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District 202 has made public the draft results of its Student Attendance Boundary Study, which was conducted by a third-party consultant. The study is part of a planning initiative that the community, district administration, and Board of Education identified as a top priority. The initiative aligns with strategic goals approved by the Board in December 2022.
Community members are invited to review the findings and share their feedback. The study’s findings can be viewed at https://www.psd202.org/page/boundary-review, and comments can be submitted at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpfQoxjISWc1uaOm6y4jjEMgJc1EmV4mrbSsL8Vba33d5J3w/viewform.
RSP, the consulting firm leading the study, will present its research, methodology, findings, and recommendations during two upcoming public sessions. These sessions are scheduled for Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at Plainfield East High School and Thursday, October 9, 2025 at Plainfield High School – Central Campus. Both meetings begin at 6 p.m., and attendees only need to attend one session as presentations will be identical.
After each presentation, attendees can view maps showing proposed boundary changes and provide input through an online survey available during the sessions. No questions will be answered during these information-gathering events.
“The October 8 meeting will be recorded and the video will be posted online on Thursday, October 10, 2025.”
The draft boundary study addresses several issues: enrollment imbalances between schools; shifting student populations due to new housing developments; aligning boundaries with aging facilities or planned construction; and improving transportation efficiency to reduce travel times and costs while enhancing safety.
Plainfield North High School is among those potentially affected by any boundary adjustments. In the 2019-2020 school year it served grades nine through twelve with an enrollment of 2,309 students in Plainfield and Will County (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). Of these students that year: about one quarter were in grade twelve (24.9 percent), just over a quarter were in grade ten (25.6 percent), nearly a quarter were in grade eleven (23 percent), while grade nine had the highest concentration at 26.4 percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). Demographically that year Plainfield North’s student body was comprised of approximately 66 percent white students; black students made up about seven percent; Hispanic students accounted for roughly thirteen percent; Asian students represented just over nine percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
District officials encourage families and residents to review the draft report’s findings so their feedback can help shape final recommendations before they go to a vote.
The Board of Education plans to vote on new attendance boundaries on December 17, 2025. If approved changes would take effect starting with the 2026-27 school year.
