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Elgin Area School District U46

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Type
  
Unit school district

Chair of the board
  
Donna Smith

District ID
  
1713710

Number of students
  
40,137

Founded
  
1836

Interim Superintendent
  
Kenneth Ardt

Schools
  
see below

Area
  
230 km²

Staff
  
4272

Elgin Area School District U46 httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenee8U46jpg

Established
  
1836 1873 (1873) (as Elgin Area District U-1) 1902 (as Elgin Area District U-46)

Elgin Area School District U46, often referred to as "U-46", is a unit school district headquartered in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. Covering 90 square miles (230 km2), the district serves portions of eleven communities in the northwest suburbs of Chicago in Cook, DuPage and Kane Counties. School District U-46 serves over 40,000 children in grades preK-12. The district ranks as the second largest in Illinois with forty elementary schools, eight middle schools and five high schools.

Contents

Map of Elgin Area School District U46, IL, USA

Special programs

  • Center House
  • Central School Programs
  • Gifford Street High School, an alternative school
  • High School Academy Program, a program for gifted students in High School
  • Preschool Programs
  • Radio station WEPS (88.9 FM)
  • School Within a School (SWAS) Program, a program for gifted students in 4th-8th Grade

    • References

    Elgin Area School District U46 Wikipedia
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