Communities Served: We serve the communities of Moline, Coal Valley, and Fruitland.

Student Enrollment: 7,312 students (2017-2018)

Employees

• Over 996 total employees
• Over 449 certified teachers (61% have a Master's Degree or higher)

15 school buildings

Student Diversity: Student demographics, rounded to nearest tenth:

• 53.2% White
• 9.6% Black of African-American
• 29.0% Hispanic
• 5.8% Multi-racial
• 3.1% Asian / Pacific Islander
• 0.2% Native American

In January 2019 our high school will have a brand new, state-of-the-art performing arts center! The school district and the Robert E. Bartlett Family Foundation have joined forces to renovate, upgrade and transform our 60-year-old high school auditorium into the Moline High School Bartlett Performing Arts Center. When completed, the Performing Arts Center will not only increase educational opportunities for our high school students and staff, but will also benefit the entire community by drawing more outside performers and enriching Moline's cultural offerings.

In addition to a complete gut and remodel of the auditorium, the $11.7 million project includes a 10,000-square foot addition. The finished center will include advanced audiovisual and lighting systems, handicap upgrades, and stadium-style seating that improves audience stage views. Other spaces include a music room, choral room, scene shop, dressing rooms, practice rooms, concessions area, and a multipurpose room that can be used as a "black box" theater for smaller performances. The corridor that connects the existing facility with the addition features a "river wall" inspired by Moline's location amid two rivers.

Our school district participates in the Quad Cities / United Way "Challenge 5" to increase attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism. Students are encouraged to strive for less than five days absent. Research shows that fewer than five absences improves academic success during the school year and that absences affect progress. Missing just two days a month makes a child "chronically absent." Eight in ten chronically absent kindergarten and first-grade students will not read at grade level by the end of 3^rd grade. Three of four sixth-grade students who are chronically absent will not graduate high school.

We want your child in school for all 176 days of learning each year.

Recent accomplishment: Last year our attendance rate was almost 93 percent and we strive to continue to improve.

Hamilton Elementary School, opened in the Fall of 2005 as a state-of-the-art 21^st Century school. The 562 students enrolled there learn in flexible, collaborative learning spaces; classrooms with glass garage doors that open into a two-story media center; a learning stair; and a discovery lab.

Moline High School offers 16 Advanced Placement (AP) courses, the most of any Illinois Quad City district and the second most in the entire Quad Cities region. AP courses help high school student prepare for the rigors of college, and can count for college credit if students pass the culminating exam. In addition, 11 courses in English and Business are offered with Black Hawk College, giving students an additional opportunity to earn early college credit.

Recent accomplishment: In 2018, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) named 54 Moline High School students as Illinois State Scholars for their outstanding academic achievement. Two students were National Merit Scholars.

LEAD Moline (Limitless Engagement, Amazing Discoveries) is the district's new 1:1 technology initiative that provides each high school freshman a Chrome Book. The program will expand each year until all 5th through 12th grade students will learn in a 1:1 environment. LearnPads, iPads, carts, Bring Your Own Technology, and other flexible strategies are utilized in grades K-4.

Program progress: Currently the district owns 3,869 Chromebooks so that all 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students have their own Chromebooks to use for the school year.

Moline school district is committed to offering the finest science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) experience in the region. The high school offers a Physics First curriculum in which freshman take Physics, followed by Chemistry and then Biology.

This sequence allows for a hands-on science experience, creates opportunities for students to take more Advanced Placement courses at the upper grade levels, and bolsters achievement in math.

Moline is a Project Lead the Way district. This four-year engineering program culminates with a Capstone course that can count for college credits. Combined with Moline's articulated engineering agreement with Western Illinois University, students interested in STEM-related careers will leave high school college and career ready, often with college credit under their belts.

Recent accomplishments: High school engineering students took first and most innovative design at the Quad City Engineering and Science Council Trebuchet contest.

Lincoln-Irving School is home to the region's only Dual Language Two-Immersion program.

In this program, students learn in two languages, English and Spanish, and will be fully bilingual in reading, writing, speaking and listening at the end of the 5^th grade.

The district partners with Purdue University to offer a program for students identified with exceptional academic ability, starting at the elementary school level.

Middle School Students receive instruction appropriate for their ability level.

As they advance to high school, students have many programming options that promote a rigorous curriculum, including Advanced Placement Courses and articulated agreements and partnerships with local colleges.

The district partners with the United Township Area Career Center, UT ACC, which offers 24 vocational courses in a wide variety of areas.

Upper classmen have the option to take these classes on site in their area of interest. Many of the courses lead to certifications required for entry-level jobs.

Moline High School offers 21 varsity sports and 32 activities and clubs. It has been named the best overall athletic program in the Western Big Six Conference for 21 consecutive years. Middle schools students also have ample opportunity to participate in a wide range of athletic and school activities.

Moline also has a rich tradition in the Fine Arts. Students can participate in band, choir, or orchestra. The district takes pride in the quality of its theater program, including the traditional Fall play and Spring musical at the high school. The our visual arts programs are widely respected and have entered national, statewide, and local competitions such as the Quad City Arts Teacher-Student Invitational, where both students and staff have won top awards.