Du Quoin Middle School is seeking applicants for an advanced math teaching position for the 2026-2027 academic year. Candidates must hold or be in the process of obtaining a valid Illinois middle school education license with a math endorsement.
The starting salary for licensed teachers in District 300 is $48,900 plus contributions to the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS). The district also recognizes prior TRS experience and provides individual health insurance to employees.
Applications should be submitted to Administrative Assistant Denise Hirsch at dhirsch@duquoinschools.org by Tuesday, March 3, 2026. For further inquiries about the position, interested parties can contact the Du Quoin Community Unit School District 300 office at 542-3856.
Du Quoin Community Unit School District 300 includes Du Quoin Elementary School, Du Quoin High School, and Du Quoin Middle School, serving both Perry and Jackson counties. More information about the district can be found on the Illinois Report Card website: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/
According to the Illinois State Board of Education, District 300 employs 103 teachers who earn an average salary of $52,174 before pension contributions. Of these teachers, nearly three-quarters are women and just over one-quarter are men. There were no teachers with more than ten absences in a school year. Additional details are available at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/
The student population of District 300 is predominantly White (83.8 percent), with Black students making up 4.8 percent, Hispanic students 2.6 percent, and Asian students 0.7 percent: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/
In the 2019-2020 school year, District 300 enrolled approximately 1,489 students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade and spent $16,356 per student that year: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/
The district reported a chronic truancy rate of 3.3 percent in the same period—49 students classified as “chronically truant,” which means missing five percent or more of mandated school days without valid excuse—well below the statewide average of 9.6 percent: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/
