Elgin Area School District U46

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Elgin Area School District U-46
355 East Chicago St Elgin , Illinois, 60120
District information
Type	unit school district
Motto	ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR ALL
Grades	K-6
Established	1836 1873 (1873) (as Elgin Area District U-1) 1902 (as Elgin Area District U-46)[1]
Superintendent	Suzanne Johnson
Chair of the board	Sue Kerr
Schools	see below
District ID	1713710
Students and staff
Enrollment	39,000 (total)
Teachers	2,426 (FTE)
Staff	4,272 (FTE, inc. Teachers)
Other information
CEO	Tony Sanders
Website	www.u-46.org

Elgin Area School District U46, often referred to as "U-46", is a unit school district headquartered in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois.^[2] Covering 90 square miles (230 km²), the district serves portions of eleven communities in the northwest suburbs of Chicago in Cook, DuPage and Kane Counties.^[2] School District U-46 serves over 40,000 children in grades preK-12. The district ranks as the second largest in Illinois with forty elementary schools, eight middle schools and five high schools.^[2]

Tony Sanders is the CEO as of August 2022.^[3]

• Center House
• Central School Programs
• DREAM Academy, an alternative school
• High School Academy Program, a program for gifted students in High School
• Preschool Programs
• Radio station WEPS (88.9 FM)
• School Within a School (SWAS) Program, a program for gifted students in 4th-8th Grade; also called Inquiry and Gifted Network for Ingenuity Talent and Exploration (IGNITE) Program
• Planetarium/Observatory

• List of school districts in Illinois