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West Aurora High School

PublicHighGrades 9–12

1201 W New York St, Aurora, IL 60506 · (630) 301-5600 · Part of Aurora West Unit School District 129

Aurora Township’s School Grade C better than 32% of Illinois school districts

Directions
Students
3,641
Students per teacher
16:1
Free or reduced lunch
50%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about West Aurora High School

  • Its own letter, B−: better results than 48% of Illinois’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 7 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 8 pts below the state

On the path

Where Aurora Township kids come from and go next. The whole path →

6–86 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12West Aurora High SchoolYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency19%
State average 25.9%
Reading / language arts23%
State average 30.7%

Its own letter, B−, places these results among Illinois’s 3,406 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

1201 W New York St, Aurora

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 71
Grade 81
Grade 9994
Grade 10867
Grade 11842
Grade 12936
Enrollment over time
3,731’20
3,877’21
3,818’22
3,655’23
3,641’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 65%White 19%Black 11%Two or more races 3%Asian 3%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about West Aurora High School from Aurora Township families.

Other schools in Aurora West Unit School District 129

The district →
Freeman Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aurora
C+
529 students18:1
Greenman Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aurora
C
528 students13:1
McCleery Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aurora
C
513 students13:1
Hall Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aurora
C−
512 students17:1
Hill Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aurora
D
511 students14:1
West Aurora Learning Center/ELA
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Aurora
505 students32:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Illinois’s other public schools; Aurora Township’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.