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Naperville CUSD 203

Naperville, Illinois · Superintendent: Daniel M Bridges · #8 of 376 Illinois districts by enrollment

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16,047

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$22,001

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 31% above the Illinois median

13.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Illinois median 13.6

Naperville CUSD 203 is a public school district based in Naperville, Illinois, serving 16,047 students in 22 schools. By enrollment it ranks #8 of the 376 Illinois districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 98% of them. Its schools average 729 students each, more than the Illinois median of 465. Its superintendent is Daniel M Bridges. It spends about $22,001 per student on day-to-day operations, 31% more than the Illinois median. It has roughly 13.5 students per teacher.

How Naperville CUSD 203 compares

Naperville CUSD 203Illinois median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$22,001

Illinois median $16,815 · 31% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$13,476

Illinois median $10,013 · 35% above · FY2020-21

Students per school729

Illinois median 465 · 57% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.5

Illinois median 13.6 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor422

Illinois median 490 · 14% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$411.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 34%Local 63%

Measure	Naperville CUSD 203	Illinois median	Year
Current spending per student	$22,001	$16,815	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$13,476	$10,013	FY2020-21
Total spending	$392.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$411.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,186	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,893	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.5	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	422	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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Daniel M Bridges

Superintendent, Naperville CUSD 203

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
CUSD 308Oswego	16,766	22	$14,710	14.7	#7
Naperville CUSD 203Naperville · this district	16,047	22	$22,001	13.5	#8
Schaumburg CCSD 54Schaumburg	15,298	28	$17,359	11.9	#9
Valley View CUSD 365URomeoville	14,710	20	$21,451	12.5	#10
Waukegan CUSD 60Waukegan	13,640	22	$19,798	12.6	#11

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Norman Public SchoolsNorman, OK	16,048	$10,114	16.6
Bryan ISDBryan, TX	16,044	$11,360	14.0
Oxnard Union HighOxnard, CA	16,039	$13,649	22.8
York 03Rock Hill, SC	16,034	$12,655	13.3

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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