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.
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.
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.
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 spent an average of $16,845 per student in fiscal year 2024, ranking 400th in Illinois for per-pupil expenditures.
Enrollment numbers in Darien School District 61 declined from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In Darien School District 61, 56.6% of students identified as white in the 2024-25 school year.
In Darien School District 61, 257 Hispanic students were enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In Darien School District 61, 142 Black students were enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In Darien School District 61, 5.5% of students identified as Asian in the 2024-25 school year.
In Darien School District 61, 63 multiracial students were enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
White students made up the largest share of enrollment in DuPage County school districts in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Darien School District 61 enrolled 1,232 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.