High schools in and around Naperville are full of talent — so much so that 85 students from six area schools have been named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
These high-achieving students showed academic promise when they took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test last fall. Now, the nonprofit National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named them among 16,000 semifinalists chosen from the highest-scoring students in the nation.
Here’s a look at who has made it to the semifinalist level, described as the “highest-scoring entrants in each state,” in this year’s scholarship competition from high schools in Naperville Community School District 203, Indian Prairie School District 204 and Benet Academy.
Dist. 203: 29 semifinalists
School board members recognized 14 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists from Naperville Central during Monday’s meeting. The district plans to laud 15 semifinalists who attend Naperville North High School during the board meeting on Oct. 7…