Original Research by School Decision on Moline Sr High School
Moline Sr High School serves the four high school grades in the Illinois Quad Cities, drawing students from Moline and Coal Valley. It is a comprehensive public high school with an enrollment of roughly two thousand students spread fairly evenly across grades nine through twelve.
The student body reflects the demographics of the region. White students make up a plurality of the enrollment, while Hispanic students represent a substantial share. Black, Asian, and students identifying as two or more races together form a significant portion of the school population. The specific counts of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and the number of students with individualized education plans were not available in the data provided, so a parent should contact the school directly about the full picture of student support services and resource allocation.
State assessment data and graduation rates were not available, which limits what can be said about academic outcomes at the school level. The school's parent district, Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40, does not appear to have published specific proficiency or graduation data in publicly available sources that we accessed. Without these metrics, it is difficult to characterize the school's academic standing against district or state benchmarks. A parent interested in understanding student achievement trends, course rigor, and college and career readiness pathways should ask the school for recent assessment results, graduation and college-going rates, and information about AP, dual-credit, and career-technical offerings.
The city of Moline itself is a mid-sized Mississippi River community with a manufacturing heritage centered on John Deere, whose world headquarters sits there. The downtown core along the riverfront has seen steady redevelopment over the past decade, with mixed-use projects, restaurants, and recreational trails, while residential neighborhoods extend southward up the bluffs. The housing market in the Moline area is moderately priced relative to state and national benchmarks, with mortgage affordability somewhat above the national ratio and rental costs holding steady. Population has remained roughly stable over recent years, though with modest underlying pressure; the district is undertaking a significant elementary consolidation project (the Robert Ontiveros Elementary expansion) expected to open in 2027, which will reshape boundaries and school assignments for younger grades in the coming years.
For high school families, the main questions are whether the school offers the breadth of courses, extracurricular programming, and counseling infrastructure that fit a student's academic trajectory and interests. Course and program details were not in the data available here, so visiting the school's website and speaking with counselors about AP offerings, CTE pathways, dual-credit college programs, and club and sports options is essential. The school's location on its own campus in the residential part of Moline, rather than in the downtown core, means it is car-dependent for after-school access to jobs, cultural institutions, or transit; families relying on public transportation should ask about the school's schedule and MetroLINK bus connections.
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