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* [http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/IA/Airfields_IA_W.html#pekin Informational page about school purchase of military base] |
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Revision as of 04:19, 19 January 2010
Pekin is a small unincorporated community in northwestern Jefferson County, Iowa, United States.
Education
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| Pekin Community Schools | |
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1062 Birch Avenue, Pekin Iowa 52580 | |
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| Type | Public |
| Enrollment | 800 |
| Color(s) | Red, White, and Black |
| Mascot | Panthers |
Pekin is the location of a regional school system, which draws students from Farson, Hedrick, Martinsburg, Ollie, Packwood, and Richland, as well as from the surrounding countryside.
The school is built upon the former U.S. Navy Auxiliary Air Base #07815.[1][2] This school teaches math, science, English, and other subjects common in public schools. For eighteen years, only the high school students went to the regional school, which is located a mile south of Pekin, but in 1978, all grades, K-12, began to study at the regional school, with local buildings being permanently closed.
Trivia
In the movie Relative Strangers, the main character's parents are from Pekin, Iowa.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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