About Glenbard Township HSD 87
Glenbard Township HSD 87 is a public school system serving Dupage County, Illinois, based in Glen Ellyn. It serves 7,810 students across 4 schools spanning 9–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #29 largest of Illinois’s 862 school systems.
Size and structure
Glenbard Township HSD 87 enrolls 7,810 students in 4 schools — an average of about 1,952 students per school. It serves grades 9–12 and ranks #29 of 862 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Glenbard Township HSD 87, from the NCES Common Core of Data (7,810 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Glenbard Township HSD 87 employs about 474 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 16.5:1 — above the Illinois average of about 13.6:1. Total district staff is roughly 951.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Illinois funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Glenbard Township HSD 87 are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Illinois publishes the Illinois Report Card each year, reporting achievement and growth in English language arts and math, graduation, attendance, finances and climate, and assigns each school a summative designation (Exemplary, Commendable, Targeted or Comprehensive Support). Look up Glenbard Township HSD 87 on the Illinois Report Card.
Accreditation status
Illinois does not use an outside accreditor for public districts; the Illinois State Board of Education grants official recognition status based on compliance with state standards, and private accreditation (for example through Cognia) is voluntary. See ISBE’s public-school recognition.
Glenbard Township HSD 87 vs. Illinois
See every Illinois district side by side in the Illinois directory.
Look up Glenbard Township HSD 87’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):