Virginia Community Unit School District 64

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Virginia Community Unit School District 64
Address
651 South Morgan Street
Virginia
, Illinois, 62691
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12 [1]
NCES District ID 1740410 [1]
Students and staff
Students315 (2020–2021) [1]
Other information
Website www.virginia64.com

Virginia Community Unit School District 64 is a unified school district located in the city of Virginia, the county seat of western Illinois' Cass County. It reports to the state as two schools: Virginia Elementary School for pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, and Virginia Junior/Senior High School for sixth grade through twelfth grade. [2]

As of 2018 the superintendent was Gary DePatis, the junior-senior high school principal was Aaron Llewellyn, and the elementary school principal was Kara Bowman. [3]

The mascot of the district's high school is the redbird. Among the extracurricular activities are Future Farmers of America and Scholastic Bowl. Sports include baseball and softball; basketball; cross country; football; and volleyball. [4]

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References

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