Elgin Area School District U46, often referred to as "U-46", is a unit school district headquartered in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois.

[2] Covering 90 square miles (230 km2), the district serves portions of eleven communities in the northwest suburbs of Chicago in Cook, DuPage and Kane Counties.

[2] School District U-46 serves over 40,000 children in grades preK-12.

The district ranks as the second largest in Illinois with forty elementary schools, eight middle schools and five high schools.

[2] Tony Sanders is the CEO as of August 2022.