Academics
Lake Park High School offers approximately 245 course offerings in nine different academic areas, and at several different ability levels. The school offers 20 Advanced Placement courses in which college-level material is studied. Students may also choose from a variety of meaningful electives through which to explore career opportunities. The school's Applied Arts department includes classes in business education, cooperative education, family and consumer sciences and industrial technology. The Fine Arts department includes art and music.
In 2008, Lake Park had an average composite ACT score of 22.3. That year, the school had a graduation rate of 90 percent. The average class size is 21. The school administered 630 Advanced Placement tests in 2008 with 80 percent of the scores being 3 or above.
In 2011, Lake Park placed 437 in the top 500 schools in the United States in Newsweek's America's Best High Schools rankings.
The staff has 158 teachers, of which 80 percent hold a master's degree or above, compared to 53 percent for the entire state of Illinois. The average number of years of teaching experience for the district is 14.5 years.
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