Lake County Gazette

Coalers will host two major athletic events on Saturday, November 1. The Soccer Sectional Championship is scheduled for 11 a.m., and the first round of the Football Playoff Game will take place at 4 p.m. Tickets for both events are available online: the soccer championship can be accessed at https://gofan.co/event/4941630 and the football playoff game at https://gofan.co/event/5183042?schoolId=IHSA.

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. More details about the district can be found at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.

The district employs 153 teachers with an average salary of $69,297 before pension contributions. Of these educators, 77.9 percent are women and 22.1 percent are men; none have more than ten absences in a school year. Additional statistics are available from the Illinois State Board of Education at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.

According to state data, the student population in the district is predominantly White (86.9 percent), with Hispanic students making up 9.6 percent, Black students 0.6 percent, and Asian students also at 0.6 percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

In 2020, spending per student was $21,619, with total expenditures reaching $47 million (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).