Superintendent

Position Type:
Administration/Superintendent

Date Posted:
8/19/2024

Location:
Lemont High School

Date Available:
07/01/2025

Closing Date:
10/07/2024Position Available:
Superintendent
Lemont High School District 210

Address:
800 Porter Street
Lemont, IL 60439

Communities Served:
Lemont, Darien, Downers Grove, and Woodridge

Qualifications:
Hold or be eligible for an Illinois Superintendent's License
Successful and significant administrative experience, knowledge of school finance a plus

Advisors Assisting the Board:


HIGHLIGHTS:
The District serves approximately 1,300 students and is located in Lemont, IL, a southwest suburb of Chicago.

• Family friendly community committed to educational excellence
• One building high school district that serves an area of 31 square miles
• Single municipality of the Village of Lemont that includes Argonne National Laboratory
• Well-rounded curricular and extra-curricular opportunities
• Excellent on-going professional development opportunities for all staff
• 2017 National Blue Ribbon School
• Seven-time recipient of the Chicago Tribune Top Workplaces Award (2017-2023)
• Fourteen percent of the student population is disadvantaged
• Lemont High School has an exemplary designation according to the most recent state report card with no underperforming subgroups
• Honors and/or Advanced Placement courses are available in most curricular areas
• Students also have access to curricular options at Wilco Area Career Center, a regional vocational center of which Lemont High School is a member
• Average spending per pupil for Lemont High School is $19,811
• District is financially sound and is a Tier IV district based on Evidenced Based Funding data
• The community and school district are easy to access using 355 Tollway or Interstate 55
• Lemont has a family focused downtown with shops, restaurants, etc.

SCHOOLS Summative Designation
Lemont High School District 210 Exemplary

Student Characteristics See the Illinois State Report Card At: https://www.lhs210.net/academics/school-report-cards

Staff Information

• Total Teachers: 92 (with 92% having earned a Masters Degree or better)
• 8 Administrators

Financial Information

• Financial Adequacy: 106 % (2022-2023 Report Card)
• FY23 Total Expenditures: $31,782,602

Salary Offered:

• Regionally Competitive

Search Calendar: (The Board reserves the right to extend all dates.)

• Accepting Applications Through: October 7, 2024
• Names of Selected Candidates Taken to the Board: October 15, 2024
• Superintendent Named: December 2024
• Superintendent Start: July 1, 2025

Attachment(s):

• LHS Superintendent 2025-2026.pdf