The Coalers Boys Varsity Soccer Team secured the championship at the Coal City Coalers Shootout on Saturday, August 30, with three consecutive shutout victories. The team achieved a 4-0 win against Reed-Custer and a 5-0 win over Plano to reach the final. In the championship match, they overcame Peotone with a 1-0 result in what was described as a challenging and competitive game.
Coal City Community Unit School District 1, which oversees schools including Coal City High School where the team is based, serves both Grundy and Will counties. The district encompasses several educational institutions such as Coal City Early Childhood Center, Coal City Elementary School, Coal City Intermediate School, and Coal City Middle School (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education, the district employs 153 teachers with an average salary of $69,297 before pension contributions. The teaching staff is predominantly female at 77.9 percent, with men making up 22.1 percent. Notably, there are no teachers in the district who have recorded more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
Demographically, students in the district are primarily White (86.9 percent), followed by Hispanic (9.6 percent), Black (0.6 percent), and Asian (0.6 percent) populations (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In terms of financials, Coal City Community Unit School District 1 spent $21,619 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $47 million that year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
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