Granite City Community Unit School District 9 announced on April 22 that the last day of student attendance for the 2025-26 school year will be Friday, May 22, with all students attending a half day.
The district provided detailed start and end times for each school building to help families plan accordingly. The announcement aims to keep families informed about important dates as the academic year comes to a close.
In its message, the GCSD9 Administration said, “We thank you for your continued support and wish all of our students and families success during the final month of the 2025-26 school year.”
The Granite City Community Unit School District 9 represents 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 Illinois Report Card. The district enrolled 5,990 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade during the 2019-2020 school year according to Illinois Report Card.
The Illinois State Board of Education reports that Granite City Community Unit School District 9 has a teaching staff of 320 with an average salary of $67,898 before pension contributions; most teachers are women at over three-fourths of staff. No teachers in this district had more than ten absences in a single school year according to Illinois Report Card. The student population is reported as being made up of approximately two-thirds White students (65.3 percent), with Black (15.9 percent), Hispanic (11.7 percent), and Asian (0.6 percent) students making up smaller portions according to Illinois Report Card.
For fiscal context, per-student spending was $17,739 in the district during the year 2020—totaling $106 million across all schools as reported by Illinois Report Card. Chronic truancy remains an issue: In the same period there were reportedly 755 chronically truant students enrolled—12.6 percent compared with a statewide average of just under ten percent according to data from ISBE.
As families prepare for summer break following May’s early dismissal date, administrators say they appreciate community engagement throughout what remains of this academic term.
