Washington Post ranks Glenbard schools among Most Challenging High Schools

All four Glenbard high schools once again have been named to the Washington Post's list of America's Most Challenging High Schools. Fewer than 10% of high schools nationally make the list. The list ranks schools through an index formula that uses the following ratio: the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given at a school each year, divided by the number of seniors who graduated that year.

In releasing the list, the Washington Post also notes the percentage of students who come from families that qualify for lunch subsidies and the percentage of graduates who passed at least one college-level test during their high school career, called equity and excellence.

Superintendent David Larson said, "We are excited about the growing number of students who are taking Advanced Placement courses and having success in these rigorous classes. Also, our work with Equal Opportunity Schools means that students who have been under-represented in AP classes will enroll in AP classes next fall. It's important to expose students to the rigor they'll see in college, and we need to give them a chance to achieve at a higher level. I am proud of our students for stretching themselves, and I'm confident they will do well after high school because of the preparation and support they receive from our faculty and staff and their families."

Out of approximately 682 public high schools and 146 nonpublic high schools in Illinois, 71 Illinois high schools were named to the Washington Post's list. The following is where Glenbard high schools appear in the 2016 Illinois ranking of high schools on the Washington Post's list:

• Glenbard West #11

• Glenbard South #29

• Glenbard East #49

• Glenbard North #54