Granite City Community Unit School District 9 welcomed 5,617 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
This represents a 0.8% decrease from the previous school year.
Granite City High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 1,653 students.
Granite City Community Unit School District 9 roughly covers schools within Madison County and has a main office in Granite City.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.
| School | Enrollment | Change from Previous Year (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Grigsby Intermediate School | 792 | 1.3% |
| Granite City High School | 1,653 | -2.9% |
| Wilson Elementary School | 447 | -3% |
| Prather Elementary School | 604 | -5.3% |
| Frohardt Elementary School | 435 | 8.8% |
| Coolidge Junior High School | 825 | 0.7% |
| Maryville Elementary School | 383 | -0.5% |
| Mitchell Elementary School | 417 | 4.3% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education. The source data can be found here.
