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Valley View CUSD 365U

Romeoville, Illinois · Superintendent: Dr. Teresa Polson · #10 of 376 Illinois districts by enrollment

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14,710

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$21,451

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 28% above the Illinois median

12.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Illinois median 13.6

Valley View CUSD 365U is a public school district based in Romeoville, Illinois, serving 14,710 students in 20 schools. By enrollment it ranks #10 of the 376 Illinois districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 98% of them. Its schools average 736 students each, more than the Illinois median of 465. Its superintendent is Dr. Teresa Polson. It spends about $21,451 per student on day-to-day operations, 28% more than the Illinois median. It has roughly 12.5 students per teacher.

How Valley View CUSD 365U compares

Valley View CUSD 365UIllinois median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$21,451

Illinois median $16,815 · 28% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$12,673

Illinois median $10,013 · 27% above · FY2020-21

Students per school736

Illinois median 465 · 58% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.5

Illinois median 13.6 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor409

Illinois median 490 · 17% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$403.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 41%Local 54%

Measure	Valley View CUSD 365U	Illinois median	Year
Current spending per student	$21,451	$16,815	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,673	$10,013	FY2020-21
Total spending	$356.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$403.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,177	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,936	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.5	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	409	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.

Leadership

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Dr. Teresa Polson

Superintendent, Valley View CUSD 365U

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
Naperville CUSD 203Naperville	16,047	22	$22,001	13.5	#8
Schaumburg CCSD 54Schaumburg	15,298	28	$17,359	11.9	#9
Valley View CUSD 365URomeoville · this district	14,710	20	$21,451	12.5	#10
Waukegan CUSD 60Waukegan	13,640	22	$19,798	12.6	#11
Springfield School District 186Springfield	13,014	34	$17,633	13.0	#12

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Walton CountyMonroe, GA	14,783	$10,820	15.3
Blue Springs R-IVBlue Springs, MO	14,657	$10,882	14.6
Terrebonne ParishHouma, LA	14,611	$11,556	15.3
Alhambra UnifiedAlhambra, CA	14,597	$14,830	23.0

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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