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Wheaton North High School

One Falcon Way, Wheaton, IL, 60187-3189 -

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Definition of Terms

Wheaton North High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Dupage County, IL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2239 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

129 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 584 students

Grade 10 - 611 students

Grade 11 - 489 students

Grade 12 - 555 students

This School

( IL ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:17

1:17

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( IL ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	4%	3%
% Hispanic	7%	21%
% Black	6%	22%
% White	82%	49%
% Unknown	1 %	5%

Additional Student Information

This School

( IL ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

15%

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	915 students
District Total Revenue	$143,109,000	$8,184,000
District Expenditure	$180,558,000	$8,197,000
District Revenue / Student	$10,167	$9,431
District Expenditure / Student	$12,827	$8,331
District Graduation Rates	89%	91%

Wheaton North High School, or WNHS, and locally referred to as "North" is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Geneva Road and Gary Avenue in the northwest corner of Wheaton, Illinois, an affluent western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part Community Unit School District 200, which also includes Wheaton Warrenville South High School.
History: As demand for a second high school increased in the 1950's and 60s, Wheaton North High School split off from the original Wheaton Community High School. At this time Wheaton Community changed its name to Wheaton Central, which in 1992, again changed its name to become Wheaton Warrenville South and moved to its present location.
The building underwent significant renovations in the mid 1990s and 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 renovate and add onto both Wheaton North, and its counterpart, Wheaton Warrenville South. Construction began in the summer of 2003 with its first phase of the building of a field house. The second phase included renovations and additions to the building, which were completed in summer 2006.
Academics: In 2005, Wheaton North had an average composite ACT score of 23.1, and graduated 99.2% of its senior class. For the past three years, Wheaton North has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.
In the May 6, 2006 issue of Newsweek, Wheaton North was ranked 1,068 out of 1,200, placing it in the top 5 percent nationally. The rankings are determined by a Challenge Index, which includes the total number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge tests given at a school, divided by the number of seniors graduating that year.
On May 27, 2006, Wheaton North graduated 555 students from its senior class.
Students are required to successfully complete twenty-four credits, each course at .5 credit.
Athletics: Wheaton North has athletic teams which play in the DuPage Valley Conference. Wheaton North's mascot is the Falcons. They have a large rivalry with their southern counterpart, Wheaton Warrenville South. In 2003, Wheaton North, and Wheaton South, both became the first high schools in the DuPage Valley Conference, and among the first high schools in the nation, to convert their football fields to artificial field turf, at a cost of $550,000 per stadium. Recent athletic accomplishments include a 3rd place finish in state for both the boy's and girl's soccer teams in the 2005-2006 school year.
Girls Sports:
Fall: Cross Country, Golf, Volleyball, Tennis, Swimming.
Winter: Basketball, Gymnastics, Cheerleading.
Spring: Badminton, Track and Field, Soccer, Softball.
Boys Sports:
Fall: Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer.
Winter: Basketball, Swimming, Wrestling.
Spring: Baseball, Gymnastics, Tennis, Track. Volleyball.
Activities: The Wheaton North Scholastic Bowl team has won three consecutive state championships from 2001 to 2004. The school's speech team has also won several state titles in Individual Events and Performance in the Round competition.
Wheaton North also has language clubs, service activities, and various other activities typical of an American high school.
Typically, Wheaton North presents a fall drama, spring musical, and evening of one-act plays annually. This year, the school performed Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap (Fall Drama), Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls (Spring Musical), and three one-acts - Last Dress Rehearsal, Nobody Famous, and Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.
Wheaton North has 10 performing arts ensembles, including:
five choirs, two orchestras, two bands, one pep band.
Non auditioned choirs are Freshman Girl's chorus, and SATB Concert Choir.
Auditioned Choirs consist of Treble Choir, sophomore-senior women's ensemble that focuses on more Classical repertoire, Show Choir, a group that performs student choreographed routines to pop and Broadway repertoire, and Chamber Ensemble, which performs a capella material.
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.
Wheaton North High School (1964-present): Kent Graham, NFL quarterback, 1986 National High School Quarterback of the Year.
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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

33 years old

Average Household size

2.7 persons

2.6 persons

Median Household Income

$75,242

$46,557

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%

62% / 38%

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