News, Press Releases - Sunday, March 7, 2010 1:52 - 0 Comments

Across the suburbs, school districts are predicting deep deficits

Let’s be honest here.

Few move to the Chicago suburbs for the night life. They move here for the schools.

The evidence is clear.

On the 2009 Prairie State Achievement exam, the percentage of juniors in 66 high schools across Cook, DuPage, Kane, McHenry and Lake counties meeting or exceeding state standards crushed the state average in reading by 8.7 percentage points, and 12.8 points in math.

Graduation rates at Prospect, Stevenson and Naperville Central high schools, among others, are near 100 percent.

Want your first-grader to learn Japanese? Try Schaumburg District 54.

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