A parent curriculum group for those with children in Elmhurst School District 205 is hosting a symposium to discuss questionable curricula in the school in the form of Social Emotional Learning.
Parent Tom Chavez remains unmoved by materials used in District 205 classrooms that were released to the DuPage Policy Journal as part of a FOIA request.
Elmhurst District 205 parent Tom Chavez is calling out York High School for treating a hanging noose in a teacher’s classroom differently than a noose hung from bleachers at the football stadium last year.
Enrollment at Elmhurst School District 205 rose from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2022-23 school year, 61.1% of the students in Elmhurst School District 205 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2022-23 school year, 52.2% of the students in Elmhurst School District 205 passed the Math portion of the IAR, 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.
Enrollment at Elmhurst School District 205 rose from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 67.5% of the students in Elmhurst School District 205 passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 57.9% of the students in Elmhurst School District 205 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 42.1% of Elmhurst School District 205 students failed the math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Administrators in Elmhurst School District 205 earn an average of $125,977 per year, ranking 203rd highest in the state, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 32.4% of Elmhurst School District 205 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Elmhurst School District 205 had the highest outstanding school debt among DuPage County school districts as of fiscal year 2024, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
There were 267 incidents of students being suspended in Elmhurst School District 205 during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.