Oswego High School

Public 9-12

 4250 State Route 71
       Oswego, IL  60543-8341


(630) 636-2000

District: Cusd 308

SchoolDigger Rank:
238th of 699 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,651 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  16.2 Help
Number of students:  2,901

Racial breakdown:

White:
52.3%
Hispanic:
30.3%
African American:
10.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  30.2% Help


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Compare Details Oswego High School ranks better than 66% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 60.28. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Oswego High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (52.3%), Hispanic (30.3%), African American (10.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Oswego High School is 16.2. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Oswego High School is $13,651.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Oswego High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Oswego High School 238th of 699 Illinois public high schools. (See Oswego High School in the ranking list.)

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Cusd 308:

SchoolDigger ranks Cusd 308 297th of 823 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Oswego High School

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Rank History for all students at Oswego High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 58.64 267th 586 54.4%
2004 55.79 289th 592 51.2%
2005 65.05 213th 590 63.9%
2006 70.37 164th 596 72.5%
2007 67.98 197th 612 67.8%
2008 73.42 153rd 624 75.5%
2009 67.03 222nd 632 64.9%
2010 71.98 168th 643 73.9%
2011 69.52 220th 655 66.4%
2012 60.29 284th 665 57.3%
2013 68.47 221st 670 67.0%
2014 61.86 267th 670 60.1%
2015 77.83 96th 614 84.4%
2016 47.85 305th 643 52.6%
2017 77.94 111th 642 82.7%
2018 70.24 170th 647 73.7%
2019 71.66 155th 701 77.9%
2021 71.13 161st 688 76.6%
2022 71.24 163rd 699 76.7%
2023 60.28 238th 699 66.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Oswego High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.68 76th 154 50.6%
2019 59.40 68th 165 58.8%
2021 52.44 74th 160 53.8%
2022 63.37 58th 170 65.9%
2023 24.88 116th 163 28.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Oswego High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.39 66th 151 56.3%
2019 52.74 45th 183 75.4%
2021 32.79 86th 189 54.5%
2022 65.58 33rd 205 83.9%
2023 46.37 89th 217 59.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Oswego High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.38 77th 374 79.4%
2019 47.85 153rd 473 67.7%
2021 48.31 152nd 453 66.4%
2022 56.88 111th 493 77.5%
2023 49.46 166th 476 65.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Oswego High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.06 244th 585 58.3%
2019 55.60 237th 639 62.9%
2021 42.29 314th 611 48.6%
2022 54.21 246th 626 60.7%
2023 42.28 376th 644 41.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Oswego High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.45 186th 620 70.0%
2019 68.51 179th 665 73.1%
2021 70.25 163rd 639 74.5%
2022 75.14 136th 658 79.3%
2023 60.27 234th 656 64.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Oswego High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 54.40 126th 428 70.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Oswego High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.59 152nd 619 75.4%
2019 71.80 146th 675 78.4%
2021 68.06 168th 653 74.3%
2022 63.65 203rd 664 69.4%
2023 57.41 245th 668 63.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Oswego High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.45 96th 132 27.3%
2019 31.57 98th 130 24.6%
2021 30.42 103rd 135 23.7%
2022 22.43 116th 141 17.7%
2023 20.76 110th 134 17.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Oswego High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.64 75th 253 70.4%
2019 61.15 75th 299 74.9%
2021 64.15 56th 281 80.1%
2022 60.53 75th 294 74.5%
2023 52.72 106th 301 64.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Oswego High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.22 144th 291 50.5%
2019 52.31 122nd 317 61.5%
2021 44.22 144th 317 54.6%
2022 57.57 110th 335 67.2%
2023 42.13 171st 333 48.6%
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Rank History for White students at Oswego High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.06 137th 548 75.0%
2019 69.66 136th 552 75.4%
2021 70.78 129th 553 76.7%
2022 71.39 130th 560 76.8%
2023 65.32 167th 557 70.0%
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by a parent
Monday, March 28, 2011

