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Plainfield South High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

7800 Caton Farm Rd

Plainfield IL, 60586, Will County

Phone: 815-439-5555

Ranking:

(360 out of 666, bottom 46%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Plainfield School District 202

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	129		190		132		132		140		145		120
Total Students:	2,546		2,461		2,439		2,439		2,411		2,368		2,285
Grade 9:	660	25.9%	651	26.5%	640	26.2%	662	27.1%	629	26.1%	620	26.2%	669	29.3%
Grade 10:	658	25.8%	616	25.0%	652	26.7%	749	30.7%	722	29.9%	782	33.0%	581	25.4%
Grade 11:	611	24.0%	639	26.0%	696	28.5%	438	18.0%	496	20.6%	449	19.0%	534	23.4%
Grade 12:	617	24.2%	555	22.6%	451	18.5%	590	24.2%	564	23.4%	517	21.8%	501	21.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	1,310	51.5%	1,297	52.7%	1,297	53.2%	1,270	52.1%	1,200	49.8%	1,113	47.0%	1,106	48.4%
Female:	1,236	48.5%	1,164	47.3%	1,142	46.8%	1,169	47.9%	1,117	46.3%	1,166	49.2%	1,105	48.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	10	0.4%	5	0.2%	2	0.1%	7	0.3%	1	0.0%	2	0.1%	5	0.2%
Asian:	92	3.6%	71	2.9%	68	2.8%	56	2.3%	47	1.9%	56	2.4%	57	2.5%
Hispanic:	692	27.2%	676	27.5%	661	27.1%	679	27.8%	588	24.4%	564	23.8%	551	24.1%
Black:	232	9.1%	230	9.3%	230	9.4%	228	9.3%	231	9.6%	244	10.3%	239	10.5%
White:	1,454	57.1%	1,411	57.3%	1,406	57.6%	1,392	57.1%	1,458	60.5%	1,421	60.0%	1,363	59.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	2	0.1%	1	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	65	2.6%	67	2.7%	70	2.9%	76	3.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	482	18.9%	480	19.5%	179	7.3%	484	19.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	151	5.9%	82	3.3%	405	16.6%	108	4.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.81		12.98		18.52		18.48		17.28		16.30		19.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSAE
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.3%	54.1%	N/A
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.4%	49.4%	N/A
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.0%	47.4%	N/A
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.3%	47.1%	N/A
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	36.4%	43.4%	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.1%	51.1%	N/A
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.6%	64.7%	N/A
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.4%	65.0%	N/A
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	56.5%	N/A
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.5%	53.0%	N/A
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.1%	57.0%	N/A
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.4%	57.0%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.0%	54.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.0%	56.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	49.5%	53.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42.7%	46.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	51.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.0%	67.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.5%	62.4%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.0%	53.9%	N/A
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	40.5%	48.5%	N/A
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.7%	60.5%	N/A
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.7%	50.9%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.2%	50.3%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.8%	49.5%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	43.5%	46.4%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	42.0%	46.0%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.1%	50.2%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56.5%	60.7%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	61.5%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.9%	51.6%	N/A
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.9%	51.6%	N/A
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.4%	52.4%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Plainfield South High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.