The Du Quoin Middle School Advanced Art class is organizing an Art Crawl event on Friday, February 27, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. The event will feature student artwork displayed at St. Nicholas Brewing Company, Bianco’s Ice Cream Shop, and Seed and Soil. The exhibition will continue at these locations until April 17.
“We hope you’ll join us to celebrate the creativity and talent of our students while supporting local businesses in our community,” organizers stated.
Du Quoin Middle School is part of the Du Quoin Community Unit School District 300, which serves Perry and Jackson counties. The district includes Du Quoin Elementary School, Du Quoin High School, and Du Quoin Middle School. More information about the district can be found at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.
According to the Illinois State Board of Education, the district employs 103 teachers with an average salary of $52,174 before pension contributions. Of these teachers, 73.8 percent are women and 26.2 percent are men; none had more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
Demographically, the district’s student body is composed of 83.8 percent White students, 4.8 percent Black students, 2.6 percent Hispanic students, and 0.7 percent Asian students (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
In terms of finances, the district spent $16,356 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $24,354,709 (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). During the same period, there were 49 “chronically truant” students enrolled—representing a chronic truancy rate of 3.3 percent—which is below the statewide average of 9.6 percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
For the 2019-2020 school year, Duquoin Community Unit School District 300 served grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade with an enrollment of 1,489 students in Du Quoin and Perry County (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
