The superintendent of each of 376 Illinois public school districts, with enrollment and spending per student.
| District | Superintendent | Students | Spending / student |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Public Schools Chicago | Dr. Macquline King | 324,130 | $18,216 |
| School District U-46 Elgin | Dr. Suzanne Johnson | 34,036 | $16,406 |
| Rockford School District 205 Rockford | Dr. Larry Huff | 28,467 | $16,654 |
| Indian Prairie CUSD 204 Aurora | Dr. John P Price | 26,108 | $15,583 |
| Plainfield School District 202 Plainfield | Dr. Glenn Wood | 24,556 | $16,146 |
| CUSD 300 Algonquin | Dr. Martina Smith | 20,705 | $14,873 |
| CUSD 308 Oswego | Dr. Andalib Khelghati | 16,766 | $14,710 |
| Naperville CUSD 203 Naperville | Daniel M Bridges | 16,047 | $22,001 |
| Schaumburg CCSD 54 Schaumburg | Andrew D DuRoss | 15,298 | $17,359 |
| Valley View CUSD 365U Romeoville | Dr. Teresa Polson | 14,710 | $21,451 |
| Waukegan CUSD 60 Waukegan | Theresa Plascencia | 13,640 | $19,798 |
| Springfield School District 186 Springfield | Dr. Terrance Jordan | 13,014 | $17,633 |
| Peoria School District 150 Peoria | Dr. Jerry Bell | 12,913 | $18,089 |
| Township HSD 211 Palatine | Dr. Judith Campbell | 12,458 | $24,270 |
| McLean County USD 5 Normal | Dr. Kristen Kendrick Weikle | 12,407 | $16,321 |
| Aurora East USD 131 Aurora | Dr. Robert Halverson | 12,187 | $12,429 |
| Township HSD 214 Arlington Heights | Dr. Scott Rowe | 11,911 | $23,483 |
| St Charles CUSD 303 Saint Charles | Dr. Paul Gordon | 11,731 | $18,087 |
| CUSD 200 Wheaton | Dr. Jeffrey Schuler | 11,639 | $17,321 |
| Palatine CCSD 15 Palatine | Dr. Dana Smith | 11,321 | $16,859 |
| Aurora West USD 129 Aurora | Dr. Michael Smith | 11,020 | $14,838 |
| Champaign CUSD 4 Champaign | Geovanny Ponce | 10,598 | $16,202 |
| Joliet PSD 86 Joliet | Dr. Theresa R Rouse | 9,333 | $17,776 |
| Cicero School District 99 Cicero | Dr. Aldo Calderin | 8,664 | $21,016 |
| Huntley Comm Sch Algonquin | Jessica Lombard | 8,401 | $16,691 |
| Elmhurst School District 205 Elmhurst | Dr. Keisha Campbell | 8,280 | $18,207 |
| Barrington CUSD 220 Barrington | Dr. Craig Winkelman | 7,936 | $26,243 |
| Decatur School District 61 Decatur | Dr. Nicole Moody | 7,840 | $15,761 |
| Glenbard Twp HSD 87 Glen Ellyn | Jessica Santee | 7,810 | $21,381 |
| J S Morton HSD 201 Cicero | Dr. Michael Kuzniewski | 7,709 | $14,602 |
| Cons HSD 230 Orland Park | Dr. Robert Nolting | 7,613 | $23,382 |
| Belvidere CUSD 100 Belvidere | Dr. Cassandra J Schug | 7,523 | $18,506 |
| Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 Moline | Dr. Rachel Savage | 7,257 | $11,185 |
| Yorkville CUSD 115 Yorkville | Dr. Matthew Zediker | 7,174 | $13,513 |
| Edwardsville CUSD 7 Edwardsville | Dr. Allen Duncan | 7,060 | $12,853 |
| Crystal Lake CCSD 47 Crystal Lake | Dr. Kathy J Hinz | 6,889 | $15,801 |
| DeKalb CUSD 428 Dekalb | Billy Hueramo | 6,771 | $15,190 |
| Joliet Twp HSD 204 Joliet | Dr. Karla J Guseman | 6,746 | $17,558 |
| Lincoln Way CHSD 210 New Lenox | Dr. R Scott Tingley | 6,734 | $17,342 |
| Wheeling CCSD 21 Wheeling | Dr. Michael Connolly | 6,298 | $21,328 |
| Rock Island School District 41 Rock Island | Dr. Sharon Williams | 6,292 | $17,317 |
| Maine Township HSD 207 Park Ridge | Dr. Tatiana M Bonuma Dos Santos | 6,272 | $29,505 |
| Quincy School District 172 Quincy | Dr. Larry Gray | 6,264 | $12,639 |
| Evanston CCSD 65 Evanston | Dr. Eric Witherspoon | 6,136 | $21,810 |
| Harlem UD 122 Machesney Park | Dr. Terrell Yarbrough | 6,108 | $16,884 |
