Indian Prairie School District 204 (sometimes abbreviated IPSD) serves students from the Illinois communities of Aurora

Aurora, Illinois

Aurora is the second most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the 112th largest city in the United States. A suburb of Chicago, located west of the Loop, its population in 2010 was 197,899. Originally founded within Kane County, Aurora's city limits have expanded greatly over the past...

, Bolingbrook

Bolingbrook, Illinois

Bolingbrook is a large village in Will and DuPage Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2010 US Census, the population is 73,366...

, Plainfield

Plainfield, Illinois

Plainfield is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2007 special census, the population is 37,334.The Village includes land in Plainfield and Wheatland townships. Part of Plainfield is located in Kendall County...

 and Naperville. Currently one preschool, twenty-one elementary schools, seven middle schools, three high schools, and one alternative high school are in the district. There are thirty-one District 204 schools in Naperville and Aurora and one in Bolingbrook. The third high school (Metea Valley High School) opened in Aurora in August 2009. This prompted Waubonsie Valley High School's Gold Campus to be converted into a seventh middle school known as Gregory Fischer Middle School.

History

The district was formed in 1972 by the mergers of Wheatland Elementary District 40, Elementary District 90 and Indian Plains Elementary District 182. The district began as a Kindergarten-8th Grade (K-8) district, with its students attending 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...

 for 9th Grade-12th Grade until Waubonsie Valley High School

Waubonsie Valley High School

Waubonsie Valley High School, or WVHS, is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Ogden Avenue and Eola Road in Aurora, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...

 was constructed for District 204 and opened in 1975. The district opened eleven buildings during the 1990s, at all levels of primary and secondary education.Neuqua Valley High School

Neuqua Valley High School

Neuqua Valley High School, or NVHS is a public four-year high school located near the corner of Illinois Route 59 and 95th Street in Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...

 was introduced to the district in 1997. Another two elementary buildings were opened in 2001-2002, another in 2007, and a third high school, called Metea Valley High School

Metea Valley High School

Metea Valley High School is a high school in Aurora, Illinois that opened in August, 2009 in DuPage County. The school is one of three high schools operated by the Indian Prairie School District; the others are Waubonsie Valley High School, also in Aurora, and Neuqua Valley High School, in...

, opened in 2009, to relieve overpopulation of Neuqua Valley High School and Waubonsie Valley High School.

Elementary Schools and Preschools

School's name	School's namesake	Location	Mascot	Principal	Year opened
Prairie Children's Preschool		1998
Brookdale Elementary School	Brookdale subdivision	Naperville	Bobcats	Brian LeCrone	1989
Brooks Elementary School	Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985.-Biography:...	Aurora	Tigers	Dave Younce	1995
Builta Elementary School	Wayne Builta, former teacher at Waubonsie Valley	Bolingbrook	Badgers	Maranda Van Waning	1999
Clow Elementary School	Robert E. Clow, school board president	Naperville	Cougars	Barbara Kaufman	1979
Cowlishaw Elementary School	Mary Lou Cowlishaw, retired member of the Illinois General Assembly	Naperville	Koalas	Claudette Walton	1997
Fry Elementary School	Fry family, longtime residents of Will County, Illinois Will County, Illinois As of the census of 2000, there were 502,266 people, 167,542 households, and 131,017 families residing in the county. The population density was 600 people per square mile . There were 175,524 housing units at an average density of 210 per square mile...	Naperville	Foxes	Moira Arzich	2001
Georgetown Elementary School	Georgetown subdivision	Aurora	Hawks	Kim Stephens	1988
Gombert Elementary School	Peter M. Gombert, former Associate Superintendent for Business	Aurora	Gators	Jeremy Ricken	1998
Graham Elementary School	V. Blanche Graham, former teacher and principal	Naperville	Falcons	Joan Peterson	1996
Kendall Elementary School	Oliver Julian Kendall, World War I casualty from Naperville	Naperville	Patriots	Lena Guerrieri
Longwood Elementary School	Longwood subdivision	Naperville	Lions	Laura Johnston	1972
McCarty Elementary School	McCarty Brothers	Aurora	Mustangs	Kim Earlenbaugh	1989
Owen Elementary School	Owen Wavrinek, former School Board President	Naperville	Owls	Jason Bednar	2002
Patterson Elementary School	Patterson family, early settlers of Wheatland Township, Will County, Illinois Will County, Illinois As of the census of 2000, there were 502,266 people, 167,542 households, and 131,017 families residing in the county. The population density was 600 people per square mile . There were 175,524 housing units at an average density of 210 per square mile... .	Naperville	Prairie Dogs	Michelle Frost	1993
Peterson Elementary School	Danielle Joy Peterson, a district graduate and former employee, now deceased	Naperville	Panthers	Terri Russell	2007
Spring Brook Elementary School	Spring Brook subdivision	Naperville	Huskies	Dave Worst
Steck Elementary School	Reba O. Steck, former teacher	Aurora	Eagles	Kerry Merrill	1992
Watts Elementary School/	May Watts*	Naperville	Wolverines	Mike Raczack	1989
Welch Elementary School	Arlene Welch, former teacher	Naperville	White Tigers	Kenneth Bonomo	1999
White Eagle Elementary School	White Eagle subdivision	Aurora	Wolves	Jon Vogel	1995
Young Elementary School	Nancy Young, former librarian	Aurora	Dolphins	Adrienne Morgan	1999

