First Baptist Christian School is a private, Independent Baptist

Independent Baptist

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 kindergarten

Kindergarten

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, elementary school

Elementary school

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 and high school

High school

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 located in Danville

Danville, Illinois

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, Vermilion County, Illinois

Vermilion County, Illinois

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. It is a member of the Illinois Association of Christian Schools and American Association of Christian Schools

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The school was founded in 1953 as an educational ministry of Danville's First Baptist Church. Its current divisions are elementary, which includes kindergarten through grade 6

Sixth grade

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, and secondary, which includes grades 7

Seventh grade

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 through 12

Twelfth grade

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. The school's stated mission is "to make the most of Jesus Christ through spiritual, academic, physical, and social development."