Villa Park District 45 seeks community input on addressing budget deficit

In the fall of 2025, the District 45 Board of Education began looking for ways to address a budget deficit and a decreasing financial reserve. The board’s aim is to work with community members to find options that keep educational quality high while ensuring the district remains financially stable in the long term. To help with this process, EOSullivan Consulting has been brought in to assist with a community engagement initiative that includes surveys, public discussions, and other opportunities for feedback.

District 45 encourages all residents to get involved and learn more about the process. “Together, we will determine our path forward,” the district stated. Updates, reports, and further information will be posted as the work continues.

Villa Park School District 45 serves DuPage County and includes Ardmore Elementary School, Jackson Middle School, Jefferson Middle School, North Elementary School, Schafer Elementary School, Stevenson School, Westmore Elementary School, and York Center Elementary School. More details about these schools can be found at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.

The district employs 224 teachers who earn an average salary of $74,159 before pension contributions. According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), 82.8 percent of these teachers are women and 17.2 percent are men; none have more than ten absences in a school year. Additional teacher statistics are available at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.

Demographically, Villa Park School District 45’s student population is made up of 43.4 percent White students, 7.8 percent Black students, 35.4 percent Hispanic students, and 8.2 percent Asian students according to ISBE figures at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.

In terms of spending, the district spent $23,216 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $76,753,683 as reported by ISBE at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.