Open Quote I COULDN'T GIVE THIS SCHOOL A WORSE RATING! They do not care about the students..
My son went from being on the honor roll 6-8th grade to slowly dropping throughout high school, with his having no interest his last semester of high school.
I tried contacting the teachers directly, I asked one of them what was going on and if she could meet with him before or after school to see if she could help him... Her response "That's not in my job description"... I called the counselor for a couple reasons #1 he wanted to go to a certain college, supposedly they had gone over this during career week, but when I sat down with my son, he was missing 2 classes that he needed to take before they would except him. He had all electives his last semester as a senior and there was no reason he couldn't have taken those classes except his counselor missed that and told him he didn't require anything else(It was only listed right on the college websight). Then by not returning my calls for months, it was to late by the time we were finally able to speak. #2 I asked her if she could see why he was losing interest.. ALL IN ALL ... NO RETURN CALLS AFTER 5 VOICEMAILS OVER A 3 MONTHS PERIOD!! I finally had to call the dean twice before she returned my call! When she did call (3 months later in Feb) she told me she talked to him about his college in October but told him maybe a community college would be a better move for a few years. If she would have contacted me in a timely manner we would have had the time to switch his classes so that he had the 2 required for college his last semester and he would have had that choice but she had no interest... I asked if she had time to meet with him or had meet with him considering they had watched his grades move from A's and B's to a C average. She told me she has more than my son at that school and she needs to focus on those that are qualifing for scholorships... She didn't have time to sit down and talk with him to see what maybe happening, why his grades were slipping and his lack of interest.. She told me "that's the parents job not her's" (I thought that was the job of a counselor? I didn't think the counselor sole job was to help a select few apply for scholorships!) , as I told her I had tried to speak with him which is why I was asking for her help! Sometimes a teen wants someone other than a parent to speak with.. Maybe he had an issue that he didn't feel comfortable speak with me about... She had no interest...

All in all the staff goes through the motions ONLY! Their interest is in bring home a paycheck and getting their raises.. They have no interest in the kids or teaching.. If the kids learn something while the teach is talking great if not oh well the teach read and followed the curriculum...

I COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A WORSE SCHOOL FOR MY SON!!
Now in Jr. College he can't wait to get out of Oswego with his friends. He agrees the High School was horrible, middle and grade schools where pretty good.
FYI now in college he's back as a A-B student and enjoying school again!

If your thinking of moving to Oswego with kids think again about the schools for your kids sake!!! Close Quote



Enrollment information for Oswego High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1208 9 14 19 3 n/a n/a 0 1253
1989 1180 14 13 43 4 n/a n/a 0 1254
1990 1166 10 9 42 3 n/a n/a 0 1230
1991 1121 6 11 46 4 n/a n/a 0 1188
1992 1084 12 14 55 3 n/a n/a 0 1168
1993 1118 13 15 64 2 n/a n/a 0 1212
1994 1156 22 18 81 0 n/a n/a 0 1277
1995 1376 11 14 95 4 n/a n/a 0 1500
1996 1376 11 14 95 4 n/a n/a 0 1500
1997 1354 22 13 105 4 n/a n/a 0 1498
1998 1418 27 14 118 4 n/a n/a 0 1581
1999 1446 28 22 130 4 n/a n/a 0 1630
2000 1475 35 23 144 7 n/a n/a 0 1684
2001 1583 41 31 166 11 n/a n/a 0 1832
2002 1777 116 57 234 12 n/a n/a 0 2196
2003 1777 116 57 234 12 n/a n/a 0 2196
2004 1879 163 79 314 15 n/a n/a 0 2450
2005 1531 132 57 264 14 n/a n/a 1 1999
2006 1443 124 41 243 8 n/a n/a 5 1864
2007 1244 75 18 197 10 n/a n/a 12 1556
2008 1215 95 22 208 8 n/a n/a 13 1561
2009 1296 106 28 220 4 n/a n/a 21 1675
2010 1425 130 37 293 9 n/a n/a 43 1937
2011 1516 147 40 365 7 0 51 0 2126
2012 1637 144 47 469 7 0 53 0 2357
2013 1647 154 63 505 8 0 74 0 2451
2014 1703 168 71 528 5 0 84 0 2559
2015 1701 157 80 459 37 6 163 0 2603
2016 1739 195 83 510 21 1 129 0 2678
2017 1752 203 74 535 12 0 153 0 2729
2018 1739 222 71 563 8 0 170 0 2773
2019 1707 236 82 596 4 0 176 0 2801
2020 1682 243 84 657 4 1 177 0 2848
2021 1643 252 86 752 4 1 152 0 2890
2022 1566 275 79 857 1 2 133 0 2913
2023 1517 298 84 878 4 2 115 3 2901

