The teachers at Waubonsie are so commited to teaching and the learning environment is great. Waubonsie has great a great athletics program and many extracurriculars to chose from. Our grammy winning music department travels all over the world. WVHS is a super friendly and multicultural school, whith
... Read more tons of different varieties of students and teachers. Read less
Posted by a student on 06/03/09
We have a senior and freshman at WVHS. This school is excellent, although large at 4500 -5000 students. It has done it's part in making our senior a successful young man. The school has a multiple Grammy winning music program. This school is undergoing some significant change, as the district (ipsd
... Read more 204) is opening a 3rd HS, with about 40% of the students at WVHS moving to the new school. The student population will shrink, and the boundry changes will lead to less diversity. Our daughter will be at the new school as a soph, we wish she was staying at WVHS. All 204 HS are excellent. As you look at Naperville you may hear that Nequa is the better school. The fractional differences between test scores is tiny, and with the new borders it will disappear. Read less
Posted by a parent on 09/18/08
I just graduated from Waubonsie this year (2008), and I have to admit the school's enviornment was great! I felt very comfortable, as well as welcomed. There are so many after school activities from football to badmitton, and student council to Anime club. You name it, Waubonsie has it. Academics are
... Read more great too. I was able to participate in a Human Genome Lab for the genetics class, (which by the way, Waubonsie is the only school in Illinois to provide this experience) And of course the planetarium, which not many schools have. Although it is sad to say that the students on the other hand, were quite clique-ish. The 'rich' kids had their own group and were highly unfriendly. But other than that, I have no complaints what so ever! Read less
Posted by a student on 09/12/08
It is a great experience to have teens studying at Waubonsie because the whole staff is very attentive, responsible and very much interested in the progress of all students, specially the teachers.
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Posted by a parent on 11/29/07
waubonsie is an amazing school. the kids are amazingly rich there and everybody is so friendly. the academics are very good. they also have amazing science & math programs. my two children go there and I always get positive feedback. I'm glad their father and I decided that we would send them there.
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Posted by a parent on 04/20/07
WVHS seems abandoned by the school district administration. There are many excellent programs, but parents have to be 100% involved to manage their kids through it. Many teachers at WVHS are great, but getting burned out. The school district administration leadership is non-existant. Communication
... Read more from the school administration is also non-existant compared to other suburban schools. We have 2 children in attendance, one graduate, one in middle school. Not sure I want to send her to WVHS since I want more than the minimum. WVHS was the jewel at one point. Now they are going to eliminate the Freshman campus (a real plus) and set aside a few classrooms in the main building as a freshman campus. The freshman campus was a huge plus in many parents' eyes. The diversity of the school is great, but more support programs need to be in place -- upper and lower 'level.' Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/13/07
My child attended one year at WVHS. There are too many kids in the school, the leadership from the administration is non-existant, the teachers are burnt out and there are constant fights between the students, especially at the Green campus. As a result, the academic environment suffers. The kids
... Read more are very clicky and unwelcoming to newcomers. We had a foreign exchange student with us the one year my child was at the school and she never felt much kindness from the student body. Read less
Posted by a parent on 02/28/07
I was a little apprehensive about our daughter going to this school at first. We adopted her and she has very limited english. But the teachers and guidance counselors have adjusted the curriculum for her so as to help her in her studies. The ESL program is a 'god send' for all of the students that are
... Read more able to take this course of study. We are very happy with the District and the programs of this school. It is good to see that the district is well supported with the property tax and that they are able to offer so much for all of our children. Read less
Posted by a parent on 01/19/07
The quality of programs is great, especially foreign language and the arts. Great facilities on campus. High level of parental involvement.
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Posted by a student on 05/25/06
Excellent acedemic, sports, student activities, parental involvement. An outstanding school, I would have loved to have attended!
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* In 2007-2008 Illinois used the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) to test students in grade 11 in reading, math and science. The PSAE is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Illinois. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.
Student enrollment:
3,600
Students per teacher:
13
Full-time teachers:
274
Number of classrooms:
100
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Aurora schools — Waubonsie Valley High School is located at 2590 Route 34, Aurora IL 60504. 2590 Route 34 is in the 60504 ZIP code in Aurora, IL The school district for Waubonsie Valley High School is the Indian Prairie Sd 204. Waubonsie Valley High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 10 - 12.
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