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 ID 1705310 [1]
Students and staff
Students1,415 (2020–2021) [1]
Other information
Website beardstown.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 three 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 612. 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 20132014 school year; [7] the school board voted on September 20, 2014, to sell the Brick School property. [8]

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References

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  2. "Test Scores for Beardstown Cusd 15". GreatSchools. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  3. "News: Raising Bilingual Childran / La Crianza de Niños Bilingües". Brick Elementary School. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
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