On January 13, 2025, we at the DuPage Policy Journal submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to Butler School District 53.
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was sent to Butler School District 53 on January 28, 2025.
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was sent to Butler School District 53 on January 28, 2025.
For the 2023-24 school year, Indian Prairie School District 204 experienced the largest enrollment among DuPage County school districts.
Enrollment at Butler School District 53 rose from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 80.7% of the students in Butler School District 53 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 75.3% of the students in Butler School District 53 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Administrators in Butler School District 53 earn an average of $139,092 per year, ranking 109th highest in the state, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 24.7% of Butler School District 53 students failed the math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 19.3% of Butler School District 53 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
There were six incidents of students being suspended in Butler School District 53 during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.
Butler School District 53 had the 16th lowest outstanding school debt among DuPage County school districts as of fiscal year 2024, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
School districts in DuPage County carried over $1.3 billion in long-term debt in fiscal year 2024, with some using more than 20.2% of their legal borrowing capacity.
In DuPage County school districts, 350 American Indian students were enrolled in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 16.4% of students enrolled in DuPage County school districts identified as Asian.