Beardstown Community Unit School District 15

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Beardstown Community Unit School District 15
Address
500 East 15th Street
Beardstown
, Illinois, 62618
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12[1]
NCES District ID1705310 [1]
Students and staff
Students1,415 (2020–2021)[1]
Other information
Websitebeardstown.com

Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 is a unit school district located in the Cass County, Illinois city of its namesake: Beardstown. The majority of students in the district are white, but the district also has a 35% Hispanic population[2] and has many bilingual students.[3]

There are four schools located within this district. Grand Avenue School serves the district's preschoolers; Gard Elementary School grades kindergarten through fourth; lastly, Beardstown Middle/High School, also known as Beardstown Junior Beardstown Junior/Senior High School,[4] serves grades 6–12. The superintendent is Reggie Clinton.[5] As of 2013, the principals of each of the respective schools are Pam DeSollar of Grand Avenue School,[5] Steve Groll of Gard/Brick Elementary Schools,[5] and Scott Riddle of Beardstown Middle/High School.[5] The mascot for all schools in the district is the tiger.

Brick School, built in 1927 and expanded in 1950 and 1990,[6] closed at the end of the 2013–2014 school year;[7] the school board voted on September 20, 2014, to sell the Brick School property.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Beardstown CUSD 15". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  2. ^ "Test Scores for Beardstown Cusd 15". GreatSchools. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  3. ^ "News: Raising Bilingual Childran / La Crianza de Niños Bilingües". Brick Elementary School. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Beardstown Junior/Senior High School Home Page". Beardstown Junior/Senior High School. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d "Contact Directory: Administrators". Beardstown Community Unit School District 15. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  6. ^ Mike Ryan Auctioneer Service (October 9, 2014). "Brick School Auction" (PDF). Cass County Star-Gazette (advertisement). Vol. 170, no. 20. Beardstown, Illinois: Beardstown Newspapers. p. 11. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  7. ^ "Minutes, Board of Education Community Unit School District No. 15, Regular Meeting February 27, 2014". Beardstown, Illinois: Beardstown Community Unit School District No. 15. 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  8. ^ "Minutes, Board of Education Community Unit School District No. 15, Regular Meeting August 24, 2014". Beardstown, Illinois: Beardstown Community Unit School District No. 15. 2014-08-24. Retrieved 2018-02-08.

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