Naperville Community Unit School District 203
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Naperville Community Unit School District 203 is a school district headquartered in Naperville
Naperville, Illinois
Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will Counties in Illinois in the United States, voted the second best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine in 2006. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 141,853. It is the fifth largest city in the state, behind Chicago,...

, Illinois
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, United States
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History

District 203, established in 1972 through the merger of elementary and high school districts, serves central Naperville (as well as portions of neighboring Lisle
Lisle, Illinois
Lisle is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 22,930 at the 2011 census, and estimated to be 23,135 as of 2008. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor...

 and Bolingbrook). All but two of the district's buildings are within the limits of the city of Naperville. Kennedy Junior High School is in Lisle. Steeple Run is in an unincorporated portion of Lisle Township
Lisle Township, DuPage County, Illinois
Lisle Township is one of nine townships in DuPage County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 117,604.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Lisle Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and is water.-Cities, towns, villages:* Bolingbrook * Downers...

 in DuPage County
DuPage County, Illinois
As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 916,924, White Americans made up 77.9% of Dupage County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 70.5% of the population. Black Americans made up 4.6% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.3% of Dupage County's population...

. The current District 203 school buildings were constructed between 1928 (Ellsworth) and 2010 (Ann Reid Early Childhood Center). Additionally, throughout the district's history they have conducted many renovations and additions to schools. For information about renovations and additions to Naperville Central High School
Naperville Central High School
Naperville Central High School is a public four-year comprehensive school ranked in the top 3% of high schools nationally by US News and World Report, covering grades nine through twelve in Naperville, Illinois, a suburb southwest of Chicago in the United States...

 or Naperville North High School
Naperville North High School
Naperville North High School is a public four-year comprehensive high school located at the corner of Ogden Avenue and Mill Street in the northern-central part of Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...

 see their Wikipedia pages. For information on the 2010 additions, renovation, and construction of the Ann Reid E.C.C., visit Building the Future on District 203's website.

Early Childhood

School's name School's namesake Year opened Principal Mascot
Ann Reid Early Childhood Center Ann Reid(educator and administrator in D203) 2010 Jeannie Matula Ducklings

More information on the Ann Reid Early Childhood Center HERE

Elementary schools

School's name School's namesake Year opened Principal Mascot
Beebe Elementary School Ralph Beebe (School Superintendent) 1955 Elizabeth Martinez Bobcats
Ellsworth Elementary School Lewis Ellsworth, Mayor who established original school 1928 Dick Allen Eagles
Elmwood Elementary School Elmwood Street 1960 Patrick Gaskin Eagles
Highlands Elementary School Highlands subdivision 1957 Susan Stuckley Whales
Kingsley Elementary School Kingsley Street 1990 Mary Alice Lindvall Knights
Maplebrook Elementary School Maplebrook I & II subdivisions 1974 Gwen Bockman Wildcats
Meadow Glens Elementary School Combination of The Meadows subdivision and The Glens subdivision Chuck Freundt
Mill Street Elementary School Mill Street 1967 Mark DeMoulin Mustangs
Naper Elementary School Captain Joseph Naper, city founder 1929 Julie Beehler Knights
Prairie Elementary School The school's prairie-style architecture 1969 Mary-Ann Porter Prairie Dogs
Ranch View Elementary School Ranch View subdivision 1985 Suzan Salness Rangers
River Woods Elementary School River Woods subdivision Robyn Rippel Robins
Scott Elementary School Willard Scott - Naperville Pioneer 1978 Nick Micensky Eagles
Steeple Run Elementary School Steeple Run subdivision 1977 Karen Currier Super Stars

Junior High Schools

School's name School's namesake Year opened Principal Mascot
Jefferson Junior High School Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

1970 Nancy Voice Patriots
Kennedy Junior High School John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

1990 Brian Valek Eagles
Lincoln Junior High School Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

1963 Pam George Lancers
Madison Junior High School James Madison
James Madison
James Madison, Jr. was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States and is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being the primary author of the United States Constitution and at first an opponent of, and then a key author of the United...

1978 Erin Anderson Warhawks
Washington Junior High School George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

1977 (current building) Bob Ross Wildcats

High schools

School's name Year opened Principal Mascot
Naperville Central High School
Naperville Central High School
Naperville Central High School is a public four-year comprehensive school ranked in the top 3% of high schools nationally by US News and World Report, covering grades nine through twelve in Naperville, Illinois, a suburb southwest of Chicago in the United States...

1953 (current building) Bill Wiesbrook Redhawks
Naperville North High School
Naperville North High School
Naperville North High School is a public four-year comprehensive high school located at the corner of Ogden Avenue and Mill Street in the northern-central part of Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...

1970 Kevin Pobst Huskies

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