Community Consolidated School District 62 (Illinois)

Last updated
Community Consolidated School District 62
School district logo of District 62 containing the district's motto.png
Location
777 East Algonquin Road
, Cook County , Illinois , 60016
United States
District information
Type Public
MottoWorking Together For Our Children
GradesPre-K through 8th
Established1908
SuperintendentDr. Michael A. Amadei
Governing agency Illinois State Board of Education
Schools11 Schools and Early Learning Center
Budget$92 Millions USD
District ID05016062004
Students and staff
Students4,401 [1]
Teachers408
Staff809 [2]
Student–teacher ratio13:1
Other information
ScheduleMonday - Friday [3]
Website www.d62.org

Community Consolidated School District 62 (CCSD62) operates 11 schools and one early learning center in the city of Des Plaines, Illinois. Locally known as Des Plaines, School District 62 serves the communities in Des Plaines and Rosemont. [4] [nb 1]

Contents

CCSD62 graduates attend Maine Township District 207. [5]

Schools

Early Learning Center

Elementary Schools (Kindergarten through 5th Grade)

Middle Schools

Demographics and statistics

As of the 2020-2021 school year, District 62’s student population consists of 41.6% Hispanic, 37.7% White, 12.7% Asian, 4.2% Black, 3.5% Multiracial, and 0.1% Pacific Islander students. 48.1% of students come from low-income households, 33.7% have limited proficiency in English, and 17% of students with IEPs. 0.9% of students are homeless, lower than the state average at 2%. [6]

District 62 employs 408 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, with 86.7% White, 6.6% Hispanic, 4.1% Asian, 0.8% American Indian, 0.8% Multiracial, and 0.5% Black. The district has a pupil-to-teacher ratio of 15:1, with 87.7% of teachers identifying as female and 12.3% as male. The average teacher salary is $77,682, with 79.8% of teachers holding a master’s degree or higher and 20.2% holding a bachelor’s degree. [6]

The average class size is 19 students and the total school days that the student population experiences is 176 days, a day short from the state average. [6]

Note: Based on 2020-2021 Illinois School Report Cards. [7]

Leadership

District 62 employs a Board of Education, [8] a superintendent, and an administration [9] to govern the district.

Board of education

The Board of Education is made up of seven members that alternate through four-year terms with elections being held every two years. The Board of Education meet each other on the third Monday of every month or on Tuesday if Monday falls on a holiday. The seven members of the Board of Education includes a president, a vice president, 5 other members and a Secretary to the Board of Education. [8]

Superintendent and administration

Michael A. Amadei serves as the Superintendent of Schools, [10] with the administration consisting of assistant superintendents and directors specializing in curriculum, instructions, and student services. [9]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clark County School District</span> School district in Nevada, US

The Clark County School District (CCSD) is a school district that serves all of Clark County, Nevada, including the cities of Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, and Boulder City; as well as the census-designated places of Laughlin, Blue Diamond, Logandale, Bunkerville, Goodsprings, Indian Springs, Mount Charleston, Moapa, Searchlight, and Sandy Valley, as well as Mesquite. The district is divided into three regions and operates over 365 schools. The district has limited involvement with charter schools, and with the exception of providing some bus service, does not have any involvement with the private schools in the county. As of 2020, the district is the fifth largest in the United States, serving over 320,000 students.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maine Township High School District 207</span> School district in Illinois, United States

Maine Township High School District 207 is a school district based in Park Ridge, Illinois.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102</span> School district in Illinois, United States

The Aptakisic-Tripp School District is a school district in Lake County, Illinois. It operates four schools and covers grades Early Childhood through 8. Most students live in Buffalo Grove, a northern suburb of Chicago, and some live in unincorporated Prairie View or Deerfield.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Canton City School District</span> School district in Ohio

The Canton City School District (CCSD) is a public school district serving students in Canton, Ohio in the United States. In the 2020–2021 academic year its student enrollment was 8,000, making it the 22nd largest school district in the state. The district operates an early childhood center, twelve elementary schools, three middle schools and two 9–12 high schools. In addition to traditional schools, CCSD also operates four alternative schools. While the district primarily serves students in Canton city limits, they also serve small sections of surrounding areas, as well as the village of Meyers Lake. Students in the northern part of the city go to the Plain Local School District instead of the Canton City district.

