Visitation Catholic School

101 S Lexington Avenue, Kewanee, IL, 61443-0614 - View a map of this school Map

School Overview:

 
Visitation Catholic School
School Membership(s) National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
Religious Affiliation Roman Catholic
Grades Offered Grades Prekindergarten - 8
Student Body
Total Students 137 students
Student Body Type Co-ed
% Students of Color 17%
(IL School Avg.: 33%)
Students by Grade
Pre-K - 30 students
Kind - 9 students
Grade 1 - 19 students
Grade 2 - 13 students
Grade 3 - 8 students
Grade 4 - 9 students
Grade 5 - 7 students
Grade 6 - 13 students
Grade 7 - 11 students
Grade 8 - 18 students
 
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 10 teachers
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:14
(National school avg.: 1:13)
School Days in Calendar Year 176 days
(IL School Avg.: 176 days)
Hours in School Day for Students 7 hours
(IL School Avg.: 6 hours)

In the News:

  • Annual art fair Tuesday evening at Visitation (Kewanee Star Courier)
    posted on May 10, 2011 at 02:15:12 pm
    Visitation Catholic School will hold its annual art fair from 6 to 8 Tuesday evening in the school gym. Students in kindergarten through eighth grade will display their art works. Projects will include studies of artists Alberto Giacometti and Vincent Van Gogh.
  • Making kids safer (Kewanee Star Courier)
    posted on May 13, 2010 at 02:15:01 am
    Over 95 children from Visitation Catholic School, YMCA Kiddie Kollege and several walk-ins were processed by the Illinois Masonic Child Identification Program Wednesday at the Kewanee YMCA. Also assisting were Kewanee Masons and the Kewanee Ambulance Service. Hepner, a seventh grader at Central School, assisted as part of a 4-H citizenship project. The children's parents received a CD with a ...
  • 'Green Eggs and Ham' comes to a new generation (Kewanee Star Courier)
    posted on March 2, 2010 at 08:35:35 pm
    Liz Blachinsky's "Green Eggs and Ham" tradition has now extended to the second generation. Mrs. Blachinsky (known to her students as Mrs. B) started reading the Dr. Seuss classic to her students when she was a teacher at Visitation Catholic School in Kewanee. That was more than 30 years ago. Now, she's the principal at Belle Alexander School in Kewanee, which houses kindergarten and first-grade ...
  • Visitation releases school-opening information (Kewanee Star Courier)
    posted on July 14, 2009 at 02:21:29 am
    Officials at Visitation Catholic School have released school-opening information for the 2009-10 school year.

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School Zip (61443)
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Population (Approximate) 14,381 people 66,827,180 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 19% 24%
Median Household Income $30,743 $48,302
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