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Joliet West High School

Q: Is Joliet West High School a good school?

Joliet West High School ranks 412 th of 698 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

412^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 698 Illinois High Schools

Better than 41% of Illinois high schools

Summary

Joliet West High School is a public high school in Joliet, Illinois, serving 3,436 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Joliet Township High School District 204, which is ranked 693 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Joliet West High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois high schools, with a SchoolDigger rating fluctuating between 2 and 3 stars out of 5, indicating below-average performance compared to other schools in the state. The school performs relatively better for African American and White students, but struggles with Asian, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students, as well as low-income and disabled students. Academically, Joliet West High School's proficiency rates on standardized tests are consistently below the state and district averages across all subjects and grade levels. The school's four-year graduation rate is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate is higher than the state average. Additionally, Joliet West High School has a very high chronic absenteeism rate, significantly higher than the state average.

Compared to nearby schools, Joliet West High School performs significantly worse than Lockport Township High School East, which is ranked much higher and has higher academic achievement, graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism. However, Joliet West High School performs slightly better than its district counterpart, Joliet Central High School, which is ranked even lower and has lower academic performance across the board. The high percentage of students from low-income families at Joliet West High School likely contributes to the school's challenges, despite the relatively high per-student spending.

3,451

Students ?

20.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,892

Per pupil spending ?

59.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

401 N Larkin Ave
Joliet, IL 60435-6606

(815) 727-6940

District: Joliet Township HSD 204

Feeder schools for Joliet West High School:

Elementary:	Carl Sandburg Elementary
	Forest Park Individual Educational School
	Lynne Thigpen Elementary School
	Rockdale Elementary School
	More...
	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
	Troy Craughwell School
	Troy Cronin Elementary School
	Troy Heritage Trail School
	Troy Hofer Elementary School
Middle:	Hufford Junior High School
	Orenic Intermediate School
	Troy Middle School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

47.2%

White:

25.2%

African American:

21.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 56th percentile in 2019 → 41st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Illinois average (38% vs 48% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (46% vs 25% Illinois)

!Ranking has slipped from its 56th-percentile peak (2019) to 41st (2025)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school38%

District avg33%

Illinois avg48%

412^th of 698

Illinois public high schools ?

Bottom 41%▲ up 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 32% (2015) to bottom 41% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2High Schools in the Joliet Township HSD 204

693^rd of 811Joliet Township HSD 204 among Illinois districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	42.7	412 of 698	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.9	345 of 697	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.4	389 of 699	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	48.7	361 of 699	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	49.0	306 of 688	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	52.6	305 of 701	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	43.6	375 of 647	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2017	49.4	321 of 642	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2016	31.9	449 of 643	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2015	31.2	420 of 614	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2014	46.1	401 of 670	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2013	35.4	474 of 670	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	40.7	459 of 665	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2011	42.2	425 of 655	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2010	63.4	254 of 643	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2009	31.3	478 of 632	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	42.9	416 of 624	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2007	46.7	370 of 612	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2006	30.3	465 of 596	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	35.7	454 of 590	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	30.5	465 of 592	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	37.1	442 of 586	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	48.7	137 of 323	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	43.3	126 of 299	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.1	124 of 301	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	64.3	69 of 294	76.5%	★★★★☆
2021	41.4	130 of 281	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	53.2	102 of 299	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	47.3	104 of 253	58.9%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	36.8	113 of 148	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	78.5	34 of 137	75.2%	★★★★☆
2023	18.7	112 of 134	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	70.5	40 of 141	71.6%	★★★★☆
2019	31.7	97 of 130	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	36.3	286 of 491	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.4	217 of 429	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.8	228 of 428	46.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	31.4	206 of 284	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	52.0	76 of 248	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	34.5	140 of 217	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	52.0	65 of 205	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	55.6	43 of 189	77.2%	★★★★☆
2019	42.6	83 of 183	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	32.9	102 of 151	32.5%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	43.6	396 of 685	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	52.5	271 of 664	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	45.0	358 of 656	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	52.1	297 of 658	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	48.5	303 of 639	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	55.0	276 of 665	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.6	371 of 620	40.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	41.0	208 of 366	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.7	183 of 336	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.9	175 of 333	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.2	169 of 335	49.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	45.0	139 of 317	56.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	49.3	135 of 317	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.8	162 of 291	44.3%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	57.8	41 of 138	70.3%	★★★★☆
2024	44.8	55 of 125	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	28.1	55 of 104	47.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	78.7	14 of 98	85.7%	★★★★☆
2021	14.8	20 of 24	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	50.5	33 of 91	63.7%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	43.3	394 of 672	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.9	326 of 639	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.3	352 of 644	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	49.1	286 of 626	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	46.3	278 of 611	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.7	287 of 639	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.1	321 of 585	45.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	39.8	421 of 685	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.3	391 of 668	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.7	383 of 668	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.1	370 of 664	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	46.2	320 of 653	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.1	328 of 675	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	43.4	361 of 619	41.7%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	35.5	130 of 211	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.4	82 of 182	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	25.3	113 of 163	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.3	107 of 170	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	41.1	89 of 160	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.8	107 of 165	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.6	88 of 154	42.9%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	46.5	204 of 527	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.5	151 of 482	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.5	173 of 476	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.5	212 of 493	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	31.3	267 of 453	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.8	244 of 473	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.4	206 of 374	44.9%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	62.3	177 of 564	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.6	163 of 554	70.6%	★★★★☆
2023	62.5	182 of 557	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	58.4	195 of 560	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	62.2	174 of 553	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	68.2	148 of 552	73.2%	★★★★☆
2018	58.7	186 of 548	66.1%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)70th percentile+29 vs school