| Round Lake CUSD 116 Round Lake | Dr. Donn Mendoza | 6,103 | $21,990 |
| Woodstock CUSD 200 Woodstock | Dr. Michael Moan | 6,097 | $19,255 |
| Collinsville CUSD 10 Collinsville | Dr. Mark B Skertich | 6,031 | $10,650 |
| Comm Cons School District 59 Elk Grove Vlg | Dr. Brett Gallini | 5,869 | $20,335 |
| Lake Zurich CUSD 95 Lake Zurich | Dr. Kelley Gallt | 5,772 | $20,995 |
| Granite City CUSD 9 Granite City | Dr. Donald Harris | 5,747 | $10,747 |
| Oak Park ESD 97 Oak Park | Dr. Terri Bresnahan | 5,560 | $19,869 |
| Alton CUSD 11 Alton | Elaine Kane | 5,526 | $15,124 |
| CHSD 218 Oak Lawn | Dr. Josh Barron | 5,436 | $21,914 |
| Arlington Heights School District 25 Arlington Heights | Dr. Brian Kaye | 5,423 | $17,042 |
| Batavia USD 101 Batavia | Tom Kim | 5,218 | $17,326 |
| CHSD 155 Crystal Lake | Dr. Neil Lesinski | 5,203 | $23,435 |
| Orland School District 135 Orland Park | Dr. John Bryk | 5,186 | $20,736 |
| Central CUSD 301 Burlington | Dr. Amy MacCrindle | 5,082 | $16,448 |
| Geneva CUSD 304 Geneva | Dr. Andrew J Barrett | 5,043 | $17,971 |
| Glenbrook HSD 225 Glenview | Dr. Raoul J Gravel III | 5,034 | $33,577 |
| New Lenox School District 122 New Lenox | Dr. Lori R Motsch | 4,956 | $13,420 |
| Danville CCSD 118 Danville | John Hart | 4,940 | $19,836 |
| Bremen CHSD 228 Midlothian | Dr. Brad Sikora | 4,885 | $18,422 |
| Dunlap CUSD 323 Dunlap | Dr. Scott Dearman | 4,837 | $12,710 |
| Downers Grove GSD 58 Downers Grove | Dr. Kevin Russell | 4,811 | $17,150 |
| Bloomington School District 87 Bloomington | Dr. David Mouser | 4,809 | $16,678 |
| Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125 Lincolnshire | Dr. Wendy Custable | 4,758 | $29,851 |
| Belleville Twp HSD 201 Belleville | Dr. Marshaun Warren | 4,718 | $18,219 |
| CHSD 99 Downers Grove | Dr. Henry Thiele | 4,673 | $22,244 |
| Park Ridge CCSD 64 Niles | Dr. Ben Collins | 4,654 | $19,819 |
| East St Louis School District 189 East Saint Louis | Arthur Culver | 4,646 | $23,523 |
| Niles Twp HSD 219 Skokie | Thomas Moore | 4,645 | $31,186 |
| Kankakee School District 111 Kankakee | Dr. Teresa A Lance | 4,602 | $17,198 |
| Woodland CCSD 50 Gurnee | Dr. Tim Truesdale | 4,563 | $20,363 |
| Crete Monee CUSD 201U Crete | Dr. Kara Coglianese | 4,562 | $17,860 |
| CCSD 62 Des Plaines | Dr. Michael Amadei | 4,520 | $23,899 |
| Ball Chatham CUSD 5 Chatham | Dr. Becca Lamon | 4,516 | $8,698 |
| Thornton Twp HSD 205 South Holland | Dr. Nathaniel Cunningham | 4,509 | $22,458 |
| Proviso Twp HSD 209 Forest Park | Krish Mohip | 4,458 | $16,275 |
| Minooka CCSD 201 Minooka | Rachel Kinder | 4,361 | $13,558 |
| Mascoutah CUD 19 Mascoutah | Dr. Dave Deets | 4,345 | $33,656 |
| Glenview CCSD 34 Glenview | Dr. Dane Delli | 4,287 | $23,980 |
| Urbana School District 116 Urbana | Dr. Jennifer Ivory Tatum | 4,197 | $21,282 |
| Wauconda CUSD 118 Wauconda | Dr. Todd Leden | 4,186 | $19,262 |
| Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 Melrose Park | Dr. Algeanna Griffin | 4,081 | $16,206 |
| McHenry CCSD 15 Mchenry | Dr. Josh Reitz | 4,025 | $21,194 |
| Triad CUSD 2 Troy | Dr. Jason Henderson | 4,009 | $13,464 |
| Troy CCSD 30C Plainfield | Dr. Paul Schrik | 3,971 | $17,074 |
| Kaneland CUSD 302 Maple Park | Dr. Kurt Rohlwing | 3,908 | $19,837 |
| Galesburg CUSD 205 Galesburg | Dr. John Asplund | 3,863 | $14,700 |
| O Fallon CCSD 90 O Fallon | Dr. Carrie E Hruby | 3,862 | $11,909 |
| DuPage HSD 88 Addison | Dr. Jean Barbanente | 3,830 | $23,068 |
| Hinsdale Twp HSD 86 Hinsdale | Dr. Chip Pettit | 3,815 | $27,829 |
| North Shore School District 112 Highwood | Dr. Monica Schroeder | 3,730 | $22,992 |
