Lake County Gazette

Coal City Middle School is currently running a speedball unit in its sixth and seventh grade physical education classes. Mark Masters, the physical education teacher, said, "It is one of the student favorites." Speedball is a game that combines elements from football, basketball, and soccer. Students can score by making a touchdown for one point, shooting a basket for two points, or scoring a goal for three points.

Eighth grade health students recently completed lessons on the five components of physical fitness and learned how to set fitness goals to improve their quality of life. They are now beginning discussions about nutrition.

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

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