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Aurora West USD 129

Aurora, Illinois · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

11,020
Students enrolled
17
Public schools
749
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 545
  • Kindergarten 686
  • Grade 1 746
  • Grade 2 757
  • Grade 3 750
  • Grade 4 763
  • Grade 5 780
  • Grade 6 776
  • Grade 7 762
  • Grade 8 813
  • Grade 9 997
  • Grade 10 867
  • Grade 11 842
  • Grade 12 936

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 65%
  • White 19%
  • Black or African American 10%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • Asian 3%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 5,560 of 11,020 students in the district's schools

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$17,236 spent per student on day-to-day operations Illinois median: $18,461 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $10,535
  • Support services $6,142
  • Other (food service, etc.) $559

Where the money comes from

  • Local 47%
  • State 38%
  • Federal 15%

Total revenue $255.5 milliontotal spending $229.3 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: LargeStudents: 95% suburb, 5% rural

Total staff (FTE)

1,906

District office

1877 W. Downer Pl, Aurora IL 60506

County

Kane County

Official website

NCES District ID

1704710

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About Aurora West USD 129

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

West Aurora School District 129 includes North Aurora and portions of Aurora, Montgomery and Sugar Grove. The district serves a growing and diverse population from its urban, suburban and rural areas. The student population is 49% Hispanic, 32% Non-Hispanic Caucasian, 15% African-American, 3% Asian, .05% Native American, and 3% Multi-Racial.
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