| Sycamore CUSD 427 Sycamore | Dr. Kristen Campbell | 3,720 | $15,197 |
| East Maine School District 63 Des Plaines | Dr. Shawn Schleizer | 3,706 | $16,225 |
| Lyons Twp HSD 204 La Grange | Dr. Brian P Waterman | 3,706 | $24,843 |
| Homer CCSD 33C Homer Glen | Dr. Craig Schoppe | 3,704 | $18,265 |
| Freeport School District 145 Freeport | Dr. Anna Alvarado | 3,703 | $17,550 |
| Marion CUSD 2 Marion | Rebecca Moss | 3,684 | $13,327 |
| Lockport Twp HSD 205 Lockport | Dr. Robert McBride | 3,678 | $18,103 |
| New Trier Twp HSD 203 Northfield | Dr. Peter Tragos | 3,656 | $31,512 |
| Grayslake CCSD 46 Grayslake | Dr. Alfonso Carmona | 3,650 | $15,066 |
| North Chicago School District 187 North Chicago | Dr. Constance Collins | 3,637 | $16,905 |
| Hinsdale CCSD 181 Clarendon Hills | Dr. James Wipke | 3,574 | $21,239 |
| Evanston Twp HSD 202 Evanston | Dr. Marcus Campbell | 3,560 | $24,646 |
| Warren Twp HSD 121 Gurnee | Dr. Daniel Woestman | 3,537 | $15,889 |
| Leyden CHSD 212 Franklin Park | Dr. Nick Polyak | 3,527 | $23,062 |
| Hawthorn CCSD 73 Vernon Hills | Dr. Peter Hannigan | 3,496 | $17,844 |
| Kirby School District 140 Tinley Park | Dr. Daniel Callaghan | 3,495 | $18,250 |
| Glen Ellyn School District 41 Glen Ellyn | Dr. Jeffrey McHugh | 3,482 | $19,439 |
| Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3 Mahomet | Dr. Kenneth Lee | 3,468 | $8,902 |
| Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96 Buffalo Grove | Kathryn E Sheridan | 3,419 | $23,143 |
| Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 Oak Lawn | Dr. Paul Enderle | 3,395 | $15,513 |
| Addison School District 4 Addison | Dr. Nick Sutton | 3,389 | $15,507 |
| North Palos School District 117 Palos Hills | Dr. Christine Droba | 3,350 | $15,123 |
| CCSD 93 Bloomingdale | Dr. David H Hill | 3,319 | $22,903 |
| Oak Park - River Forest School District 200 Oak Park | Dr. Gregory Johnson | 3,307 | $24,584 |
| Wilmette School District 39 Wilmette | Dr. Kari Cremascoli | 3,288 | $22,103 |
| Belleville School District 118 Belleville | Dr. Ryan L Boike | 3,275 | $17,572 |
| Burbank School District 111 Burbank | Dr. Franzy Fleck | 3,257 | $13,275 |
| Sterling CUSD 5 Sterling | Dr. Tad Everett | 3,253 | $13,551 |
| Morton CUSD 709 Morton | Dr. Joseph Sander | 3,247 | $12,172 |
| West Chicago ESD 33 West Chicago | Kristina Davis | 3,233 | $20,894 |
| Jacksonville School District 117 Jacksonville | Steve Ptacek | 3,231 | $15,718 |
| Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215 Lansing | Raymond Williams | 3,228 | $17,243 |
| CHSD 128 Vernon Hills | Dr. Marc Schaffer | 3,196 | $27,620 |
| School District 45 DuPage County Villa Park | Dr. Brian Graber | 3,162 | $21,003 |
| Pekin PSD 108 Pekin | Leonard W Ealey III | 3,126 | $16,961 |
| Twp HSD 113 Highland Park | Dr. Chala Holland | 3,098 | $32,848 |
| Berwyn South School District 100 Berwyn | Dr. Mary Havis | 3,050 | $18,789 |
| Bloom Twp HSD 206 Chicago Heights | Dr. Lenell Navarre | 3,041 | $21,491 |
| Cahokia CUSD 187 Cahokia | Curtis McCall Jr | 2,991 | $22,270 |
| Lombard School District 44 Lombard | Theodore Stec | 2,989 | $20,351 |
| Mattoon CUSD 2 Mattoon | Tim Condron | 2,983 | $15,833 |
| Cook County School District 130 Blue Island | Dr. Colleen M McKay | 2,950 | $14,312 |
| Woodridge School District 68 Woodridge | Dr. Patrick Broncato | 2,927 | $22,364 |
| Minooka CHSD 111 Channahon | Dr. Robert Schiffbauer | 2,918 | $13,176 |
| Elmwood Park CUSD 401 Elmwood Park | Dr. Leah Gauthier | 2,908 | $16,586 |
