For the eleventh time in the past 12 years, District 97 has earned a Bright Red Apple Award for educational excellence. Seventy-nine out of 868 Illinois school districts were honored with the award this year, which is based on five categories:
- Academic performance
- Pupil/teacher ratio
- Operating expenditure per pupil
- Educational level of teachers
- Average teacher salary
The full list of award winners can be viewed by visiting http://www.wdstudio.net/schoolsearch/aple2012.htm.