warrenville South had an average composite ACT score of 22.6, with two seniors earning a perfect ACT score, and ten students named National Merit Scholar Semifinalists. In 2005, Wheaton Warrenville South graduated 100% of its senior class. For the past three years, Wheaton Warrenville South has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Students are required to successfully complete twenty-four credits, each course at .5 credit.
Athletics: Wheaton Warrenville South has several sports teams. Wheaton Warrenville South's sports consist of:
Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Dance, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, Wrestling.
The school also offers the following as club sports:
Ultimate, Hockey.
Activities: Chess, Drama, Fencing, French Honor Society, Gay-straight alliance, German Honor Society, Jazz Ensemble, Key Club, Latino Club, Math team, National Art Honor Society, National Honor Society, Newspaper, The Pride, Pep Band, Prodigy Dance team, SADD, Scholastic Bowl, Show Choir, Speech, Student Government, Tech crew, Those Guys, male acappella ensemble, Marching Band, Ultimate, Verterra, environment club, Writing Club, Yearbook, Youth and Government.
Notable alumni:
Wheaton High School (1876-1925): C. Wayland Brooks, 1916, U.S. Senator.
Harold "Red" Grange, 1922, professional football player.
Edwin Hubble, 1906, astronomer.
Wheaton Community High School (1925-1964): Dennis Dugan, 1964, actor.
Rick Goings, 1963, Chairman and CEO of Tupperware.
William Rathje, 1963, "Professor of Garbology" at University of Arizona.
Grote Reber, 1929, inventor of the radio telescope.
Sam Skinner, 1956, former Secretary of Transportation.
Jim Sutorius, 1963, actor.
Orrin Tucker, 1929, band leader.
Bob Woodward, 1961, reporter.
John Wright, 1964, professional football player.
Wheaton Central High School (1964-1992): Robert Beck, 1979, News Director of Wyoming Public Radio.
Jim Belushi, 1972, actor.
John Belushi, 1967, actor.
Ron Magruder, 1965, President of Olive Garden Restaurants.
Frank Whittaker Jr., 1974, News Chief of NBC Chicago-affiliate WMAQ.
Wheaton Warrenville South High School (1992-Present): Jeff Fowler, 1996, Oscar-nominated writer-director for 2004 independent film Gopher Broke.
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About This Zip Code (60187)

School Zip (60187)

(IL) State Average

Population (Approximate)

61,481 people

12,207,380 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

63%

24%

Population Average Age

36 years old

34.7 years old

Average Household size

2.7 persons

2.6 persons

Median Household Income

$75,242

$46,560

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

6.6 rooms

5.4 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

35 years old

49 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

76% / 24%

63% / 37%

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