Case Study: West Aurora High School achieves streamlined college, career, and life readiness with Naviance by PowerSchool

Supporting College, Career, and Life Readiness at West Aurora High School

West Aurora High School, a diverse suburban school of more than 3,000 students (60% Hispanic; nearly half qualifying for free and reduced-price meals), faced a fragmented counseling system that made college, career, and life readiness hard to coordinate. Multiple disconnected programs and an overwhelming transcript request process left counselors struggling to deliver cohesive support across the school’s house-based advising structure.

By adopting Naviance by PowerSchool, WAHS centralized its CCLR programming, introduced grade-level career themes, and rolled out tools like resume building, course planning, RepVisits, and surveys. The platform streamlined transcript requests, supported remote outreach during the pandemic, increased student usage by 77% (2011–2021), expanded staff adoption dramatically, and provided richer SEL and outcome data — resulting in a more efficient, data-informed counseling program and a schoolwide career center.

West Aurora High School

Sue Fowler

College and Career Readiness Coordinator