Elgin Area School District U46

School district in Illinois, United States

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]

Special programs

• Center House
• Central School Programs
• DREAM Academy, an alternative school
• High School Academy Program, a program for gifted students in High School
• Preschool Programs
• Radio station WEPS (88.9 FM)
• School Within a School (SWAS) Program, a program for gifted students in 4th-8th Grade; also called Inquiry and Gifted Network for Ingenuity Talent and Exploration (IGNITE) Program
• Planetarium/Observatory

Schools, alphabetically

See also

• Chicago portal
• Illinois portal
• Schools portal

• List of school districts in Illinois

References

1. "History of U46". U-46 School District. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
2. "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.