Darien School District 61 welcomes 1,232 students in 2024-25 school year
Enrollment numbers in Darien School District 61 declined from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Enrollment numbers in Darien School District 61 declined from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Darien School District 61 spent an average of $16,845 per student in fiscal year 2024, ranking 400th in Illinois for per-pupil expenditures.
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.
Darien School District 61's outstanding school debt reached $4.8 million as of fiscal year 2024, according to the Illinois State Board of Education, or about $382,155 per student.
Administrators in Darien School District 61 earn an average of $118,456 per year, ranking 290th highest in the state, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 52.1% of Darien School District 61 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 38.5% of the students in Darien School District 61 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 61.4% of Darien School District 61 students failed the math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 47.9% of the students in Darien School District 61 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Enrollment at Darien School District 61 fell from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
For the 2023-24 school year, Indian Prairie School District 204 experienced the largest enrollment among DuPage County school districts.
On January 28, 2025, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was sent to Darien School District 61 by the DuPage Policy Journal.
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was sent to Darien School District 61 on January 13, 2025 by the DuPage Policy Journal.
In the 2022-23 school year, 38.2% of the students in Darien School District 61 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2022-23 school year, 40.6% of the students in Darien School District 61 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.