PART 1: High-Quality Education on a Limited Budget

District 58 delivers high-quality education; for example, over the past four years, the District updated its curriculum in English-language arts, science, math and social studies, and on standardized tests, District 58 grade levels placed between the 76th-94th percentile in reading and the 76th-97th percentile in math, when compared to students nationally.  District 58 achieved this, despite operating on a limited budget. For example:

District 58 annually spends $15,031 per student, which is $966 less than the state average. Locally, 76% of all DuPage County school districts spend more money per student than District 58.

When compared with DuPage County's 13 large elementary school districts, District 58 has the lowest property tax rate and the third lowest per-student spending.

What difference does this make? If your home’s fair market value was $300,000, you would pay $1,980 in taxes to District 58 each year. Meanwhile, if you owned a $300,000-valued home in nearby Woodridge District 68, you would pay $4,210 in taxes to that district each year.

Consider if District 58 could spend $6,491 more per student each year, which is what nearby Hinsdale District 181 spends. Multiplied by our enrollment, District 58 would have an additional $31.8 million to spend each year. That’s more than 40% of District 58’s budget!

Thank you for reading our District 58 Finance Facts series! View the full series at www.dg58.org/financefacts. Data sources: Spring 2022 Measures of Academic Progress Results, 2021 DuPage County Tax Booklet, 2021 ISBE Operating Expense Per Pupil Report, 2022 District 58 Annual Report; plus, District 58 is defined as a "large elementary school district" by the Illinois State Board of Education. Icons created by Flaticon.com via: Eucalyp, Freepik, Smashicons, catkuro, juicy_fish, Flat Icons, rip, Design Circle, Prosymbols, Rashad and Aranagraphics.