Middle schools

School's name	School's namesake	Location	Mascot	Principal	Year opened
Crone Middle School	Clifford Crone, former superintendent	Naperville	Panthers	Allan Davenport	1997
Fischer Middle School	Gregory Fischer, Educator	Aurora (in the converted Gold Campus of Waubonsie)	Falcons	Jennifer Nonnemacher	2009
Granger Middle School	Francis Granger, early resident of DuPage County, Illinois 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...	Aurora	Grizzlies	Mary Kelly	1993
Gregory Middle School	Gordon Arthur Gregory, former school board president	Naperville	Pioneers	Stephen Severson	1987
Hill Middle School	Thayer J. Hill, first superintendent of IPSD 204.	Naperville	Trailblazers	Darrell Echols	1981
Scullen Middle School	Thomas G. Scullen, former superintendent	Naperville	Sharks	Mark Truckenbrod	2001
Still Middle School	Jeffrey C. Still, former teacher at Waubonsie Valley and Granger	Aurora	Bulldogs	Kimberly Cornish	1997

High schools

School's name	School's namesake	Location	Mascot and Colors	Principal	Year opened
Indian Plains Alternative High School		Aurora	Hawks Green and Blue	Josh Haas
Waubonsie Valley High School Waubonsie Valley High School Waubonsie Valley High School, or WVHS, is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Ogden Avenue and Eola Road in Aurora, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...	Waubonsie Waubonsie Waubonsie was a leader of the Potawatomi Native American people. His name has been spelled in a variety of ways, including Wabaunsee, Wah-bahn-se, Waubonsee, Waabaansii in the contemporary Ojibwe language, and Wabansi in the contemporary Potawatomi language.-Biography:The documentary record of... , chief of the Potawatomi Potawatomi The Potawatomi are a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquian family. In the Potawatomi language, they generally call themselves Bodéwadmi, a name that means "keepers of the fire" and that was applied...	Aurora	Warriors Green and Gold	Kristine Marchiando	1975
Neuqua Valley High School Neuqua Valley High School Neuqua Valley High School, or NVHS is a public four-year high school located near the corner of Illinois Route 59 and 95th Street in Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...	Neuqua, son of Waubonsie	Naperville	Wildcats Blue and Gold	Robert McBride Jr.	1997
Metea Valley High School Metea Valley High School Metea Valley High School is a high school in Aurora, Illinois that opened in August, 2009 in DuPage County. The school is one of three high schools operated by the Indian Prairie School District; the others are Waubonsie Valley High School, also in Aurora, and Neuqua Valley High School, in...	Metea Metea Chief Metea or Me-te-a was one of the principal chiefs of the Potawatomi during the early 19th century. He frequently acted as spokesman at treaty councils. His village, Muskwawasepotan, was located on the St... , chief of the Potawatomi Potawatomi The Potawatomi are a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquian family. In the Potawatomi language, they generally call themselves Bodéwadmi, a name that means "keepers of the fire" and that was applied...	Aurora	Mustangs Black and Gold	Jim Schmid	2009