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Aurora West USD 129

A public school district in Aurora, Illinois, with 17 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

11,020
Students enrolled
749.1
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,906.2
All staff, full-time equivalent
$16,379
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 11,020 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 799th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 21st of 862 in Illinois. Larger than 95% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $16,379 in fiscal year 2023
More than 55% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Aurora West USD 129 spent $17,236 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,294 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

Source: NCES

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The figures

Aurora West USD 129 spent $17,236 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,294 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2024$17,236$190.2 million11,035
FY2023$16,379$183.6 million11,211
FY2022$15,437$172.8 million11,195
FY2021$14,838$167.0 million11,253
FY2020$13,581$160.8 million11,841
FY2019$13,190$158.7 million12,029
FY2018$14,703$181.1 million12,315
FY2017$13,607$171.6 million12,611
FY2016$13,398$168.2 million12,554
FY2015$12,227$154.5 million12,638
FY2014$12,788$164.5 million12,865
FY2013$12,166$153.6 million12,626
FY2012$11,274$140.6 million12,467
FY2011$10,285$126.9 million12,341
FY2010$10,298$128.8 million12,508
FY2009$9,609$120.3 million12,517
FY2008$8,617$108.4 million12,579
FY2007$8,111$101.4 million12,503
FY2006$7,627$95.3 million12,491
FY2005$7,294$88.5 million12,130

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Aurora West USD 129 by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$31.4 million12.9%
State$90.3 million37.2%
Local$121.2 million49.9%
Total$242.9 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

17 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Aurora West USD 129
SchoolStudents
Fearn Elementary School492
Freeman Elementary School529
Goodwin Elementary School315
Greenman Elementary School528
Hall Elementary School512
Herget Middle School594
Hill Elementary School511
Hope D Wall TMH Child Dev Center0
Jefferson Middle School577
Jewel Middle School490
McCleery Elementary School513
Nicholson Elementary School337
Schneider Elementary School361
Smith Elementary School425
Washington Middle School690
West Aurora High School3,641
West Aurora Learning Center/ELA505

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
1704710

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Sources

Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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