SNAPSHOT 2014

Community High School District 94

Community High School

District 94

SNAPSHOT 2014

SNAPSHOT 2014 is a Report designed to quickly and easily provide a perspective of District 94 at one point in time. It is designed to:

- Provide data about the District

- Suggest trends over time

- Enhance communication

- Provide future direction

- Be user friendly

- Identify where improvement can be pursued

- Be updated annually.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

SNAPSHOT 2014 provides extensive data from which observations about the District can be drawn. They include the following:

Student Data

• More than half of the students participated in athletics or activities. (Page 4)

• The drop-out rate for Community High School is well below the State average. (Page 5)

• The percentage of low income students is substantially below the State average. (Page 6)

• At Community High School the number of limited English proficient students is less than the State average and represents the largest percentage of the student population for any school in DuPage County. (Page/s 8-9)

• The attendance rate at Community High School is right in line with the State average and in the upper half of schools in DuPage County. (Page/s 10-11)

• Grade distributions have fluctuated very little over the last six years. (Page 16)

• The graduation rate at Community High School consistently averages higher than the State and falls in the upper third of schools in DuPage County. (Page/s 20-21)

• At the end of the 2013-14 school year, 69% of graduates planned on attending college. (Page 22)

• Parent attendance at Parent-Teacher Conferences is notably higher in the fall than in the spring. (Page/s 23-24)

Student Achievement

• There has been little change in the ACT scores over the past five years. (Page/s 25-29)

• Caucasian students have exceeded State reading standards on the PSAE whereas Hispanic students have been considerably below State results. (Page 30)

• On average, Caucasian students have exceeded State math standards on the PSAE; however, Hispanic students have fallen below it. (Page 31)

• Students are zoned by test results for instructional purposes during the subsequent year. (Page/s 34-35)

• The percentage of certified staff with a Doctorate degree has grown in the last Twelve years. (Page 36)

• The average age of certified-teaching staff has hovered around 40 years for the last five years. (Page 37)

• The average years of experience for certified staff has decreased slightly from 2009 to 2014. (Page 38)

• The percentage of first year teachers at Community High School has been declining every year since 2009. (Page 39)

• Slightly under 9% of certified staff are residents of West Chicago. (Page 40)

• The ethnic composition of certified staff is about 91.97% Caucasian, 7.41% Hispanic and .62% Asian. (Page 41)

• The staff attendance rate has remained steady around 95% over the last five years. (Page 42)

Staff Data

Support Staff

• The ethnic composition of support staff is about 62.64% Caucasian, 34.06%

Hispanic, 1.1% Asian and 2.2% African American. (Page 43)

• The average age of support staff has been a higher than 45 years over the last five

years. (Page 44)

• About 42% of support staff are West Chicago residents. (Page 45)

Financial Data

• Student fee receipts increased in 2012. They decreased in 2013 and then increased again in 2014. (Page 46)

• Fee distribution by type has remained consistent over the last 5 years. (Page 47)

Student Data

Enrollment Projection VS Actual

Year Method1 Method2 Method3Comb Proj Actual

01 1985 1971 1978 1978 1965

02 2154 2211 2182 2182 2139

03 2197 2306 2250 2251 2161

04 2202 2360 2279 2280 2182

05 2182 2367 2272 2274 2180

06 2153 2340 2343 2279 2165

07 2134 2325 2226 2228 2186

08 2088 2283 2183 2185 2163

09 2063 2280 2169 2171 2139

10 2201 2108 2117 2142 2183

11 2217 2241 2229 2229 2212

12 2132 2130 2131 2131 2176

13 2129 2151 2139 2140 2124

14 2032 2055 2044 2044 2012

15 2018 2023 2022 2021 1974

16 2045 2048 2050 2048

17 2078 2063 2173 2105

18 2123 2083 2103 2103

19 2145 2097 2122 2121

20 2158 2120 2139 2139

21 2173 2162 2166 2167

22 2132 2192 2159 2161

Analysis: There is a projected 3% enrollment decrease over the

next five years.

Note: Actual figures are obtained from the Fall Housing Report

which is collected by the State on September 30th each year.

Enrollment projections were done by Information Management

Systems in Rockford, Michigan. The projections graphed are a

combination of all three projection methods.

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AM IND ASIAN AFRAM HISP WHITE MULTI TOTAL FRL

FRSH 3 23 10 310 182 16 544 226

SOPH 1 14 13 279 164 12 483 223

JR 0 27 10 257 167 14 475 240

SR 1 17 11 213 216 17 475 204

TOTAL 5 81 44 1059 729 59 1977 906

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Comment: The drop-out rate for CHS is significantly below the State average every year. It is less than one-

half of the State average.

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A “drop-out” is defined

as any child whose

name has been

removed from the

District-housed roster

for any reason other

than death, extended

illness, graduation, or

completion of a

program of studies

and who has not

transferred to another

public or private

school. A “drop-out”

also includes any

student considered to

be transferring but for

whom a transcript

request was not

received. The

definition does not

include expulsions.

Low Income status is determined by income eligibility guidelines for free and reduced lunches. This information is

self-reported and collected from all families on an annual basis. Figures are calculated for the Fall Housing Report

and the School Report Card on the last school day of September using the total number of students who are

eligible for free lunch.

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Comments: State attendance rates include Elementary schools which typically have no part-time students

and do not take period attendance.

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FAIL

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Data collected from published State Report Cards on www.isbe.net

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Student

Achievement

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Comment: In summary, over the last 5 years the percentage of Caucasian students meeting standards

has exceeded the overall State percentage in reading. Over that time period, Hispanic students have been

below State averages.

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Comment: In summary, over the last 5 years the percentage of Caucasian students meeting standards has

exceeded the overall State percentage in math. Over that time period, Hispanic students have been below

State averages.

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ENG RDG MTH SCI CMP #TESTED8th Grade Explore 13.75 14.64 15.75 16.56 15.17 5179th Grade Plan 15.43 16.37 17.84 17.77 16.94 51510th Grade Retired ACT 15.19 16.48 17.75 17.32 16.69 52411th Grade ACT 18.57 20.10 20.15 19.92 19.79 469Total w/Scores All Years 367 367 367 367 367 367

TEST PROGRESSION – AVERAGE SCALE SCORES FOR THE CLASS OF 2014

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Staff Data

All data obtained from queries and SPSS analysis of Personnel files.

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Support

Staff

Financial Data

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