Elgin Area School District U46
Elgin Area School District U46, often referred to as "U-46", is a unit school district headquartered in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. Covering, the district serves portions of eleven communities in the northwest suburbs of Chicago in List of [school districts in Illinois#Cook County|Cook], DuPage and Kane Counties. 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.
Tony Sanders was the CEO until August 2022.
Special programs
- 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
- School Within a School Program, a program for gifted students in 4th-8th Grade; also called Inquiry and Gifted Network for Ingenuity Talent and Exploration Program
- Elgin [National Watch Company Observatory|Planetarium/Observatory]
Schools, alphabetically