The St. Elmo Elementary Student Council is organizing a “Glow in the Dark Family Dance” on Friday, February 27, 2026. The event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m., with doors opening at 5:45 p.m., in the St. Elmo Elementary Gym.
Admission for one adult and a child is $6, with an additional charge of $2 for each extra family member. All children must be accompanied by an adult. The entry fee includes refreshments and one glow item per attendee; additional glow items will be available for purchase at $1 each while supplies last.
St. Elmo Elementary School is part of the St. Elmo Community Unit School District 202, which serves Fayette and Effingham counties and includes elementary, junior high, and senior high schools. More information about the district can be found at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.
According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education, the district employs 31 teachers with an average salary of $52,468 before pension contributions; women make up more than 87 percent of the teaching staff, and no teacher had more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). The student population is predominantly White at nearly 97 percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
In terms of spending, St. Elmo Community Unit School District 202 allocated $15,878 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of nearly $6.8 million (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). Chronic truancy affected about 3.5 percent of students during that school year—below the statewide average—according to state records (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
The district enrolled 428 students in grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade during the 2019-2020 academic year and is located in St. Elmo within Fayette County (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
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