OPRF earns ‘Exemplary’ status in new state report card 

For the first time since 2022 Oak Park and River Forest High School received the coveted Exemplary designation on the latest Illinois School Report Card which was released by the Illinois State Board of Education on Oct. 30. This year the state changed the way it designated schools, no longer grading on the curve, so to speak, but setting a fixed benchmark to determine the exemplary ranking instead of, as it has in the past, only ranking the top 10% of schools as exemplary.  “We’re thrilled to have earned the Exemplary school designation,” OPRF District 200 Superintendent Greg Johnson said in a press release issued by the school. “Changing the methodology means that we now have a consistent standard of excellence to aim for.” Summative designations are based on ratings for six factors: composite student proficiency in English language arts (ELA), math, and science; composite student growth in ELA and math; graduation rate; English learner progress; consistent attendance; and cl