BUILDING A BETTER DISTRICT

A Movement By Citizens  Demanding Transparency, Accountability, and Community Engagement for Central CUSD 301/Burlington in the State of Illinois.Building A Better District is a taxpayer-led movement and is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, the Illinois State or Kane County Regional Board of Education, nor any individual school district, or administration/Board of Education. 

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DASHBOARD

January 2025

 STUDENT ENROLLMENT & FORECAST

RSP'S 5 Year Forecast (Plus Year 6)

Kindgergarten Class Size Monitoring

  • RSP's report (page 12) goes into detail about monitoring the size of our Kindergarten class each year and comparing it to the size of the outgoing Senior class. 
  • For FY25, our Kindergarten class size is 322 students (with 7 outplaced) and our outgoing Senior class size is 344.
  • The trend nationally is smaller kindergarten class sizes due to millenials not having children, waiting until later in life to have children, and smaller family sizes (1-2 kids).  A downward demographic trend is seen in D301, similar to the rest of the nation.

 IMPACT FEES

PACE (Year-To-Date)

This chart shows the PACE of new home construction through the BOE's January reporting for each year shown.   This means we are comparing each fiscal year (July - January) for this year and the preceding 3 years.


COMPARISON

This portion of the chart compares each year to the previous year based on PACE numbers.  


TOTALS BY YEAR

This portion of the chart shows the total number of homes started and the total impact fee revenue the district received for the full 12-months of that fiscal year.


ANALYSIS - Based on these numbers: 

  • Current new home construction is pacing behind last year by 40 homes.
  • Impact fee revenue to our district is down $316,991 compared to this time last year.
  • Last year (2024) we were pacing AHEAD by 10 homes compared to 2023 this same time.


In FY24 (last year) impact fees contributed $1,501,856 to district revenues.

 KANE COUNTY HOME SALES

Total Residential Home Sales For Kane County/D301 (includes any residential home closed in Kane County)



We review the total residential home sales in Kane County as reported by Kane County Deed Recorder Sandy Wegman and calculate total sales, then count how many of those sales fall inside the D301 boundary.  

  • Since the week ending January 18, 2025, Kane County has seen 292 residential home sales.
  • Of those 292 residential home sales, 6 were inside the D301 boundary.
  • This represents 2.1% of all Kane County residential home sales.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

This information is fluid and we work monthly to get updates from developers, real estate agents, and county/city records to provide information that is as up to date as possible.  If you have additional information or corrections to the information below, please email us.  Thank you!

Waterford (Lennar Homes) in Providence

  • Expected total homesites: 138
  • Student Yield Factor: .281 per 100 homes
  • Expected Student Yield: 38.2 students
  • Total Sales To Date: 2
  • Expected Completion:  Unknown

Westover Gardens (DR Horton Homes)

  • Expected total homesites: 74
  • Student Yield Factor: .281 per 100 homes
  • Expected Student Yield: 20.8 students
  • Total Sales to Date: 0
  • Expected Completion Date: Unknown

About us

We are a local group dedicated to cultivating an empowered and engaged community of parents and taxpayers to build an environment of transparency, accountability, and communication within Central Community Unified District 301 (D301), representing the unified voice of the people for a successful and sustainable future.

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