Community High School District 99 is a local school district serving Downers Grove, Woodridge, Westmont, Darien, Lisle, Bolingbrook, and Oak Brook in the state of Illinois. A non-residential portion of Lombard also is zoned to this district. It consists of two high schools, North High School and South High School, both located in Downers Grove. The current Superintendent of this district is Henry Thiele, a position formerly held by Dr. Mark McDonald.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47</span> School district in Illinois, United States

Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47 is a school district containing elementary and middle schools. The district serves Crystal Lake, Lakewood, as well as parts of Lake in the Hills, Cary, Woodstock, Huntley, Bull Valley, and McHenry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21</span> School district in Wheeling, Illinois

Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 (CCSD21) is a school district headquartered in Wheeling, Illinois in the Chicago metropolitan area. It serves most of Wheeling and surrounding communities, such as Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights. As of 2006, there are ten elementary schools in the district and three middle schools. District 21 feeds secondary schools within Township High School District 214, such as Buffalo Grove High School and Wheeling High School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maine Township, Cook County, Illinois</span> Township in Illinois, United States

Maine Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 140,600 at the 2020 census. The township was founded in 1850.

Consolidated High School District 230 is a public high school district headquartered in Orland Park, Illinois in the Chicago metropolitan area. It has over 8,300 students in three high schools.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arlington Heights School District 25</span> School district in Illinois, United States

Arlington Heights School District 25 (AHSD25) is a school district that serves and is based in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The school district serves over 5,550 students in nine schools.

Western Springs School District 101 is an elementary school district located in the affluent central Cook County village of Western Springs, Illinois.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cobb County School District</span> School district in Marietta, Georgia, United States

The Cobb County School District (CCSD) is the school district which operates public schools in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. The school district includes all of Cobb County except for the Marietta City Schools, though a number of schools in unincorporated parts of the county have Marietta addresses. It is the second-largest school system in Georgia and 23rd largest in the United States. The district is the county's largest employer and one of the largest in the US. All Cobb County schools are accredited by Cognia (education), and the district is among the first to have earned district-wide accreditation. The superintendent of the school district is Chris Ragsdale.

Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41 is a school district based in Lake Villa, Lake County, Illinois. District 41 governs four schools in total: three elementary schools and one middle school. The superintendent of Lake Villa School District 41 is Sandra Keim-Bounds.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Park Ridge-Niles School District 64</span> School district in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA

District 64 is a school district serving students in Park Ridge and part of Niles, IL. The District employs more than 600 staff members who provide education for approximately 4,500 students. The District operates five elementary schools for grades K-5, two middle schools for grades 6-8, and an early childhood education center.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Community Consolidated School District 15</span> School district in Illinois, United States

Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15, often initialized CCSD15, is a school district in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois with its headquarters in the Joseph M. Kiszka Educational Service Center in Palatine. It is the second-largest elementary-only school district and 19th-largest in Illinois by student enrollment. It serves all or portions of Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Hoffman Estates, Arlington Heights, Inverness, Schaumburg, and South Barrington.

Thompsonville Community Unit School District 174 is a public unit school district in southeastern Franklin County and a smaller portion of Hamilton County, Illinois. It was formed in 2007 by the consolidation of Thompsonville School District 62 and Thompsonville Community High School District 112.

Hinsdale Township High School District 86 is a high school district headquartered in Hinsdale, Illinois, serving Hinsdale and Darien.

McHenry School District 15 is a school district serving parts of McHenry County, Illinois.

Community Consolidated School District 89 is an elementary school district headquartered in the CCSD89 Administration Center in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. In addition to Glen Ellyn, it also serves sections of Lombard and Wheaton.

East Maine School District 63, otherwise known as District 63 or East Maine School District 63, is a school district that serves parts of Des Plaines, Niles, Glenview, Park Ridge, and Morton Grove that reside in the Maine Township. The school district is headquartered in Des Plaines.

References

  1. "District Profile". Des Plaines, Illinois: Community Consolidated School District 62. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  2. "District 62 Staff Directory". Des Plaines, Illinois: Community Consolidated School District 62.
  3. "District 62 Calendar". Des Plaines, Illinois: Community Consolidated School District 62.
  4. "Westerhold Early Learning Center". Des Plaines, Illinois: Community Consolidated School District 62. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  5. "Maine Township HSD 207 Report Card". Illinois: Illinois Report Card. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  6. 1 2 3 "Community Consolidated School District 62 Report Card". Illinois Report Card. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  7. "CCSD 62 Report Card". Illinois Report Card/District 62. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  8. 1 2 "Board of Education". CCSD 62. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  9. 1 2 "District 62 Administration". CCSD 62. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  10. "Acting superintendent now officially the boss in Des Plaines District 62". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2019-04-17.

Footnotes

  1. Westerhold Early Learning Center and Forest Elementary School are considered the same school in the Illinois Report Card.