| La Grange School District 102 La Grange Park | Dr. Christopher Covino | 2,875 | $18,890 |
| Waterloo CUSD 5 Waterloo | Brian D Charron | 2,767 | $12,362 |
| Charleston CUSD 1 Charleston | Chad Burgett | 2,744 | $13,245 |
| Highland CUSD 5 Highland | Michael S Sutton | 2,730 | $13,147 |
| Deerfield School District 109 Deerfield | Michael V Simeck | 2,714 | $26,843 |
| Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233 Flossmoor | Dr. Jennifer Norrell | 2,707 | $24,019 |
| Frankfort CCSD 157C Frankfort | Dr. Douglas Wernet | 2,676 | $15,261 |
| Chicago Heights School District 170 Chicago Heights | Thomas J Amadio | 2,674 | $21,670 |
| Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A Lemont | Dr. Courtney Orzel | 2,664 | $14,307 |
| CHSD 117 Lake Villa | Dr. Jeff Feucht | 2,647 | $22,133 |
| East Moline School District 37 East Moline | Dr. Kristin M Humphries | 2,641 | $18,059 |
| Grayslake CHSD 127 Grayslake | Dr. Mikkel Storaasli | 2,583 | $24,464 |
| Antioch CCSD 34 Antioch | Aron Borowiak | 2,574 | $17,350 |
| Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102 Buffalo Grove | Dr. Jessica McIntyre | 2,557 | $18,508 |
| Lansing School District 158 Lansing | Dr. Nathan Schilling | 2,547 | $11,383 |
| O Fallon Twp HSD 203 O Fallon | Dr. Beth M Shackelford | 2,540 | $15,010 |
| Zion-Benton Twp HSD 126 Zion | Dr. Jesse J Rodriguez | 2,533 | $19,797 |
| Harvard CUSD 50 Harvard | Dr. Brandon White | 2,532 | $15,502 |
| Lake Park CHSD 108 Roselle | Dr. Michael Wojtowicz | 2,522 | $23,976 |
| Prairie-Hills ESD 144 Markham | Janeth K Giles | 2,473 | $14,963 |
| Indian Springs School District 109 Justice | Crystal Skoczylas | 2,453 | $16,248 |
| Dixon USD 170 Dixon | Dr. Melydi A Huyett | 2,436 | $14,309 |
| Berwyn North School District 98 Berwyn | Dr. Michelle Smith | 2,434 | $18,637 |
| Rich Twp HSD 227 Matteson | Dr. Johnnie Thomas | 2,433 | $26,529 |
| Mt Zion CUSD 3 Mt Zion | Dr. Travis Roundcount | 2,427 | $12,493 |
| Geneseo CUSD 228 Geneseo | Dr. Laura Delgado | 2,422 | $12,291 |
| Matteson ESD 162 Richton Park | Dr. Blondean Davis | 2,405 | $16,481 |
| Plano CUSD 88 Plano | Dr. Tracy Thurwanger | 2,398 | $15,843 |
| Ridgeland School District 122 Oak Lawn | Joseph E Matise | 2,394 | $14,635 |
| Lake Villa CCSD 41 Lake Villa | Dr. Sandra Keim-Bounds | 2,388 | $14,368 |
| Cary CCSD 26 Cary | Dr. Sarah Cacciatore | 2,372 | $16,622 |
| Bethalto CUSD 8 Bethalto | Dr. Jill Griffin | 2,368 | $13,908 |
| Jersey CUSD 100 Jerseyville | Brad Tuttle | 2,365 | $14,264 |
| Mannheim School District 83 Franklin Park | Dr. Diego Giraldo | 2,338 | $22,802 |
| Summit Hill School District 161 Frankfort | Dr. Paul McDermott | 2,333 | $19,547 |
| CCSD 146 Tinley Park | Dr. Jeff Stawick | 2,325 | $22,078 |
| Herrin CUSD 4 Herrin | Nathaniel Wilson | 2,320 | $12,534 |
| Marquardt School District 15 Glendale Hts | Lucilla Davila | 2,310 | $20,914 |
| Flossmoor School District 161 Chicago Heights | Dr. Terrance Sanders | 2,302 | $14,071 |
| Mundelein Cons HSD 120 Mundelein | Dr. Corey Tafoya | 2,282 | $21,597 |
| Bourbonnais School District 53 Bourbonnais | Dr. Adam Ehrman | 2,276 | $14,773 |
| Effingham CUSD 40 Effingham | Andrew D Johnson | 2,261 | $13,091 |
| CCSD 89 Glen Ellyn | Douglas Eccarius | 2,260 | $17,404 |
| McHenry CHSD 156 McHenry | Dr. Ryan McTague | 2,214 | $19,278 |
| Dolton School District 149 Calumet City | Dr. Mellodie Brown | 2,192 | $14,744 |
| Libertyville School District 70 Libertyville | Rebecca A Jenkins | 2,190 | $24,592 |
| Zion ESD 6 Zion | Dr. Julious Lawson | 2,176 | $29,833 |
| Taylorville CUSD 3 Taylorville | Brandi Bruley | 2,172 | $12,979 |
