Clarendon Hills School Guide
Schools in the fabulous community of Clarendon Hills fall under the authority of Community Consolidated School District 181, an award winning district dedicated to empowering educators to pour into their students! With a history of education dating back over a century, Clarendon Hills has continued its proud tradition of exemplary pedagogy by focusing on individual students and treating each pupil with the utmost respect and consideration!
District 181
District 181 is governed by a seven-member Board of Education elected to four-year terms.
This board meets on the fourth Monday of each month at Hinsdale Middle School, which is located on the original plot of William Robbins’ first school founded over a century ago in 1866!
District 181
http://www.d181.org
6010 S. Elm St.
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Class Size
School enrollment is just under four-thousand students, and typically class sizes come in at just under twenty-three students per educator, with many institutions featuring even more favorable teacher to student ratios.
Curriculum
District 181 offers a comprehensive K-8 curriculum covering the areas of language arts, mathematics, science, social science, physical education, health, art, music, foreign language, and social emotional learning.
Clarendon Hills Middle School
Clarendon Hills Middle School is one of two middle schools in the district and one of five public middle schools that feed into Hinsdale Central High School. With an enrollment of roughly seven-hundred students, CHMS was recently ranked by the Chicago Tribune as the 14th best middle school in the state based on standardized testing due to more than ninety-six percent of students exceeding Illinois Standards. In 2009, CHMS was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education with a Blue Ribbon, recognizing it as one of the top schools in the nation!
301 Chicago Ave
Clarendon Hills, IL 60514-1186
Phone: (630) 887-4260
http://www.d181.org
Prospect School (grades K-5)
This positive environment of roughly four-hundred students prides itself on providing a secure and supportive atmosphere to allow learners to achieve their maximum potential and become inspired to pursue life-long learning!
130 North Prospect Avenue, Clarendon Hills
Phone: (630) 887-1420
http://www.d181.org
Walker School (grades K-5)
Walker Elementary is a very special learning environment implementing “fish school” philosophy requiring students and teachers to choose their attitudes and support one-another in a playful and empowering manner.
120 Walker Avenue
Clarendon Hills, IL
Phone: (630) 887-1440
http://www.d181.org/walker/index.aspx
Hinsdale Middle
This is the largest school in the district and presently occupies the historic location of the first school in the area over one-hundred and twenty-five years ago! Hinsdale Middle is a Blue Ribbon Award winning school geared toward preparing emerging adults by treating them with empathy and compassion. Boasting a curriculum that goes above and beyond state standards and an enthusiastic and committed faculty, Hinsdale Middle is one of the finest schools in the state!
100 S. Garfield Ave.
Hinsdale, IL
Phone: (630) 887-1370
Hinsdale Central High School
Hinsdale Central boasts over three-hundred courses and sixty extra-curricular clubs and activities as well as thirty sports teams! This historic campus dates back to 1879, and in recent years has undergone major renovations including a massive effort to utilize advanced technologies in each classroom.
5500 South Grant St
Hinsdale, IL 60521-4578
Phone: (630) 570-8000
http://central.hinsdale86.org
Hinsdale South High School
The area’s more recent High school addition features campus wide wireless internet, a faculty fully equipped with tablet PCs, and unusually high graduation rates propelling it to a ranking of the tenth best high school in the state by Newsweek.
7401 Clarendon Hills Road
Darien, IL 60561-4288
Phone: (630) 887-1730
Colleges
University of Illinois
This research intensive university is the largest, oldest, and most prestigious higher learning institution in the state and offers one-hundred fifty areas of study throughout its seventeen colleges. The campus includes two-hundred and eighty-six buildings on its fifteen-hundred acre campus and was ranked fifteenth amongst public universities in 2011 by U.S. News and World Report!
Ste 200, 1010 Jorie Boulevard
Oak Brook, IL
Phone: (630) 990-0740
www.uillinois.edu 
Columbia College Chicago
Founded in 1890, this large-scale liberal arts and fine arts school has grown to become one of the largest and most prestigious institutions in the nation, offering one-hundred and twenty degree programs across three colleges and numerous campuses.
600 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
Phone: (312) 369-7130
www.colum.edu
Westwood College – Du Page Campus
This accredited institution offers twenty-five degree programs and prides itself on offering career focused experience and skills. Employing a diverse three-thousand member faculty ensures individual attention for its fifteen-thousand students on seventeen nationwide campuses!
7155 Janes Avenue
Woodridge, IL
Phone: (877) 558-2953
www.westwood.edu
College of Du Page
This institution for higher learning is the second largest provider of higher education in the state of Illinois and the largest single campus community college outside of California. Since opening its doors forty years ago, Du Page College has welcomed nearly thirty-two thousand students per term into its accredited programs.
425 Fawell Blvd
Glen Ellyn, IL
Phone: (630) 942-2800
http://home.cod.edu
Wheaton College
This legendary private institution was founded in 1860 by staunch abolitionists and has since changed countless lives with its compassionate, professional approach to higher education. Named one of the Princeton Review’s 351 Best Colleges, Wheaton is arguably the best college in the world with a Christian worldview!
501 College Ave.
Wheaton, IL
Phone: (630) 752-5000
www.wheaton.edu