Lake County Gazette

Mrs. Wilkinson’s first grade class has started the school year by learning new routines and making friends. The students are being introduced to a program called Daily 5, which focuses on activities such as Read to Self and Read to Someone. Mrs. Wilkinson commented, “It's going to be a great year!”

Coal City Community Unit School District 1 serves Grundy and Will counties and includes several schools: Coal City Early Childhood Center, Coal City Elementary School, Coal City High School, Coal City Intermediate School, and Coal City Middle School (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). According to the Illinois State Board of Education, the district employs 153 teachers with an average salary of $69,297 before pension contributions; most teachers are women, representing 77.9 percent of the staff, while men make up 22.1 percent. There are no teachers in the district with more than ten absences in a school year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

The student population in Coal City Community Unit School District 1 is primarily White at 86.9 percent, with Hispanic students making up 9.6 percent, Black students at 0.6 percent, and Asian students also at 0.6 percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In 2020, the district spent $21,619 per student for a total expenditure of $47,021,825 (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).