Elgin Area School District U46, often referred to as "U-46", is a

unit school district A unified school district (in the states of Arizona, California, Kansas and Oregon) or unit school district (in Illinois), in the United States of America, is a school district that generally includes and operates both primary schools (kindergarten ...

headquartered in Elgin,

Kane County, Illinois Kane County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 515,269, making it the fifth-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Geneva, and its largest city is Aurora. Kane County is ...

. Covering , the district serves portions of eleven communities in the northwest suburbs of

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, 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 school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...

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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 WEPS (88.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Elgin, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by the Elgin Area School District U46 and licensed to Board of Education School District U-46. Founded in 1950, WEPS is the oldest non-comme ...

(88.9 FM) *School Within a School (SWAS) Program, a program for gifted students in 4th-8th Grade; also called Inquiry and Gifted Network for Ingenuity Talent and Exploration (IGNITE) Program * Planetarium/Observatory

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{{School districts in Cook County, Illinois School districts established in 1836 1836 establishments in Illinois

Special programs

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