Lake County Gazette

The Granite City Community Unit School District 9 (GCSD9) Board is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at 6 p.m. The meeting will take place at the GCSD9 Board Office located at 3200 Maryville Road. The agenda for the meeting is available as a PDF.

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 at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.

According to the Illinois State Board of Education, GCSD9 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. No teachers in the district have recorded more than ten absences in a school year. Additional details are available at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.

Demographic data from the ISBE shows that GCSD9's student population is composed of 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 2020 for a total expenditure of $106,256,610 (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).

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