Elgin Area School District U46

Elgin Area School District U-46
355 East Chicago St
, Illinois, 60120
District information
Typeunit school district
MottoACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR ALL
GradesK-6
Established1836
1873 (1873) (as Elgin Area District U-1)
1902 (as Elgin Area District U-46)[1]
SuperintendentSuzanne Johnson
Chair of the boardSue Kerr
Schoolssee below
District ID1713710
Students and staff
Enrollment39,000 (total)
Teachers2,426 (FTE)
Staff4,272 (FTE, inc. Teachers)
Other information
CEOTony Sanders
Websitewww.u-46.org

Elgin Area School District U46, often referred to as "U-46", is a unit school district headquartered in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2]

Tony Sanders is the CEO as of August 2022.[3]

  1. ^ "History of U46". U-46 School District. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "School District U-46 Overview". Weichert. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "District U-46 students return to school amid teacher shortage". Yahoo. August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.