Former state school employee Brian Ricci, who retired in May 2018, saved $247,210 toward a pension over 33 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.
West Chicago Community High School District 94, Salt Creek School District 48 and Butler School District 53 reported the smallest student-to-administrator ratios in DuPage County, according to the latest Illinois Schools Report Card.
Community High School District 94 is seeking applications from community members interested in serving on its Board of Education due to a vacancy created by the resignation of Ms. Susan Gillespie.
In the two years after 97% of Community High School's class of 2016 graduated on time, 33 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
West Chicago Community High School District 94 accumulated $19.74 million in debt between fiscal years 2008 and 2017, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of public schools data.
West Chicago Community High School District 94 increased per-student spending 13.7 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of public schools data.
West Chicago Community High School District 94 reported 84 suspensions for 2016-17, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.
In a year when 97 percent of Community High School seniors graduated on time, 46 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
More than 93.4 percent of teachers stay at Community High School year to year, according to the 2017 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.
The revenue West Chicago Community High School District 94 received through local taxes decreased 1.7 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of public schools data.
About 90 percent of ninth graders in 2017 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 97 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has placed West Chicago Community High School District 94 on its financial "recognition" list.
The truancy rate at Community High School rose to 3 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The subsidy West Chicago Community High School District 94 received through state taxes increased 7 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of public schools data.
About 88 percent of ninth graders in 2018 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 94 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.