| Carterville CUSD 5 Carterville | Sarah Barnstable | 2,162 | $8,680 |
| Berkeley School District 87 Berkeley | Dr. Dan Sullivan | 2,147 | $17,669 |
| Richland County CUSD 1 Olney | Jason Fox | 2,145 | $12,629 |
| Coal City CUSD 1 Coal City | Christopher Spencer | 2,129 | $14,587 |
| Palos CCSD 118 Palos Park | Dr. Anthony M Scarsella | 2,122 | $20,931 |
| Mount Prospect School District 57 Mt Prospect | Dr. Mary Gorr | 2,105 | $14,258 |
| Canton Union School District 66 Canton | Tad A DeRenzy | 2,094 | $10,133 |
| Fremont School District 79 Mundelein | Dr. Trisha Kocanda | 2,086 | $26,369 |
| Dolton School District 148 Riverdale | Dr. Shalonda Randle | 2,077 | $17,636 |
| Macomb CUSD 185 Macomb | Dr. Patrick M Twomey | 2,075 | $17,832 |
| Il Valley Central USD 321 Chillicothe | Dr. Chad Allison | 2,071 | $13,119 |
| Lyons School District 103 Lyons | Kristopher Rivera | 2,042 | $16,047 |
| CHSD 94 West Chicago | Dr. Kurt Johansen | 2,040 | $16,091 |
| Bensenville School District 2 Bensenville | Dr. Katherine McCluskey | 2,035 | $21,160 |
| Rochester CUSD 3A Rochester | Molly Uhe Edmonds | 2,012 | $13,281 |
| Manhattan School District 114 Manhattan | Dr. Damien P. Aherne | 2,011 | $11,064 |
| Bellwood School District 88 Bellwood | Dr. Victoria H Stockton | 1,998 | $16,286 |
| Beach Park CCSD 3 Beach Park | Dr. Denise Wilcox | 1,996 | $18,481 |
| Kewanee CUSD 229 Kewanee | Rebecca Baney | 1,963 | $12,813 |
| Reavis Twp HSD 220 Burbank | Eric Novak | 1,930 | $17,991 |
| Bradley Bourbonnais CHSD 307 Bradley | Dr. Matt Vosberg | 1,914 | $15,920 |
| Columbia CUSD 4 Columbia | Dr. Amanda Ganey | 1,904 | $13,065 |
| Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103 Lincolnshire | Dr. Katie Reynolds | 1,878 | $25,868 |
| Murphysboro CUSD 186 Murphysboro | Dr. Andrea Evers | 1,877 | $17,807 |
| Sandwich CUSD 430 Sandwich | Ryan J Janisch | 1,872 | $13,229 |
| Oak Lawn CHSD 229 Oak Lawn | Dr. Shahe Bagdasarian | 1,867 | $18,427 |
| United Twp HSD 30 East Moline | Dr. Jay C Morrow | 1,862 | $14,466 |
| Homewood School District 153 Homewood | Dr. Teresa Hill | 1,856 | $16,815 |
| Skokie School District 69 Skokie | Dr. Megan Aseltine | 1,842 | $18,677 |
| Gurnee School District 56 Gurnee | Dr. Luis Correa | 1,836 | $19,281 |
| Northbrook School District 28 Northbrook | Dr. Jason Pearson | 1,828 | $32,750 |
| Massac UD 1 Metropolis | Jason Troy Hayes | 1,826 | $15,901 |
| Argo CHSD 217 Summit | Dr. Brandon Cotter | 1,817 | $21,864 |
| Hononegah CHD 207 Rockton | Dr. Ehren Jarrett | 1,814 | $17,899 |
| Skokie School District 68 Skokie | Dr. Scott Grens | 1,809 | $24,110 |
| Winnetka School District 36 Winnetka | Dr. Kelly Tess | 1,803 | $28,762 |
| Manteno CUSD 5 Manteno | Lisa Harrod | 1,801 | $14,360 |
| Riverside School District 96 Riverside | Dr. Martha RyanToye | 1,794 | $24,817 |
| Harrisburg CUSD 3 Harrisburg | Dr. Amy Dixon | 1,781 | — |
| Grant CHSD 124 Fox Lake | Dr. Jeremy Schmidt | 1,769 | $21,073 |
| Clinton CUSD 15 Clinton | Dr. Charles Nagel | 1,765 | $15,794 |
| Ottawa ESD 141 Ottawa | Marissa Darlington | 1,747 | $17,188 |
| Olympia CUSD 16 Stanford | Laura ODonnell | 1,740 | $16,521 |
| Evergreen Park ESD 124 Evergreen Park | Dr. Jenna L Woodland | 1,735 | $19,366 |
| Prairie Central CUSD 8 Fairbury | Brian Quam | 1,712 | $16,196 |
| Pekin CSD 303 Pekin | Dr. Danielle Owens | 1,712 | $14,981 |
| Roxana CUSD 1 Roxana | Dr. Courtney Castelli | 1,708 | $18,867 |
| Monticello CUSD 25 Monticello | Adam Clapp | 1,707 | $14,960 |
| Herscher CUSD 2 Herscher | Dr. Richard S Decman | 1,686 | $16,528 |
