The Granite City Community Unit School District 9 Board will hold its next meeting on May 12 at 6 p.m. at the district office located at 3200 Maryville Road, according to a May 8 announcement. The agenda for the meeting is available as a PDF.
The school board meetings provide an opportunity for community members and stakeholders to stay informed about decisions affecting local schools. These meetings are part of the district’s ongoing efforts to maintain transparency and involve the public in educational matters.
Granite City Community Unit School District 9 serves Madison County and includes 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, according to the Illinois Report Card. The district enrolled 5,990 students in the 2019-2020 school year and covers grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. It is located in Granite City and Madison County.
According to the Illinois State Board of Education via the Illinois Report Card, there are a total of 320 teachers in Granite City Community Unit School District 9 with an average salary of $67,898 before pension contributions; women make up approximately three-quarters of staff. There were no teachers with more than ten absences in a single school year reported by the district.
Demographically, Granite City Community Unit School District 9 is comprised of approximately 65 percent White students, nearly sixteen percent Black students, twelve percent Hispanic students and less than one percent Asian students according to data from ISBE. The district spent $17,739 per student in fiscal year 2020 for a total expenditure exceeding $106 million.
Chronic truancy remains an issue for some families: during the same period there were reportedly seven hundred fifty-five chronically truant students enrolled—defined as missing five percent or more days without valid excuse—representing just over twelve percent of all enrolled students compared with a statewide average of about ten percent according to ISBE.
