Lake County Gazette

The Granite City Community Unit School District 9 (GCSD9) will hold its next board meeting on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at 6 p.m. The meeting will take place at the GCSD9 Board Office located at 3200 Maryville Road. The agenda for the meeting is available as a PDF.

Community members can watch the proceedings live via Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GCSD9.net.

Granite City Community Unit School District 9 serves several schools in Madison County, including Coolidge Junior High School, Frohardt Elementary School, Granite City High School, Grigsby Intermediate School, Maryville Elementary School, Mitchell Elementary School, Prather Elementary School, and Wilson Elementary School. More information about the district's schools can be found on the Illinois Report Card website: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.

According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education, GCSD9 employs 320 teachers with an average salary of $67,898 before pension contributions. Of these teachers, 77.1 percent are women and 22.9 percent are men. There have been no reports of teachers in the district having more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

The student population in GCSD9 is comprised of approximately 65.3 percent White students, 15.9 percent Black students, 11.7 percent Hispanic students, and 0.6 percent Asian students (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

In terms of spending, GCSD9 allocated $17,739 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $106,256,610 (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).