Grade school districts in West Chicago ranked among Illinois' lowest for reading aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 reported one of the biggest student-to-administrator ratios in Illinois, according to the latest Illinois Schools Report Card.
School districts in Itasca, Darien and Winfield were among those in Illinois that paid the least in penalties since 2005 for spiking employee salaries to boost outgoing teachers' retirement benefits, according to data obtained from the Teache