District 181 summer learning programs begin with strong participation

District 181 reported on June 11 that its summer learning programs have begun, with a total of 826 students participating this year. The district offers a range of classes including art, cooking, language arts, math, music, sports, STEAM, and world languages. According to the district, students are enjoying these classes so far this summer.

For those requiring additional academic support, District 181 provides Time to Shine—a reading intervention program for kindergarten through seventh grade students—and Math Camp for similar math support. The Summer Math Bridge program is also available for students who qualify to advance to higher levels in math instruction.

The Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 serves DuPage and Cook counties and includes Clarendon Hills Middle School and several elementary schools such as Elm Elementary School and Madison Elementary School, according to the Illinois State Board of Education. The district enrolled 3,743 students in the 2019-2020 school year and serves grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from its location in Clarendon Hills.

Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 has a teaching staff of 282 teachers earning an average salary of $94,227 before pension contributions; ninety percent are women and ten percent are men. There were no teachers with more than ten absences in a school year. The student population is composed of approximately seventy percent White students, fifteen percent Asian students, seven percent Hispanic students, and one percent Black students. In terms of finances, the district spent $31,308 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $117 million.

The chronic truancy rate within Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 was reported at just zero point one percent during the 2020 school year—four chronically truant students—compared to a statewide average of nine point six percent.