Hinsdale Central Students Earn Highest GPAs in College

Today's Chicago Tribune ran an extensive investigative report about how, for many high school students, high school GPAs don't predict college GPAs. The article attempts to "raise fundamental questions about how well the state's public high schools are preparing their students for college." But the article shows that there is no question about HC's preparation: students from HC have the highest GPAs compared to public high schools in DuPage County, and Cook County (except for one magnet school), and McHenry and Kane and Will Counties... (only Lake County has a single school with a higher average GPA.)

Teachers at Hinsdale Central expect a lot from students, and, evidently, that rigor pays off in terms of our alumni's GPA. Certainly the anecdotal reports we always get from students who come back to visit teachers confirm that HC has prepared them well for the next step in their education.