| Johnsburg CUSD 12 Johnsburg | Dr. Jason Nault | 1,681 | $18,934 |
| Kinnikinnick CCSD 131 Roscoe | Keli Freedlund | 1,681 | $14,948 |
| Riverside-Brookfield Twp School District 208 Riverside | Dr. Kevin Skinkis | 1,663 | $18,523 |
| Rantoul City School District 137 Rantoul | Dr. Scott Woods | 1,656 | $17,565 |
| Big Hollow School District 38 Ingleside | Robert Gold | 1,653 | $15,703 |
| ESD 159 Matteson | Dr. Tiffany Brunson | 1,653 | $20,894 |
| Lake Forest School District 67 Lake Forest | Dr. Matthew Montgomery | 1,652 | $28,767 |
| Carbondale ESD 95 Carbondale | Janiece Blake | 1,648 | $22,499 |
| Midlothian School District 143 Midlothian | Dr. Angela M Crotty | 1,620 | $11,943 |
| Queen Bee School District 16 Glendale Heights | Dr. Joseph R Williams | 1,608 | $20,899 |
| Rochelle CCSD 231 Rochelle | Dr. Jason M Harper | 1,597 | $13,301 |
| Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn School District 126 Alsip | Craig Gwaltney | 1,595 | $15,522 |
| Monmouth-Roseville CUSD 238 Monmouth | Edward D Fletcher | 1,579 | $13,033 |
| Rockton School District 140 Rockton | Daniel Phelps | 1,579 | $13,666 |
| Mundelein ESD 75 Mundelein | Dr. Corey Tafoya | 1,570 | $17,950 |
| Lisle CUSD 202 Lisle | Dr. Keith Filipiak | 1,562 | $28,532 |
| Mokena School District 159 Mokena | Robert Gurney | 1,557 | $16,472 |
| Eureka CUD 140 Eureka | Robert Bardwell | 1,551 | $13,985 |
| Bond County CUSD 2 Greenville | Wes Olson | 1,550 | $15,425 |
| Forest Ridge School District 142 Oak Forest | Dr. Kristine Roth | 1,539 | $13,496 |
| Robinson CUSD 2 Robinson | Kyle Klier | 1,537 | $13,216 |
| Beardstown CUSD 15 Beardstown | Brent ODaniell | 1,531 | $13,240 |
| Park Forest School District 163 Park Forest | Dr. Ericka Patterson | 1,524 | $23,697 |
| Hillsboro CUSD 3 Hillsboro | Hope McBrain | 1,518 | $14,598 |
| Frankfort CUSD 168 West Frankfort | Robert Matthew Donkin | 1,517 | $16,627 |
| Streator ESD 44 Streator | Dr. Jeffrey Alstadt | 1,511 | $14,543 |
| Steger School District 194 Steger | Dr. Anthony McConnell | 1,507 | $16,292 |
| Genoa Kingston CUSD 424 Genoa | Dr. Chad M Wagner | 1,503 | $14,003 |
| Harvey School District 152 Harvey | Dr. Dana Nichols | 1,487 | $16,062 |
| Tolono CUSD 7 Tolono | Dr. Brian Brink | 1,487 | $14,973 |
| Chicago Ridge School District 127-5 Chicago Ridge | Dr. Adam Thorns | 1,485 | $13,359 |
| Prospect Heights School District 23 Prospect Heights | Dr. Don Angelaccio | 1,476 | $18,401 |
| North Boone CUSD 200 Poplar Grove | Dr. Matthew Cascio | 1,470 | $16,652 |
| Meridian CUSD 223 Stillman Valley | Dr. Michael Plourde | 1,469 | $15,173 |
| Vandalia CUSD 203 Vandalia | Dr. Jennifer D Garrison | 1,465 | $15,547 |
| River Trails School District 26 Mt Prospect | Dr. Jodi Megerle | 1,462 | $19,012 |
| Byron CUSD 226 Byron | Buster Barton | 1,461 | $19,235 |
| Williamsville CUSD 15 Williamsville | Tip Reedy | 1,458 | $12,537 |
| Mount Vernon School District 80 Mount Vernon | Ryan H Swan | 1,445 | $18,930 |
| Summit School District 104 Summit | Dr. David Negron | 1,435 | $19,148 |
| Will County School District 92 Lockport | Dr. Kirsten Frankovich | 1,435 | $24,368 |
| Maercker School District 60 Westmont | Dr. Sean Nugent | 1,430 | $17,873 |
| Western Springs School District 101 Western Springs | Dr. Sarah L Coffey | 1,416 | $12,528 |
| Oregon CUSD 220 Oregon | Dr. Phillip Caposey | 1,406 | $16,995 |
| East Peoria School District 86 East Peoria | Tony Ingold | 1,401 | $18,088 |
| Washington CHSD 308 Washington | Dr. Kyle Freeman | 1,399 | $16,122 |
