The Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on April 20 in the Administrative Annex at 123 W. Clay Street, according to an announcement made on April 17. A public hearing regarding an interfund transfer is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by the board’s regular session.
The meeting agenda is available online for those interested in the topics under discussion, and additional information about board duties and procedures can also be accessed through district resources.
Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 serves students from Madison and St. Clair counties, representing several schools including Caseyville Elementary School, Collinsville High School, Collinsville Middle School, Dorris Intermediate School, Jefferson Elementary School, John A. Renfro Elementary School, Kreitner Elementary School, Maryville Elementary School, Summit Elementary School, Twin Echo Elementary School, and Webster Elementary School according to the Illinois Report Card.
The district enrolled a total of 6,169 students during the 2019-2020 academic year and offers education from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade according to the Illinois Report Card. The teaching staff includes 418 teachers with an average salary of $60,392 before pension contributions; women make up eighty-one percent of teachers while men account for nineteen percent. No teacher in the district had more than ten absences in a school year according to data from the Illinois State Board of Education.
Demographically, fifty-six percent of students are White; fourteen point one percent are Black; twenty-four point one percent are Hispanic; and zero point five percent are Asian as reported by ISBE. In terms of financials for the year 2020, per-student spending was $16,872 with total expenditures reaching $104 million according to state records.
Student attendance remains above statewide averages: there were one hundred ninety-one chronically truant students enrolled during the same period—a rate of three point one percent—compared with a statewide average truancy rate of nine point six percent as reported by ISBE.