White (2025)69th percentile+28 vs school

Special Education (2025)61st percentile+20 vs school

African American (2025)58th percentile+17 vs school

Hispanic (2025)43rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)42nd percentile~ school

Disabled (2025)42nd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)41st percentile~ school

Male (2025)39th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)38th percentile-3 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)27th percentile-14 vs school

Asian (2025)24th percentile-17 vs school

By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?

Science38%-10 vs state

English Language Arts38%-13 vs state

Mathematics28%-11 vs state

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by a student
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Heavily gang populated. I got in several altercations in my first WEEK of learning there.
Teaching staff was great in my opinion, they tried their hardest to help the students who actually wanted to learn. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2025)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2025)		PreACT Secure Science (2025)		ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Meningococcal (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 9th Grade	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 10th Grade	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Joliet West High School	Public	9-12	401 N Larkin Ave	Joliet	60435	Will County	Joliet Township HSD 204	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 727-6940	3,451	168	20.5	59.5%	869 (25.2%)	750 (21.7%)	1,630 (47.2%)	52 (1.5%)	4 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	145 (4.2%)	42.7	412^th of 698 public high schools	41.0%		45.9	345^th of 697 public high schools	50.5%	67	51.6	47.4	25.1	23.8	42.8	41.9	38.3	28.1	38.5	95.6	95.6	95.6	95.6	95.6	95.2	95.6	95.6	$16,892	$914	$15,978
Will County Detention Center 9-12	Public	9-12	3200 McDonough St	Joliet	60431	Will County	Joliet Township HSD 204	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 773-7233	0	2	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Joliet Central High School	Public	9-12	201 E Jefferson St	Joliet	60432	Will County	Joliet Township HSD 204	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 727-6740	3,295	181	18.2	77.7%	343 (10.4%)	480 (14.6%)	2,394 (72.7%)	5 (0.2%)	8 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (2.0%)	25.2	533^rd of 698 public high schools	23.6%		22.6	519^th of 697 public high schools	25.5%	14	42.8	35.7	17.1	16.6	33.2	34.4	28.0	18.5	27.2	99.0	99.1	99.1	99.1	98.5	98.8	99.1	97.2	$18,561	$931	$17,630
Pathways Academy	Public	9-12	110 Collins St	Joliet	60432	Will County	Joliet Township HSD 204	No	(n/a)	No	No	(815) 727-6810	0	6	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Lincoln School RSSP	Public	6-12	960 Royce Ave	Joliet	60432	Will County	Will ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 774-8900	0	6	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Lincoln School TAOEP	Public	6-12	960 Royce Ave	Joliet	60432	Will County	Will ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 774-8900	0	1	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Lincoln School ALOP	Public	6-12	960 Royce Ave	Joliet	60432	Will County	Will ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 774-8900	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
ROE 56 ALOP Success Program	Public	9-12	960 Royce Ave	Joliet	60432	Will County	Will ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 462-5400	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Wilco Area Career Center	Public	10-12	500 Wilco Blvd	Romeoville	60446	Will County	Will ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 838-6941	0	25	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Lockport Township High School East	Public	9-12	1333 E 7th St	Lockport	60441	Will County	Lockport Township HSD 205	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 588-8300	3,678	224	16.4		2,354 (64.0%)	224 (6.1%)	891 (24.2%)	66 (1.8%)	4 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	137 (3.7%)	76.2	133^rd of 698 public high schools	80.9%		82.6	104^th of 697 public high schools	85.1%	29	69.7	60.9	48.9	41.6	55.0	50.9	57.9	51.9	57.6	98.1	98.1	98.1	98.1	98.4	98.1	98.5	96.7	$19,395	$614	$18,780

Frequently Asked Questions about Joliet West High School

Is Joliet West High School a good school?

Joliet West High School ranks 412^th of 698 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Joliet West High School in?

Joliet Township HSD 204

What is the racial makeup of Joliet West High School?

Students at Joliet West High School are 47% Hispanic, 25% White, 22% African American, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What schools feed into Joliet West High School?

Joliet West High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Carl Sandburg Elementary
Elementary : Forest Park Individual Educational School
Elementary : Lynne Thigpen Elementary School
Elementary : Rockdale Elementary School
Elementary : Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Elementary : Troy Craughwell School
Elementary : Troy Cronin Elementary School
Elementary : Troy Heritage Trail School
Elementary : Troy Hofer Elementary School
Middle : Hufford Junior High School
Middle : Orenic Intermediate School
Middle : Troy Middle School

How many students attend Joliet West High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 3,451 students attended Joliet West High School.

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