Lake County Gazette

The Granite City Community Unit School District 9 (GCSD9) will hold a special board meeting on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 5 p.m. The meeting is scheduled to take place at the GCSD9 Board Office located at 3200 Maryville Road. An agenda for the meeting is available in PDF format.

GCSD9 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 can be found on the Illinois Report Card website: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/

According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education, the district 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 reported cases of any teacher exceeding ten absences in a school year. Additional details are available at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/

Demographic data from the ISBE shows that Granite City Community Unit School District 9 is composed 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 finances, GCSD9 spent $17,739 per student in the year 2020 for a total expenditure of $106,256,610: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/

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