| Fenton CHSD 100 Bensenville | Dr. Jason Klein | 1,396 | $26,718 |
| Reed Custer CUSD 255U Braidwood | Brad Elliot | 1,393 | $17,033 |
| Brookfield Lagrange Park School District 95 Brookfield | Ryan Evans | 1,387 | $12,129 |
| Wabash CUSD 348 Mount Carmel | Dr. Chuck Bleyer | 1,382 | $13,302 |
| Lake Forest CHSD 115 Lake Forest | Dr. Matthew Montgomery | 1,359 | $27,234 |
| Central School District 51 Washington | Dale Heidbreder | 1,349 | $10,318 |
| Schiller Park School District 81 Schiller Park | Dr. Melissa Kartsimas | 1,344 | $14,083 |
| Northbrook ESD 27 Northbrook | Dr. John B Deiter | 1,340 | $24,995 |
| River Forest School District 90 River Forest | Janice Pavelonis | 1,333 | $20,886 |
| CUSD 201 Westmont | Dr. Jack Baldermann | 1,330 | $23,393 |
| Du Quoin CUSD 300 Du Quoin | Diana Rea | 1,329 | $13,776 |
| Flora CUSD 35 Flora | Dr. Joel Hackney | 1,320 | $9,182 |
| South Holland School District 151 South Holland | Dr. Kathryn Varner | 1,319 | $16,823 |
| Sherrard CUSD 200 Sherrard | Dr. Carl Johnson | 1,305 | $14,877 |
| Keeneyville School District 20 Hanover Park | Dr. Omar Castillo | 1,301 | $14,900 |
| Pleasant Plains CUSD 8 Pleasant Plains | Luke Brooks | 1,294 | $16,163 |
| Bloomingdale School District 13 Bloomingdale | Dr. Vicki King | 1,290 | $14,787 |
| Wesclin CUSD 3 Trenton | Jennifer C Filyaw | 1,288 | $13,515 |
| Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5 Posen | Dr. Anthony Edison | 1,286 | $20,180 |
| Lemont Twp HSD 210 Lemont | Dr. Matt Maxwell | 1,284 | $22,099 |
| Carlinville CUSD 1 Carlinville | Dr. Becky Schuchman | 1,282 | $13,691 |
| Carmi-White County CUSD 5 Carmi | Jarrod Newell | 1,282 | $13,913 |
| Peotone CUSD 207U Peotone | Mark Cohen | 1,280 | $16,316 |
| Litchfield CUSD 12 Litchfield | Dr. Kelly McClain | 1,279 | $16,440 |
| Bradley School District 61 Bradley | Chris Hammond | 1,278 | $16,513 |
| Mercer County School District 404 Joy | Stacey Day | 1,274 | $14,752 |
| Farmington Central CUSD 265 Farmington | Dr. Zac Chatterton | 1,269 | $14,150 |
| Winnebago CUSD 323 Winnebago | Dr. Mike Dugan | 1,267 | $17,778 |
| Wilmington CUSD 209U Wilmington | Kevin Feeney | 1,261 | $11,661 |
| Franklin Park School District 84 Franklin Park | Dr. David H Katzin | 1,254 | $17,813 |
| Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 Northbrook | Dr. Emily Tammaru | 1,250 | $23,797 |
| Shelbyville CUSD 4 Shelbyville | Shane Schuricht | 1,248 | $13,077 |
| CCSD 168 Sauk Village | Dr. Donna Leak | 1,243 | $18,481 |
| Darien School District 61 Darien | Dr. Robert Langman | 1,237 | $22,254 |
| Mt Vernon Twp HSD 201 Mount Vernon | Chad LeCrone | 1,233 | $18,850 |
| Paris-Union School District 95 Paris | Mary Morgan Ryan | 1,231 | $13,628 |
| Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10 Paxton | Eric Bohm | 1,230 | $15,697 |
| Glencoe School District 35 Glencoe | Dr. Catherine G Wang | 1,226 | $26,477 |
| Ottawa Twp HSD 140 Ottawa | Dr. Michael Cushing | 1,223 | $16,867 |
| Riverton CUSD 14 Riverton | Dr. Brad Polanin | 1,219 | $13,671 |
| La Grange School District 105 South La Grange | Dr. Brian Ganan | 1,212 | $21,594 |
| Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2 Maroa | Adam Ibbotson | 1,212 | $13,989 |
| Pikeland CUSD 10 Pittsfield | Dr. Russ Tepen | 1,200 | $14,580 |
| Jasper County CUD 1 Newton | Joe Sornberger | 1,197 | $17,306 |
| Lincolnwood School District 74 Lincolnwood | Dr. David Russo | 1,196 | $26,008 |
| Arbor Park School District 145 Oak Forest | Dr. Andrea L Sala | 1,182 | $17,181 |
| Marshall CUSD 2C Marshall | Kevin Ross | 1,181 | $13,023 |
