Lincoln Way CHSD 210

The three high schools in Lincoln Way CHSD 210 serve grades 9–12 and enroll between 1,991 and 2,696 students. In the latest results, their average proficiency was 76% in ELA, 62% in mathematics, and 68% in science; those averages exceeded state averages by 21, 23, and 21 percentage points, respectively. Most importantly, all three schools scored above the state in every one of the nine latest subject-and-grade comparisons.

Lincoln-Way East High School stands out overall, leading five of the nine comparisons, including all three grade 9 subjects. Its grade 9 math result was 76%, 12 points above the average of the other two schools; its 74% in grade 9 science was 18 points above Lincoln Way West’s 56%, the widest school-to-school gap. West leads grade 10 ELA and math, at 76% and 56%, and Lincoln-Way Central High School leads grade 11 science at 73%. West has the lowest result in six comparisons, but even its lowest result is 9 points above the state. Central and West also share the highest graduation rate, 98%, compared with East’s 96%.

Results changed only modestly overall from the prior year, but school and grade-level patterns varied: East’s grade 9 math rose 18 points while its grade 10 math fell 9; West’s grade 10 ELA rose 7 while its grade 9 science fell 11; and Central’s grade 9 math rose 10 while its grade 10 ELA fell 6. SchoolDigger ranks all three in the state’s top tenth: East is 34th of 620, Central 46th, and West 61st. East has the largest enrollment and highest reported student–teacher ratio, 18.1, while Central has the smallest enrollment and lowest ratio, 15.1. Free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 7.3% at East, 8.1% at Central, and 8.3% at West (sy 2021–2022). Year-to-year test comparisons reflect different student groups, not individual student progress.