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Article: Why state considers Stevenson a failure.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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Byline: Bob Susnjara bsusnjara@dailyherald.com
Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire and academic failure typically are not in the same sentence.
Its list of achievements is extensive, with highlights including the following:
* About 98 percent of Stevenson graduates go on to college each year.
* ItAEs IllinoisAE only public high school to capture four U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon of Excellence awards.
* Students in the 2009 graduating class posted a 25.7 composite score on the ACT college entrance exam (the score range is 1 to 36), equaling the best performance in Stevenson history and ranking well above the 21.1 ...