Hinsdale Central will host a free seminar titled “Maintaining Balance in Academics & Activities: Navigating High School & Middle School Successfully” on Sept. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hinsdale Community House, according to an Aug. 10 announcement. The event is open to middle school and high school families in District 181.
The seminar is sponsored by D181 Hinsdale Middle School and Clarendon Hills Middle School, D86 Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South High Schools, P.A.S.S. (Peer Athlete Student Scholars), The Hinsdale Public Library, and the Hinsdale Community House.
The event aims to provide guidance for students and families as they navigate academic responsibilities alongside extracurricular activities during their middle school and high school years.
Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 represents DuPage and Cook counties, including Clarendon Hills Middle School, Elm Elementary School, Hinsdale Middle School, Madison Elementary School, Monroe Elementary School, Oak Elementary School, Prospect Elementary School, The Lane Elementary School, and Walker School. The district enrolled 3,743 students in the 2019-2020 school year as an elementary district serving grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade; it is located in Clarendon Hills and DuPage County. In the same year, the district spent $31,308 per student for a total of $117 million, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
According to the Illinois State Board of Education data from recent years, the district has a teaching staff of 282 with an average salary of $94,227 before pension contributions; about ninety percent are women. There were no teachers with more than ten absences per year reported during that period.
District demographics show that it is approximately seventy percent White students with smaller percentages identifying as Asian (15 percent), Hispanic (7 percent), or Black (1 percent). Four students were classified as chronically truant—missing five percent or more of required days without valid excuse—which amounts to a chronic truancy rate well below state averages, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
