About New Trier

 
BASIC FACTS

• Opened: February 4, 1901
• Total Graduates (approx.): More than 59,000
• 2006-2007 Enrollment (grades 9-12): 4,044
• Graduation Rate: 96.8%
• Pupil-Teacher Ratio = 14.1
• 2004-2005 Operating Expenditure Per Pupil: $16,026
• Average Class Size: 22.4
• Opened Northfield Freshman Campus: August 2001

ACT COMPOSITE SCORE (Class of 2006):
 
No. Tests
Eng
Math
Read
Sci Reas
Comp
New Trier
845 27.4 27.3 26.6 25.4 26.8
Illinois
137,399 20.0 20.2 20.4 20.2 20.3
SAT I DATA (Class of 2006):
 
No. Tests
Verbal
Math
Total
New Trier
410 620 650 1270
Illinois
12,694 591 609 1200
Of the 999 seniors in the Class of 2006, 95.6% took either the SAT or the ACT. The mean for New Trier students who write the ACT examination ranks in the highest ten percent in the nation.
STUDENT BODY RACIAL/ETHNIC BACKGROUND
  • 88.2% Caucasian
  • 8.0% Asian/Pacific Islander
  • 2.2% Hispanic
  • 0.6% African American
  • 0.3% Native American
  • 0.7% Multi Racial/Ethnic
FACULTY
  • Number of Teachers = 332
  • Average Teaching Experience = 13.8 years
  • Average Teacher Salary = $86,424
  • Teachers with Bachelor's Degree as Highest Degree = 14.6%
  • Teachers with Master's Degree and Above = 85.4%
  • Racial/Ethnic Background:
     • 93.8% Caucasian
     • 2.1% Hispanic
     • 3.0% Asian/Pacific Islander
     • 1.2% African American
MORE ABOUT NEW TRIER:
  • Serves the North Shore suburban communities of Glencoe, Kenilworth, Wilmette and Winnetka, most of Northfield, and parts of Glenview and Northbrook.
  • Offers a comprehensive curriculum of 300 courses, with several levels in each academic subject in each year. Students may work at different levels in different subjects.
  • Offers one of the nation's first advisement programs, in which a teacher may serve as an adviser to some 25 students, meeting with this same group of advisees daily throughout their high school years. An adviser is the student's first resource in matters of personal adjustment and academic counseling. The adviser assignment takes the place of one period of the teaching responsibility.
  • Approximately 98% of the Class of 2006 enrolled in college.
    • 95% enrolled in 4-year bachelor programs
    • 3% enrolled in 2-year college programs
RESOURCES
Alumni/Educational Foundation
Budget 2007-2008 PDF
District Map PDF
Enrollment

Mission
NT Extension
Prospective Students
Publications
School Report Cards: District | Northfield | Winnetka
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP

Class of 2006: 999 students in the class, notified in fall 2005
• 13 National Merit Scholarship Winners
• 27 National Merit Semifinalists
• 25 National Merit Finalists
• 75 Letters of Commendation
• 1 Presidential Scholar Semifinalist
• 1 National Hispanic Scholar

ADVANCED PLACEMENT

• 840 students took 1,986 AP exams in spring 2006
39% received scores of 5
• 33% received scores of 4
• 21% received scores of 3
• 93% received scores of 3 or better (the score typically necessary to receive college credit)
• 4.0 average score


Porta Nigra
New Trier High School District 203
Personnel & Communications
385 Winnetka Ave.
Winnetka, IL 60093
 
 
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