Joliet Central High School, located at 201 Jefferson St, Joliet IL, is among the variety of schools that recently received its 2023-2024 Illinois report card, which evaluates schools across the state based on various performance indicators, the report card serves as ongoing effort by Illinois to further improve the quality of education provided by students
The Illinois report card focuses on 8 key categories which consist of academic progress, school environment, students, accountability, teachers, administration & support personnel, school highlight, and retired test. This grading system aims to provide transparency and inform the public about how well schools are serving their students.
In Joliet Central, 77% of freshmen are on track and the school has an overall 75% graduation rate. The school environment consists of 176 total school days with the average class size being 28 students. The school has an overall 83% attendance rate; it also includes racial diversity with various ethnicities and races all throughout the school. The school is considered a targeted school, meaning one or more student groups are performing below the level of all students in the lowest performing 5% of schools, because of this the school received 397,385 to support EL students. The school consists of 186 teachers, 70% with a master’s or higher education. There are 19 school staff with Mr. Shad Hallihan being the principal for the past 6 years and continuing. The school has a variety of opportunities with a variety of courses and sports for example the school has 85 courses, 28 athlete programs, 51 additional programs, activities, etc.
The mission of Joliet Central High School is to maximize every student’s potential to positively impact the community and thrive in a global society. They hope to achieve this by providing and creating an innovative learning environment that values and embraces everyone’s differences, promoting an equitable, personalized, and meticulous education.