Egyptian Community Unit School District 5

[2] Brad Misner is the current superintendent, while Bret Gowin is the principal for all grades serviced by the district.

The district includes the municipalities and census-designated places of Tamms, Olive Branch, Thebes, and Unity.

[5] In 2007 the district received a $45,260 grant intended to expand teaching of other languages and other courses in the arts fields.

[8] In 2011 the school received a federal grant to improve test scores, which at the time were among the lowest in Illinois.

[9] The campus, located south of the community of Diswood,[10] is on 40 acres (16 ha) of land and has a total of 84,000 square feet (7,800 m2) building space.