High · Illinois

South Elgin High School

Free meals for all

South Elgin High School, a public high school in South Elgin, Illinois: grades 9–12, 2,665 students, 15.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of SD U-46.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
2,665
Teachers (FTE)
174.2
Students per teacher
15.3
Grades
9–12
High

More students per teacher than 70% of high schools in Illinois

Median 13.5 · 694 schools compared

More students per teacher than 56% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 95% of high schools in Illinois

Median 431 · 708 schools compared

Larger than 98% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 9–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb
Run by
SD U-46

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with SD U-46.

Location

Address
760 E Main St, South Elgin, IL 60177
Phone
(847)289-3760
City or town
South Elgin

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Central School ProgramAlternativeFree meals for all
6–120—
DREAM AcademyAlternative
7–120—
6–120—
Dream AcademyAlternativeFree meals for all
6–120—
Elgin High SchoolFree meals for all
9–122,57617.2
Larkin High SchoolFree meals for all
9–122,17415.3

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 171371005611