The Kahoks on the Go team participated in the 2026 Greater St. Louis Marathon on April 11, running either a 10K or half marathon after months of training.
This event brought together students and staff from Collinsville Community Unit School District 10, with five runners completing the 10K and eight finishing the half marathon. The district is located in Collinsville and Madison County, serving grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade for a total enrollment of 6,169 students during the 2019-2020 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card according to the Illinois Report Card.
The runners who completed the 10K were Rylee McGauley, Adilyn Click, Carolina Garcia, Lizbeth Carrera, and Jose Ramirez. Half marathon finishers included Esme Malo, Houston Gurley, Zach Etcheson, Roger Castro, Eden Banuelos-Alvarado, Michael Ripley, Joseph Ripley, Theo Bovee as well as staff members Mr. Post and Mrs. Furlow alongside Mr. Gottschalk.
Mr. Gottschalk said: “Everyone finished the race and personal records were set by many!”
Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 represents schools across Madison and St. Clair counties 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 state data. The district spent $16,872 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $104 million as reported by state education officials.
Demographically, Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 is comprised of approximately 56 percent White students, with Black students making up about 14 percent and Hispanic students about one quarter of enrollment according to ISBE statistics. Teacher staffing includes more than four hundred educators earning an average salary just over $60 thousand per year before pension contributions as noted by state reports.
In terms of attendance issues within the district during the last reporting period there were one hundred ninety-one chronically truant students enrolled—representing just over three percent—which remains below statewide averages per Illinois State Board of Education data.
