L-W East Earns Top 50 State Ranking in U.S. News' Best Schools List
Lincoln-Way East High School ranked 48th in Illinois, according to the magazine, second-best among Southland schools. The other high schools in the L-W district did not crack the list.
Lincoln-Way East High School was ranked 48th in the state in U.S. News & World Reports annual list of the best high schools in the country.
Its ranking earned the Frankfort high school a silver medal with the magazine, and it had the second-highest ranking in the south suburbs behind Homewood-Flossmor High School. L-W East also was ranked 1,214th in the country.
READ: Check Out News From L-W School District 210 in Patch's Local Voices Section
East students scored 77 percent in reading and math proficiency and earned a college readiness index of 27.7, according to the magazine's evaluation. Those scores are above state averages, according to the magazine.
The college readiness index calculates advanced placement and International Baccalaureate exam participation rates and percentages of students passing at least one exam. Of the 32 percent of students who took AP exams, 26 percent passed, according to the magazine. This index determine a school's medal award, and a score of 100 is the maximum index a school could receive.
The other schools in Lincoln-Way High School District 210—Central, North and West—did not crack the magazines state or national rankings.
Here are their evaluation scores for the L-W schools, according to the magazine:
| Reading Proficiency | Math Proficiency | College Readiness Index | |
| L-W East | 77% | 77% | 27.7 |
| L-W North | 69% | 67% | 24.2 |
| L-W Central | 70% | 70% | 24.4 |
| L-W West | 70% | 73% | N/A |
Read the U.S. News breakdown of the L-W schools, as well as each of the school's individual evaluations:
Also, look at the magazine's complete state and national rankings.
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Lincoln-Way East High School
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Charla Brautigam
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Lincoln-Way Central High School
1801 E Lincoln Hwy, New Lenox, IL -
Lincoln-Way North High School
19900 S. Harlem Ave., Frankfort, IL -
Lincoln-Way West High School
21701 Gougar Rd, New Lenox, IL
Valerie
8:37 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
It's really off balance that both East & Central have teacher student ratios of 17:1 but North has 22:1
Valerie
8:42 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
I meant to say - how can the district justify East having a teacher student ratio of 14.61, Central is 15.04 teachers to every student, West has a ratio of 17.09 and North has a teacher to student ratio of 22.28 teachers to every student? That is almost 8 students more per teacher at North! That is very wrong, and it needs to be looked at further, and changed.
Joe Vince
10:06 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
@Valerie:
Do you think district should restructure its boundaries to lessen some of the crowding at L-W North?
Joe Vince
Local Editor, Frankfort
axa34
12:29 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
I think that would be a good idea especially since the 161 district is going through a school closing already which will change some things. .
N Yan
11:23 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Schools needs to do more than just restructing ratios... terrible proficience levels.
Mark
12:49 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Joe and Valarie: I don't believe there is an over crowding at North or teacher disparity.North has 1780 students with 116 certifed teachers for a 15.34 average. East has 2272 students with 149 certified students or 15.24 average. Central average is 14.85 and West is 15.15. The numbers were obtained from the school web sites under school profile. Is there another set of numbers? Looks like the school board has made it fair for all schools. The only school boundaries that should be looked at is possible West and Central based on transportation cost. Why do students pass West to go to Central?
Joe Vince
2:14 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
@Mark:
U.S. News lists enrollment at 1,783 and only 80 full-time teachers. The state's interactive school report card has an enrollment of 1,820 and puts average class size at 23.2 students for 2011 (http://iirc.niu.edu/School.aspx?source=School_Profile&schoolID=560992100160003&level=S). For whatever reason, the report card does not list the number of teachers on staff.
I'm not sure why there's such a discrepancy in numbers. I tend to go with the report card figures since they're collected with help from the Illinois State Board of Education.
Joe Vince
Local Editor, Frankfort
Jen
3:55 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Joe-
I think the reason it looks like there's a discrepancy is because of how the state report cards work.
What they list as '2011' are actually the numbers from fiscal year 2010, which was the 2009-2010 school year. State Report cards come out two years behind. I haven't looked at the U.S. News article, but I'm guessing they're using more recent numbers.
Mark
3:54 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Thanks Joe: I now understand where Valarie got the numbers and understand her concerns. It would surprise me that the numbers are accurate in the US News article as I don't see the school board having 3 schools around 15 kids per teacher and one being at 22. I hope the article is wrong and its not true. Any way you can ask D210 about the numbers?
Also it would be nice if we can hear what the other 3 scores are trying to do to improve their proficiency scores to match or beat East.
Congratulations to East students and teachers on a job well done, keep up the good work and keep improving.