Academics
Waubonsie Valley has provided exemplary academic performance since its opening. Currently it is one of the few Illinois schools to be given a ranking of 9/10 by GreatSchools. In addition, in 2009, Waubonsie Valley was included in Newsweek magazine's 1,500 Top U.S. High Schools in the Nation. Newsweek's list is a national ranking based on a formula that divides the number of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests taken by students into the number of graduating seniors from approximately 27,000 of the nation's public high schools. According to Newsweek, this measurement places Waubonsie Valley in the top 6 percent of schools in the country. This is the third year in a row for Waubonsie Valley. In 2010, Waubonsie Valley had an average composite ACT score of 23.0, and graduated 95.9% of its senior class. However, since all the demographics in Waubonsie Valley have not made equal progress, the school has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Students at Waubonsie Valley have the opportunity to participate in the High School Human Genome Project run for several years by Elaine Modine. Waubonsie Valley is currently the only school in the state of Illinois contributing to this historic project. Elaine Modine also has received the Ron Mardigian Biotechnology Teaching Award through Bio-Rad Laboratories in 2010. The award honors a secondary school teacher or undergraduate college biology instructor who effectively integrates biotechnology into his or her curriculum. Mrs. Modine was the only 7-12 Science teacher in Illinois to receive the Presidential Award of Excellence in Science Teaching in 2001.
The average class size is 22.9. It has 1,886 teachers with an average teaching experience of 12.4 years.
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