On January 13, 2025, we at the DuPage Policy Journal sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 in Illinois.
Enrollment at Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 fell from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2022-23 school year, 74% of the students in Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2022-23 school year, 77.7% of the students in Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
DuPage County districts had 6,338 multiracial students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2022-23 school year, 49.1% of students enrolled in DuPage County school districts identified as white.
DuPage County districts had 33,818 Hispanic students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2022-23 school year, 6.3% of students enrolled in DuPage County school districts identified as Black.
DuPage County districts had 22,776 Asian students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Administrators in Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 earn an average of $120,876 per year, ranking 226th highest in the state, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Indian Prairie School District 204 stood out in DuPage County with 25,536 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Two threats last week at schools in Lombard and Hinsdale, as well as threats to schools across the region and state, have a student safety activist calling on school officials and law enforcement to step up efforts to protect children.
In Illinois and beyond, intensified parent involvement at local school districts is gaining momentum in the wake of Covid.
In the 2021-22 school year, 4.3% of students enrolled in DuPage County school districts identified as multiracial.
In DuPage County districts, 78 Pacific Islander students were enrolled in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.