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Community Consolidated School District 62 is comprised of 8 elementary schools (K-5), 2 middle schools (6-8) and one year-round school of choice enrolling students from kindergarten through eighth grade. Our elementary schools include Central Elementary School, Cumberland Elementary School, Forest Elementary School, North Elementary School, Orchard P0ace Elementary School, Plainfield Elementary School, South Elementary School, and Terrace Elementary School. Our middle schools are Algonquin Middle School and Chippewa Middle School. Our year-round school is Iroquois Community School. District 62 serves 4,687 students (2009 Interactive Illinois Report Card).



According to the 2009 Illinois District Report Card, District 62 has a teaching staff of 349 certified teachers. Teachers have an average of 10.8 years experience (the Illinois state average is 12.5 years). In District 62, 67.9% of our teachers have earned a Master’s degree or above, while 32.1% of our teachers have earned a Bachelor’s degree. The ethnicity of District 62’s teachers is as follows: 89.4% Caucasian, 0.6% African American, 8.3% Hispanic, and 1.7% Asian/Pacific Islander.

The pupil to teacher ratio for District 62 is 15.3 : 1. Class sizes tend to be lower in the primary grades (18.3 in kindergarten). Middle school class sizes average at 27.0. The State of Illinois averages 19.2 : 1 ratio of students to teachers. [Source: 2009 Illinois District Report Card]

District 62 has 36.0% of its students qualifying for low-income services (compared to 42.9% for the entire state). These students are from families receiving public aid, living in institutions for neglected or delinquent children, being supported in foster homes with public funds, or eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches. [Source: 2009 Illinois District Report Card]

In District 62, 36.7% of our students are defined as Limited-English-Proficient and are eligible for bilingual education. This is over four times the state’s average of 8.0%. [Source: 2009 Illinois District Report Card]

The district receives the majority of its revenue from local property taxes. The district has a total operating budget of $62 million. Local funding accounts for approximately 87.5% of the total budget. Funding from state sources is $5.1 million, representing 8.7% of the district’s total budget. Federal revenues are $2.6 million which represents 3.8% of the total budget.


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Leon Smaage
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Des Plaines, IL 60016
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