Public schools in Bolingbrook, IL

Bolingbrook has 14 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 9,987 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Valley View Community School District 365-U runs 12 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Bolingbrook's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in BolingbrookDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Valley View Community School District 365-U1215,187$22,208
Plainfield SD 202124,856$15,896
Indian Prairie School District #204125,687$18,127

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Bolingbrook, 3,298 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Bolingbrook High School3,29813.4All free (CEP)Valley View Community

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Bolingbrook, 1,994 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Brooks Middle School85010.2All free (CEP)Valley View Community
Hubert H Humphrey Middle School59612.4All free (CEP)Valley View Community
Jane Addams Middle School54811.4All free (CEP)Valley View Community

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

10 elementary schools in Bolingbrook, 4,695 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Oak View Elementary School63614.6All free (CEP)Valley View Community
Independence Elementary School61713.0All free (CEP)Valley View Community
Pioneer Elementary School56112.3All free (CEP)Valley View Community
Liberty Elementary School52213.2not reportedPlainfield SD 202
Jamie McGee Elementary School48715.8All free (CEP)Valley View Community
Wood View Elementary School44314.8All free (CEP)Valley View Community
Jonas E Salk Elementary School39110.1All free (CEP)Valley View Community
Bernard J Ward Elementary School36311.8All free (CEP)Valley View Community
Wayne Builta Elementary School34513.3not reportedIndian Prairie
John R Tibbott Elementary School3308.9All free (CEP)Valley View Community

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Bolingbrook's public schools compare with Illinois's

The median Bolingbrook school has 12.7 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Illinois median of 13.1. 86% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 54% across the state. Its median school enrolls 535 students (state 374).

Bolingbrook against Illinois, schools open in 2024-25 with students
BolingbrookIllinois
Median students per teacher12.713.1
Median school size (students)535374
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)86%54%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)86%53%
Charter schools0%3.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 14 Bolingbrook schools and the 3,817 Illinois schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Bolingbrook

  1. Valley View Community School District 365-URuns 12 of Bolingbrook's 14 public schools and spent $22,208 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$22,208
  2. Bolingbrook High School, the largest high school in Bolingbrook3,298 students in 2024-25, 13.4 per teacher.3,298
  3. Compare Valley View Community School District 365-U with Plainfield SD 202Bolingbrook's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in IllinoisIllinois's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Bolingbrook addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Illinois

  1. Chicago629 schools
  2. Aurora47 schools
  3. Rockford44 schools
  4. Naperville41 schools
  5. Peoria33 schools
  6. Joliet31 schools
  7. Springfield31 schools
  8. Plainfield29 schools

Questions about schools in Bolingbrook

  1. How many public schools are in Bolingbrook, IL?
    14 public schools with an address in Bolingbrook were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 9,987 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Bolingbrook?
    Bolingbrook High School, with 3,298 students in 2024-25 (Valley View Community School District 365-U).
  3. Which districts run Bolingbrook's schools?
    Valley View Community School District 365-U (12 schools), Plainfield SD 202 (1 school), Indian Prairie School District #204 (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .