Glen Ellyn SD 41

Public school district · DuPage County · Illinois · NCES district ID 1716800

Glen Ellyn SD 41 spent $18,895 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 57% of the other Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $18,127). Its 5 schools enrolled 3,482 students in 2024-25; 25.2% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $20,239 per student, up 7.1% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Illinois districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Glen Ellyn SD 41 in enrollment (3,454 to 3,609 students) and Glen Ellyn SD 41 itself.

Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Glen Ellyn SD 41, FY23Hinsdale CCSD 181 $23,911; Freeport SD 145 $22,580; Kildeer Countryside School District 96 $22,281; North Chicago SD 187 $20,023; East Maine SD 63 $20,003; Hawthorn District 73 $19,084; Addison SD 4 $19,060; Glen Ellyn SD 41 $18,895; Kirby SD 140 $18,646; Sycamore Community School District 427 $17,897; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.15k17.5k20k22.5k25kHinsdale CCSD 181$23,911Freeport SD 145$22,580Kildeer Countryside School Dis…$22,281North Chicago SD 187$20,023East Maine SD 63$20,003Hawthorn District 73$19,084Addison SD 4$19,060Glen Ellyn SD 41$18,895Kirby SD 140$18,646Sycamore Community School Dist…$17,897State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Glen Ellyn SD 41, FY23Hinsdale CCSD 181 $23,911; Freeport SD 145 $22,580; Kildeer Countryside School District 96 $22,281; North Chicago SD 187 $20,023; East Maine SD 63 $20,003; Hawthorn District 73 $19,084; Addison SD 4 $19,060; Glen Ellyn SD 41 $18,895; Kirby SD 140 $18,646; Sycamore Community School District 427 $17,897; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.15k17.5k20k22.5k25kHinsdale CCSD 181$23,911Freeport SD 145$22,580Kildeer Countryside School District…$22,281North Chicago SD 187$20,023East Maine SD 63$20,003Hawthorn District 73$19,084Addison SD 4$19,060Glen Ellyn SD 41$18,895Kirby SD 140$18,646Sycamore Community School District …$17,897State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Glen Ellyn SD 41, FY23Hinsdale CCSD 181 $23,911; Freeport SD 145 $22,580; Kildeer Countryside School District 96 $22,281; North Chicago SD 187 $20,023; East Maine SD 63 $20,003; Hawthorn District 73 $19,084; Addison SD 4 $19,060; Glen Ellyn SD 41 $18,895; Kirby SD 140 $18,646; Sycamore Community School District 427 $17,897; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.15k20k25kHinsdale CCSD 181$23,911Freeport SD 145$22,580Kildeer Countryside School District 96$22,281North Chicago SD 187$20,023East Maine SD 63$20,003Hawthorn District 73$19,084Addison SD 4$19,060Glen Ellyn SD 41$18,895Kirby SD 140$18,646Sycamore Community School District 427$17,897State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Glen Ellyn SD 41, FY23Hinsdale CCSD 181 $23,911; Freeport SD 145 $22,580; Kildeer Countryside School District 96 $22,281; North Chicago SD 187 $20,023; East Maine SD 63 $20,003; Hawthorn District 73 $19,084; Addison SD 4 $19,060; Glen Ellyn SD 41 $18,895; Kirby SD 140 $18,646; Sycamore Community School District 427 $17,897; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.15k20k25kHinsdale CCSD 181$23,911Freeport SD 145$22,580Kildeer Countryside School District 96$22,281North Chicago SD 187$20,023East Maine SD 63$20,003Hawthorn District 73$19,084Addison SD 4$19,060Glen Ellyn SD 41$18,895Kirby SD 140$18,646Sycamore Community School District 427$17,897State median, 1,000+ students $18,127

Where the money came from

$79,668,000 in revenue: 25.2% state, 72.1% local and 2.7% federal. Total spending including $6,562,000 of capital outlay was $76,399,000, or $21,692 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Glen Ellyn SD 41 revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $20,064,000; Local $57,424,000; Federal $2,180,000; total $79,668,000.
  • State$20,064,000 25%
  • Local$57,424,000 72%
  • Federal$2,180,000 3%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 377 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

3,522 students in 2022-23, 3,474 students in 2023-24, 3,482 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Glen Ellyn SD 41 enrollment by school year2022-23: 3,522, 2023-24: 3,474, 2024-25: 3,48201k2k3k4k2022-233,5222023-243,4742024-253,482
Glen Ellyn SD 41 enrollment by school year2022-23: 3,522, 2023-24: 3,474, 2024-25: 3,48201k2k3k4k2022-233,5222023-243,4742024-253,482
Glen Ellyn SD 41 enrollment by school year2022-23: 3,522, 2023-24: 3,474, 2024-25: 3,48201k2k3k4k2022-233,5222023-243,4742024-253,482
Glen Ellyn SD 41 enrollment by school year2022-23: 3,522, 2023-24: 3,474, 2024-25: 3,48201k2k3k4k2022-233,5222023-243,4742024-253,482

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-233,522239.614.7
2023-243,474241.114.4
2024-253,482241.414.4

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Glen Ellyn SD 41 scored proficient or above: 55% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Illinois, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIllinoisStudents tested
Reading and language arts55%29.9%2,204

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

4 elementary schools, 2,339 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Churchill Elementary School61812.5not reportedSchoolwide program
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School58115.4not reportedNot Title I
Forest Glen Elementary School58114.8not reportedNot Title I
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School55915.3not reportedNot Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 1,143 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Hadley Junior High School1,14314.6not reportedNot Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Glen Ellyn SD 41

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Glen Ellyn SD 41

  1. Illinois districts by spending per studentGlen Ellyn SD 41 ranks 163 of 377 Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($18,895).#163 of 377
  2. Every school district in IllinoisGlen Ellyn SD 41 is the number 109 by size of 865 Illinois districts, with 3,522 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#109 of 865
  3. East Maine SD 63The next larger Illinois district: 3,543 students in fall 2022, $20,003 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$20,003
  4. Kirby SD 140The next smaller Illinois district: 3,508 students in fall 2022, $18,646 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,646
  5. Compare Glen Ellyn SD 41 with East Maine SD 63Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Glen Ellyn SD 41

  1. How many schools and students are in Glen Ellyn SD 41?
    5 schools were open in 2024-25 (4 elementary, 1 middle), enrolling 3,482 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Glen Ellyn SD 41 spend per student?
    $18,895 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Illinois median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $18,127 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $20,239 per student, up 7.1% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Glen Ellyn SD 41's money come from?
    $79,668,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 25.2% state, 72.1% local and 2.7% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Glen Ellyn SD 41 live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 131 of the 4,164 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 3.1%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Glen Ellyn SD 41 do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Glen Ellyn SD 41 scored proficient or above: 55% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Illinois's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is Glen Ellyn SD 41's NCES district ID?
    1716800. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

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

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