Did you Know?   ·         Naperville District 203 has received a Triple A (AAA) bond rating, thereby saving taxpayers $270,000 due to eligibility for better rates and lower insurance costs   ·         According to a recent Daily Herald analysis of 94 suburban school districts for the ten school years from 1996 through 2006, Naperville School District 203 has…

√  the second highest test scores at the 16^th lowest cost per student

√  administrative costs (as a percent of total revenue) that was 41.9% below the average school district

√  low debt – among the lowest of all Illinois school districts

·         Class of 2008 achieved the highest ACT scores in District history (25.1) with 99% of all students taking the exam.

·         Our high schools (NCHS and NNHS) ranked first and third in a Chicago Magazine analysis of school achievement (ACT) relative to per pupil spending.

·         District 203 achieved the highest overall State test scores among large PreK-12 (unit) school districts in Illinois.

·         Both high schools ranked in the top ten public high schools in Illinois (excluding Chicago Public Schools’ magnet schools which use selective admissions)

·         In the 3^rd International Mathematics and Science Study – Repeat (1999 TIMSS-R), District 203 eighth graders achieved the highest score in science and sixth highest in mathematics among the 38 participating nations and consortiums worldwide

For more information on these and other great things about Naperville District 203, please refer to the District’s website:  www.naperville203.org

**facts taken from   www.naperville203.org/assets/ReportToCommunity.pdf  and www.naperville203.org/about/Facts.asp