Cairo_Unified_School_District_1

Cairo Community Unit School District 1

Cairo Community Unit School District 1

School district in Alexander County, Illinois, United States

Cairo Community Unit School District 1 is a unified school district located in Cairo, Illinois, which is the county seat of Alexander County. It is composed of two schools: Cairo Elementary School, which educates primary to fifth graders; and Cairo Junior and Senior High School, which encompasses grades six through twelve. The district includes the southernmost parts of Alexander County, including the city of Cairo, and the unincorporated areas of Cache, Future City, Klondike, Miller City, and Urbandale.[2] During the 2016–17 school year, the district's enrollment for all grades was 441.[3]

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Cairo Junior/Senior High School seen from Sycamore Street

It formerly operated Bennett Elementary School and Cairo Junior High School.[4] In 2005 the former junior high became the Cairo Community Education Center, which has programs operated by the Regional Center for Education, which has a lease from the school district; then the center subleases it to various entities, including Southern Illinois University Carbondale.[5] Bennett Elementary ended operations in 2010.[6]

History

In 2003 it had 905 students. That year the district had financial and academic problems.[4]

Demographics

Based on census estimates, the Cairo school district has the highest percentage in Illinois of children in poverty, 60.6%. This is the fifteenth highest percentage of any city in the United States.[7]

Academic achievement

Circa 2010 the high school's average ACT test score was 15.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Cairo USD 1". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Alexander County, IL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
    Compare to: "GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP ALEXANDER COUNTY ILLINOIS" (PDF). Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Cairo USD 1". Illinois State Board of Education. 2016–17. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  4. [4]
    Goldstein, Richard (February 7, 2003). "Panel formed to help Cairo schools receive loans, grants". The Southern Illinoisan. Carbondale, Illinois. p. 2A. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  5. [5]
    Hale, Caleb (February 18, 2005). "School's rebirth". The Southern Illinoisan. Carbondale, Illinois. pp. 1B, 2B. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com.
  6. [6]
    "Bennett Elementary to Close in Cairo", KFVS 12, March 4, 2010 Archived May 10, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  7. [7]
    "If you're poor, you have to work harder... nothing is fair", Chicago Sun-Times, January 10, 2008 Archived January 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. [8]
    "Hope Survives Part 1". Southern Illinois University. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2022.


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