Regular local school district · Kane County
Aurora West USD 129, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Aurora West USD 129 runs 17 public schools with 11,020 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.7 students per teacher is 1.0 higher than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 17
- Students
- 11,020
- Teachers (FTE)
- 749
- Students per teacher
- 14.7
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1877 W. Downer Pl District Administration Office, Aurora, IL 60506
- Phone
- (630)301-5000
- County
- Kane County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1704710
- State district ID
- IL-31-045-1290-22
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,906
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 1,002 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 54.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.7
Illinois13.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (11,253), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $217.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $20.7 million
- State revenue
- $82.7 million
- Local revenue
- $114.2 million
- Total spending
- $194.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,245
- Salaries
- $98.3 million50.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $114.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 52.5%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,245
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Aurora West USD 129
By level: 1 high, 4 middle, 10 elementary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Fearn Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 492 | 17.0 |
| Freeman Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 529 | 17.6 |
| Goodwin Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 315 | 12.6 |
| Greenman Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 528 | 12.9 |
| Hall Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 512 | 17.1 |
| Herget Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 594 | 14.5 |
| Hill Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 511 | 13.8 |
| Hope D Wall TMH Child Dev CtrCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 0 | |
| Jefferson Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 577 | 12.5 |
| Jewel Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 490 | 13.6 |
| McCleery Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 513 | 13.2 |
| Nicholson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 337 | 16.0 |
| Schneider Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 361 | 12.0 |
| Smith Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 425 | 13.7 |
| Washington Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 690 | 15.7 |
| West Aurora High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 3,641 | 16.2 |
| West Aurora Learning Center/ELACEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 505 | 31.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kane County
- SD U-46 34,036 students
- Aurora East USD 131 12,187 students
- St Charles CUSD 303 11,731 students
- Batavia USD 101 5,218 students
- Central CUSD 301 5,082 students
- Geneva CUSD 304 5,043 students
- Kaneland CUSD 302 3,908 students
- Il Mathematics & Science Academy 656 students
- Elgin Math and Science Acad Chtr 499 students
- Kane ROE 0 students
- Mid-Valley Special Ed Coop
- Northern Kane Co Reg Voc System
- Valley Educ for Employ System
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.