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Oswego High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1253 67.9 18.4 n/a
1989 1254 67.0 18.7 n/a
1990 1230 68.5 17.9 n/a
1991 1188 68.3 17.3 n/a
1992 1168 65.8 17.7 n/a
1993 1212 66.5 18.2 n/a
1994 1277 69.0 18.5 n/a
1995 1500 77.0 19.5 n/a
1996 1500 77.0 19.5 n/a
1997 1498 78.0 19.2 n/a
1998 1581 80.0 19.8 n/a
1999 1630 87.7 18.6 n/a
2000 1684 92.0 18.3 n/a
2001 1832 100.7 18.2 n/a
2002 2196 120.3 18.3 5.6
2003 2196 120.3 18.3 5.6
2004 2450 124.3 19.7 8.7
2005 1999 113.9 17.6 8.7
2006 1864 107.4 17.4 8.8
2007 1556 96.0 16.2 11.3
2008 1561 86.0 18.2 15.3
2009 1675 94.4 17.7 14.1
2010 1937 101.3 19.1 19.3
2011 2126 106.7 19.9 21.4
2012 2357 117.7 20.0 21.1
2013 2451 180.8 13.5 25.8
2014 2559 134.7 18.9 25.2
2015 2603 140.0 18.5 26.4
2016 2678 151.0 17.7 20.1
2017 2729 167.9 16.2 18.9
2018 2773 169.8 16.3 23.1
2019 2801 169.0 16.5 25.3
2020 2848 168.2 16.9 22.5
2021 2890 n/a n/a n/a
2022 2913 167.6 17.3 25.4
2023 2901 178.2 16.2 30.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Oswego High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1253 67.9 18.4 n/a
1989 1254 67.0 18.7 n/a
1990 1230 68.5 17.9 n/a
1991 1188 68.3 17.3 n/a
1992 1168 65.8 17.7 n/a
1993 1212 66.5 18.2 n/a
1994 1277 69.0 18.5 n/a
1995 1500 77.0 19.5 n/a
1996 1500 77.0 19.5 n/a
1997 1498 78.0 19.2 n/a
1998 1581 80.0 19.8 n/a
1999 1630 87.7 18.6 n/a
2000 1684 92.0 18.3 n/a
2001 1832 100.7 18.2 n/a
2002 2196 120.3 18.3 5.6
2003 2196 120.3 18.3 5.6
2004 2450 124.3 19.7 8.7
2005 1999 113.9 17.6 8.7
2006 1864 107.4 17.4 8.8
2007 1556 96.0 16.2 11.3
2008 1561 86.0 18.2 15.3
2009 1675 94.4 17.7 14.1
2010 1937 101.3 19.1 19.3
2011 2126 106.7 19.9 21.4
2012 2357 117.7 20.0 21.1
2013 2451 180.8 13.5 25.8
2014 2559 134.7 18.9 25.2
2015 2603 140.0 18.5 26.4
2016 2678 151.0 17.7 20.1
2017 2729 167.9 16.2 18.9
2018 2773 169.8 16.3 23.1
2019 2801 169.0 16.5 25.3
2020 2848 168.2 16.9 22.5
2021 2890 n/a n/a n/a
2022 2913 167.6 17.3 25.4
2023 2901 178.2 16.2 30.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Immunization Rates

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaMeningococcalDTP
201697.2%97.3%97.4%97.4%97.3%97.0%21.4%
201798.6%98.7%98.7%98.7%98.8%98.4%23.6%98.6%
201898.6%98.4%98.4%98.4%98.8%98.3%24.5%98.1%
201998.5%98.4%98.4%98.4%98.5%97.9%48.9%98.4%
202197.1%97.5%97.6%97.6%96.8%94.8%90.5%98.6%
202296.8%97.6%97.7%97.7%96.5%95.5%95.1%98.5%
202398.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Oswego High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $408 (3.3%) $12,016 (96.7%) $12,424
2020 $184 (1.6%) $11,604 (98.4%) $11,788
2021 $279 (2.3%) $11,959 (97.7%) $12,238
2022 $279 (2.3%) $11,959 (97.7%) $12,238
2023 $700 (5.1%) $12,950 (94.9%) $13,651

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Oswego High School

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 155th of 701 High schoolsRanks 238th of 699 High schools
 11.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Mathematics (Oswego High School)41.424.1
 17.3%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Cusd 308)4130.2
 10.8%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)34.826.7
 8.1%
11th Grade English Language Arts (Oswego High School)4231.2
 10.8%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Cusd 308)42.337.1
 5.2%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.731.6
 5.1%
End of Course Science (Oswego High School)35.249.1
 13.9%
   End of Course Science (Cusd 308)40.255.7
 15.5%
   End of Course Science (Illinois)36.452.2
 15.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students28012901
 3.6%
African American236298
 26.3%
American Indian44
Asian8284
 2.4%
Hispanic596878
 47.3%
Pacific Islander02
White17071517
 11.1%
Two or More Races176115
 34.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients25.3%30.2%
 4.9%


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Students at Oswego High School are 52% White, 30% Hispanic, 10% African American, 4% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,901 students attended Oswego High School.

Oswego High School ranks 238th of 699 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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