Indian Creek Community Unit School District 425 is a unit school district in DeKalb County, Illinois and extending into Lee County, Illinois. As of 2016[update], it had 723 students.[2] It operates three public schools: Indian Creek Elementary in Shabbona for kindergarten through fourth grade; Indian Creek Middle School in Waterman for fifth through eighth grade; and Indian Creek High School in Shabbona.
| Indian Creek Community Unit School District 425 | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
506 South Shabbona Road
Shabbona , Illinois, 60550United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | PreK–12[1] |
| NCES District ID | 1735970[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 716[1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
History
editLee
editPublic school existed in Lee before 1874; by 1874, the public school at Lee was being held at the Dyas Building. A schoolhouse was built in 1876. Another was built in 1890, and an addition for the three-year high school was put on this building in 1918.[3]: 55
A school in Lee was also built in 1936.[4]: 132
Rollo
editRollo had old-fashioned wooden country schoolhouses until 1913. Rollo Consolidated School opened on January 13, 1913, on the western edge of Rollo, and housed all grades through the first three years of high school. High school seniors originally attended Shabbona or Earlville; in 1935, Rollo became a four-year high school, with the official name of Rollo Township High School.[5]
The Rollo district eventually consolidated with Shabbona. The final Rollo high school class was 1954; grade school continued in the building until 1977. The school building was used for township purposes and was torn down in 1984.[5]
Shabbona
editShabbona School District 125
editThe grade school district in Shabbona existed by 1870 when a two-story wooden school was built. Additions were made in 1882 and 1886. Three-year high school was added in 1887. The school building was torn down in 1919.[3]: 52
Shabbona High School District 410
editThe Shabbona High School District 410 built a school in 1920, but it burned down in 1922.[3]: 52
Shabbona Community School
editThe Shabonna schools opened a new building for all grades in January 1923.[3]: 53 High school was held in this building until June 1954.[3]: 53
Waterman
editWaterman had a new high school built in 1930, and a new grade school built in 1952.[4]: 136
Waterman Community Unit School District 431
editIn 1957, the Waterman districts' population reached 2,000, which was the minimum required by state law to form a community unit school district. At a May 11, 1957 election, the voters approved the unit district by a vote of 88 to 11.[4]: 136
A bond to expand the Waterman high school was approved by the voters in 1960.[4]: 136
District 425
editDeKalb County held an election in 1948 to combine the entire county into a single unit school district, but the public rejected it by a vote of 7,970 to 665.[4]: 130
The areas of Lee, Shabbona, and Rollo voted to form a unit school district in the March 4, 1949 election, by a vote of 739 to 73, and Shabbona Community Unit School District 425 came into existence on July 1, 1949.[4]: 132 Some of the territory in Lee County had to be added by separate petition, and required three petitions in a row because of legal complications.[4]: 132
A new Shabbona High School building opened in September 1954.[4]: 132 The 1936 school building in Lee got an addition in 1961.[4]: 132
District 425 annexed Waterman Community Unit School District 431 on August 23, 1993, then adopted the name Indian Creek.[6]
The 1923 school was torn down and Shabbona Elementary School, for kindergarten through fifth grade, built and opened in 2004.[3]: 54
References
edit- ^ a b c "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Indian Creek CUSD 425". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ "Indian Creek CUSD 425 (16-019-4250-26-0000)" (PDF). Illinois District Report Card. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Board of Education. 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Nancy Fleming Pardridge (2012). "Five: Community Schools". Around Shabbona. Images of America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 51–55. ISBN 978-0-7385-8867-4. LCCN 2011943025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Harriet Wilson Davy, ed. (1963). From Oxen to Jets: A History of DeKalb County 1835-1963. DeKalb County Board of Supervisors. LCCN 63-21791. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
- ^ a b "Rollo Consolidated High School "Eagles"". Illinois High School Glory Days. See Certificate of Recognition at rollohs4yearcertdav.jpg for evidence of Rollo Township High School name.
- ^ "School District Reorganizations: 1983-84 to 2017-18" (PDF). Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Board of Education. 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