| La Salle-Peru Twp HSD 120 La Salle | Dr. Clayton J. Theisinger | 1,167 | $18,036 |
| Staunton CUSD 6 Staunton | Brett Allen | 1,165 | $11,847 |
| Pana CUSD 8 Pana | Jessica Miller | 1,159 | $14,045 |
| North Mac CUSD 34 Girard | Kyle Hacke | 1,155 | $15,513 |
| Whiteside School District 115 Belleville | Mark L Heuring | 1,155 | $13,498 |
| Sparta CUSD 140 Sparta | Chris Miesner | 1,153 | $14,987 |
| Westville CUSD 2 Westville | Dr. Seth Miller | 1,149 | $13,093 |
| Southwestern CUSD 9 Brighton | Dr. Kevin Bowman | 1,149 | $14,821 |
| Sullivan CUSD 300 Sullivan | Dr. Ted Walk | 1,148 | $12,299 |
| Channahon School District 17 Channahon | Dr. Nicholas Henkle | 1,145 | $15,097 |
| El Paso-Gridley CUSD 11 El Paso | Dr. DeAnn Heck | 1,135 | $10,473 |
| Pontiac CCSD 429 Pontiac | Mike Weaver | 1,135 | $18,163 |
| Center Cass School District 66 Downers Grove | Dr. Andrew Wise | 1,130 | $18,423 |
| Teutopolis CUSD 50 Teutopolis | Matthew Sturgeon | 1,125 | $9,792 |
| Nippersink School District 2 Richmond | Dr. Tom Lind | 1,111 | $21,691 |
| Norridge School District 80 Norridge | Michele Guzik | 1,111 | $11,760 |
| Eldorado CUSD 4 Eldorado | Cody Cusic | 1,105 | — |
| Millburn CCSD 24 Old Mill Creek | Dr. Jason J Lind | 1,099 | $20,339 |
| Brookwood School District 167 Glenwood | Bethany Lindsay | 1,098 | $18,201 |
| Gillespie CUSD 7 Gillespie | Robert S Owsley | 1,095 | $15,510 |
| Riverdale CUSD 100 Port Byron | Joshua Temple | 1,095 | $13,280 |
| Marengo-Union E Cons D 165 Marengo | Dr. Lea Damisch | 1,092 | $15,218 |
| Hamilton Co CUSD 10 Mc Leansboro | Dr. Travis McCollum | 1,091 | $13,784 |
| Princeton ESD 115 Princeton | JD Orwig | 1,091 | $15,621 |
| ISU Laboratory Schools Normal | Aondover Tarhule | 1,083 | — |
| Morris School District 54 Morris | Dr. Marie K Stover | 1,082 | $10,648 |
| Rockridge CUSD 300 Taylor Ridge | Marcus Bush | 1,082 | $14,928 |
| Tri Valley CUSD 3 Downs | Benjamin Derges | 1,074 | $15,142 |
| Centralia School District 135 Centralia | Christina Becker | 1,068 | $14,090 |
| Skokie School District 73-5 Skokie | Dr. Charles Kyle | 1,065 | $23,305 |
| Hoopeston Area CUSD 11 Hoopeston | Robert Richardson | 1,064 | $17,288 |
| Lawrence County CUD 20 Lawrenceville | Doug Daugherty | 1,061 | $12,672 |
| Johnston City CUSD 1 Johnston City | Josh Pietrantoni | 1,057 | $13,007 |
| Lincoln ESD 27 Lincoln | Kent D Froebe | 1,056 | $16,456 |
| Auburn CUSD 10 Auburn | Dr. Darren J Root | 1,055 | $12,106 |
| Beecher CUSD 200U Beecher | Philip E Lark | 1,051 | $14,719 |
| Mendota CCSD 289 Mendota | Brad Cox | 1,042 | $13,369 |
| Westchester School District 92-5 Westchester | Dr. Philip Salemi | 1,041 | $15,114 |
| Porta CUSD 202 Petersburg | Shannon Duling | 1,034 | $13,550 |
| Sunnybrook School District 171 Lansing | Dr. Erika Millhouse Pettis | 1,025 | $13,636 |
| Carbondale CHSD 165 Carbondale | Dr. Daniel Booth | 1,023 | $20,361 |
| Worth School District 127 Worth | Dr. Mark Fleming | 1,015 | $15,762 |
| Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11 Warrensburg | Cheryl L Warner | 1,014 | $12,710 |
| West Northfield School District 31 Northbrook | Dr. Erin Murphy | 1,010 | $24,081 |
| United CUSD 304 Monmouth | Thomas Hawkins | 1,008 | $16,951 |
| Benton CCSD 47 Benton | Dr. Stephen C Smith | 1,000 | $13,706 |
Names: Illinois State Board of Education, Directory of Educational Entities, checked 2026-10-04. Spending: NCES school district finance survey via the Urban Institute. Districts are listed by enrollment. Spot a change? Tell us, and follow hires and departures on the moves tracker.