Dunlap Community Unit School District 323

Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 is a public school district in Peoria County, Illinois. It is based near Dunlap, Illinois and has one high school, two middle schools, and five elementary schools. Its territory consists of Radnor Township, northeastern Kickapoo Township, the western third of Medina Township, and parts of Akron, Hallock, and Richwoods Townships.[1] As of 2008, the district had 3,121 students, and a student-teacher ratio of 19:4 for elementary/middle schools and 20:3 for the high school.[2]

Dunlap is a growing school district.

Its mascot is an eagle, typically represented as an American bald eagle.[3]

Schools

History

By 1945, Radnor Township had at least 9 grade school districts; most of these districts, along with a few in nearby townships, merged around 19451946. In 1969, District 323 was created by the consolidation of the three remaining districts: Dunlap Township High School District 158, Dunlap Consolidated Grade School District 302, and Wilder-Waite Consolidated Grade School District 303.[7][5]

Dunlap Grade School District 302

Dunlap District #302 traced is lineage back to several school districts.

Wilder-Waite District 303

Wilder-Waite District 303 was created in 1946 by the consolidation of several school districts. The school itself opened in autumn 1948.[6]

References

  1. Map shown in Bantz, R. "2008 Peoria County School Districts". Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  2. "Illinois District Report Card: Dunlap CUSD 323" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  3. "Dunlap School District 323 Home Page". Dunlap Community Unit School District 323. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hayes, John (1940). "Radnor Township". Peoria County One-Room Schools. Retrieved 2011-01-27. (Hayes was Peoria County Superintendent of Schools for 33 years.) N.B.: The web page for this source may contain some numeric typographical errors. Also, school districts originally lower district numbers, and some numbers may have been re-used; then all were renumbered at the same in Peoria County sometime between 1909 and 1944; in the renumbering, Radnor Township grade school districts were given 102 to 109.
  5. 1 2 "New Unit Districts Recently Formed in Peoria County". 1969. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Bantz, R. (2008). "Kickapoo Township". Peoria County One-Room Schools. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bantz, R. (2008). "Radnor Township". Peoria County One-Room Schools. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  8. 1 2 Hayes, John (1940). "Akron Township". Peoria County One-Room Schools. Retrieved 2011-01-27. (Hayes was Peoria County Superintendent of Schools for 33 years.) N.B.: The web page for this source may contain some numeric typographical errors. Also, many school districts originally had other district numbers, and some numbers may have been re-used; then all were renumbered at the same in Peoria County sometime between 1909 and 1944; in the renumbering, Akron Township grade school districts were given 1 to 9.
  9. 1 2 Bantz, R. (2008). "Akron Township". Peoria County One-Room Schools. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  10. 1 2 Hayes, John (1940). "Medina Township". Peoria County One-Room Schools. Retrieved 2011-01-27. (Hayes was Peoria County Superintendent of Schools for 33 years.) N.B.: The web page for this source may contain some numeric typographical errors.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Bantz, R. (2008). "Medina Township". Peoria County One-Room Schools. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  12. Bantz, R. (2008). "Richwoods Township". Peoria County One-Room Schools. Retrieved 2011-01-27.

Coordinates: 40°50′N 89°40′W / 40.833°N 89.667°W / 40.833; -89.667

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