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Berwyn North School District 98

Berwyn, Illinois · Superintendent: Dr. Michelle Smith · #163 of 376 Illinois districts by enrollment

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2,434

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$18,637

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 11% above the Illinois median

13.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Illinois median 13.6

Berwyn North School District 98 is a public school district based in Berwyn, Illinois, serving 2,434 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #163 of the 376 Illinois districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 57% of them. Its schools average 608 students each, more than the Illinois median of 465. Its superintendent is Dr. Michelle Smith. It spends about $18,637 per student on day-to-day operations, 11% more than the Illinois median. It has roughly 13.8 students per teacher.

How Berwyn North compares

Berwyn NorthIllinois median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$18,637

Illinois median $16,815 · 11% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$11,363

Illinois median $10,013 · 13% above · FY2020-21

Students per school608

Illinois median 465 · 31% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.8

Illinois median 13.6 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor1,217

Illinois median 490 · 148% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$59.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 77%Local 17%

Measure	Berwyn North	Illinois median	Year
Current spending per student	$18,637	$16,815	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$11,363	$10,013	FY2020-21
Total spending	$53.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$59.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	176	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	362	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.8	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	1,217	490	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Illinois median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Dr. Michelle Smith

Superintendent, Berwyn North School District 98

Source: Illinois State Board of Education, Directory of Educational Entities, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in Illinois

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Dixon USD 170Dixon	2,436	6	$14,309	15.5	#162
Berwyn North School District 98Berwyn · this district	2,434	4	$18,637	13.8	#163
Rich Twp HSD 227Matteson	2,433	2	$26,529	12.3	#164
Mt Zion CUSD 3Mt Zion	2,427	5	$12,493	16.9	#165
Geneseo CUSD 228Geneseo	2,422	5	$12,291	14.2	#166

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Biddeford Public SchoolsBiddeford, ME	2,436	$17,823	10.9
Portsmouth School DistrictPortsmouth, NH	2,436	$21,876	10.2
Rockaway Township School DistrictHibernia, NJ	2,436	$24,737	9.6
South River Public School DistrictSouth River, NJ	2,435	$17,660	11.2

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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