Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 is a creative, proactive school system in the southwest Chicago suburbs, dedicated to ensuring that all students learn, achieve and grow to their maximum potential.

District 202 serves about 29,250 students from a 64-square mile area encompassing all or parts of Bolingbrook; Crest Hill; Joliet; Lockport; Naperville; Plainfield; Romeoville and unincorporated Will and Kendall counties. In 2009-2010, District 202 was the fourth largest public school system in Illinois.

OUR MISSION
Our mission is to serve the community as the primary source of comprehensive, high quality education in a trusting, supportive environment - to develop, at all levels, responsible, successful citizens by providing an education, in cooperation with home and community, which fosters each individual's value, uniqueness, and importance and promotes lifelong learning in an ever-changing society.

OUR VISION
The District 202 Board of Education created a Five-Year Vision, and associated goals, in 2006 to define and prioritize the district’s work to create and maintain a first-class school system.


SCHOOLS
District 202 has 30 schools – 17 elementary, seven middle schools, four traditional high schools, an alternative school and an early learning center.

STUDENTS
District 202's official 2009-2010 enrollment is 29,254 students based on the state Fall Housing Report,

District 202 has experienced tremendous growth and increasing diversity in recent years.
In 1990, the district counted five schools and about 3,500 students. Projections call for the district to eventually house about 50,000 students in 55 schools.

The district continues to grow despite the economic slowdown -- though at a much slower pace than in recent years. This year enrollment increased by about 385 students. In the early and mid-2000s the district grew by an average of about 2,400 students a year.

DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENT
District 202 schools do well overall on state standardized tests. Student achievement has improved dramatically over the last six years, during the heart of the period of intensive growth.

What’s more, District 202 has made significant progress in closing the achievement gap between its white and minority students.

And, District 202’s academic improvement since 2003 outpaced the state average in every category.

• 83.6 percent of all students met or exceeded state learning standards on all tests in 2009– up 18.3 percentage points from 2004
• District 202’s composite ACT score among 2009 graduates was 20.2, up from 19.8 last year. The state average ACT composite score was 20.6
• About 99 percent of all District 202 students graduate, compared to about 87 percent
  statewide.

IMPROVEMENT ONGOING
At the same time, district administration, teachers and staff are working hard to improve academic achievement at all levels by:

• Increasing the rigor of district curriculum at every level;
• Increasing access to more challenging coursework to all students, and especially at the high school level;
• Creating a fully coordinated and articulated (aligned level to level, and building to building) curriculum to eliminate “learning gaps” and ensure equitable opportunity for all students regardless of which school they attend;
• Developing common local assessments to create better, more useful data to guide instruction;
• Developing data-driven school improvement plans;
• Increasing and improving the type and quality of support systems and resources to help all students achieve more.

CURRICULUM
District 202 is engage in a multi-year process to create its own curriculum, aligned to local, state and national learning standards.

Each core area curriculum undergoes a thorough cycle of review, testing and adjustment led by teachers, and incorporating community input.


FINANCES
District 202’s annual total budget for the 2009-2010 fiscal year is $317 million. Its FY 2010 operating budget is $248 million.

STAFF
In 2009-2010, District 202 employs about 3,400 regular full and part-time staff members, who are represented by two professional associations. The Association for Plainfield Teachers represents about 1,960 certified staff, and the Plainfield Association of Support Staff represents about 1,435 non-certified staff.


TEACHER/ADMINISTRATOR PROFILE
The average District 202 teacher salary in 2008-2009 was $58,664, compared to the state average of $61,402. *

The average District 202 teacher had 8.6 years of experience in 2008-2009, versus the state average of 12.5 years. Finally, 52.4 percent of all District 202 teachers had masters degrees or above. *

The average District 202 administrator salary in 2008-2009 was $106,615, compared to the state average of $106,217. *

District 202’s general administrative costs in 2007-2008 totaled 1.1 percent of its budget, compared to the state average of 2.5 percent. *

*All data reported on the 2009 Illinois State Report Card

PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS/FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
District 202 is dedicated to open, transparent and efficient two-way public communications through many means, including the IllinoisFreedom of Information Act (FOIA). Click here for more information about requesting public documents, records, etc.

PLEASE NOTE:

Projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal grant money must credit the Federal government for the Federal government's portion of the financial support.

This web page citation informs the public that the use of Federal dollars in Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 meets the Stevens Amendment requirement. Staff development opportunities, resource purchases and personnel have been funded in whole or in part with Federal entitlement dollars.