School Profile

Community

  • Population: approx 25,00
  • Location: 35 miles west of Chicago in the Fox River Valley
  • Type: Middle class residential suburb, with small business and industry

School

  • Type: Four year Comprehensive High School
  • Present Enrollment: 1850
  • Accreditation: North Central Association, The Western Sun Conference
  • Professional Staff: 129 teachers, 5 counselors and 5 administrators, support personnel, and security personnel. 80% of the faculty hold one or more Master's degrees, 2% hold a Doctorate.
  • Calendar: Four, 9-week terms, four blocks of 90 minutes each day
  • ACT/CEEB Code: 140-212
  • Expenditure Per Pupil: $7,947.39

Class of 2007

In 2007, BHS graduated 455 students. Of those 455, 68% enrolled in a four-year college, 23.3% enrolled in a two-year college, 2.4% went directly to employment, 1% entered the Armed Forces and 5.3% went on to other things. Included in the Class of 2007 were 4 National Merit Commended Students and 74 Illinois State Scholars. The Composite Mean ACT Score for the Class was 22.6.

Graduation Requirements

28 Carnegie units of credit to include:

  • 3.5 credits of English (must include 0.5 credit of Speech) for Classes of 2008-2011
  • 4 credits of English (must include 0.5 credit of Speech) for Class of 2012 and beyond
  • 3 credits of Math
  • 2 credits of Science
  • 1 credit of Cultural Studies
  • 0.5 credit of Health
  • 1 credit of U.S. or American History
  • 1 credit of World History
  • 0.5 credit of Government
  • 3.5 credits of Physical Education
  • 0.5 credit of Speech
  • 0.5 credit of Consumer Education

Note: Grades are not weighted. Class rank is computed each semester based on a cumulative grade point average.

Grading

A = 4.0 (90-100%)
B = 3.0 (80-89%)
C = 2.0 (70-79%)
D = 1.0 (60-69%)
F = 0.0

Course Symbols

  • H = Honors
  • AP = Advanced Placement

Grading Symbols

  • I = Incomplete
  • Z = Medical Excuse
  • NC = No credit

Curriculum

Honors classes are offered in:

  • English I
  • English II
  • American Literature
  • Cultural Studies
  • World History
  • American History
  • Freshman Integrated Science
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Geometry
  • Advanced Algebra
  • Pre-Calculus w/ Trig
  • French V
  • Spanish V

Advanced Placement classes are offered in:

  • English and World Literature
  • Calculus
  • Government
  • Music Theory