The Lane wins District 181 Battle of the Books after tiebreaker round
The Lane Elementary School won the District 181 Battle of the Books after a tiebreaker round on February 12. The event, held for 4th and 5th graders from all D181 schools, is a trivia-style reading competition. Students form teams in the fall and winter to read about 20 selected books, then answer questions about plot, characters, titles, and authors.
This year’s contest ended with The Lane, Madison, and Prospect elementary schools tied for first place at the end of regular rounds. Two additional tiebreaker rounds were needed to determine the winner.
The final results placed The Lane in first place, Madison in second, and Prospect in third.
Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 includes schools such as Clarendon Hills Middle School, Elm Elementary School, Hinsdale Middle School, Madison Elementary School, Monroe Elementary School, Oak Elementary School, Prospect Elementary School, The Lane Elementary School, and Walker School. More information about these schools can be found at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.
According to the Illinois State Board of Education, District 181 had an enrollment of 3,743 students during the 2019-2020 school year. It serves grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in Clarendon Hills and DuPage County (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). The district spent $31,308 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $117 million (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
District demographics show that it is nearly 70 percent White with smaller percentages of Asian (15.4 percent), Hispanic (6.8 percent), and Black (1.1 percent) students (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). The district employs 282 teachers who earn an average salary of $94,227; ninety percent are women (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
Chronic truancy rates remain low within District 181: only four students were identified as “chronically truant” in the 2020 school year—just 0.1 percent compared to a statewide average of nearly ten percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
"Congratulations to all the participating students for their hard work, dedication to reading, and impressive performance in the Battle of the Books!"