Granite City High School announced on April 1 its schedule for the 2026 summer sports camps, offering sessions in eight different sports for students across various grade levels.
The camps aim to teach athletes fundamental skills in a supportive environment. Participants will be grouped by grade and skill level, receiving individual instruction from the high school coaching staff and current Warrior team players. According to the announcement, “GCHS Camps are designed to instruct athletes on fundamental skills involved in their sport in a fun and enthusiastic atmosphere. Athletes will be divided by their grade level and skill level receiving individual instruction. These camps will be directed by the Granite City High School coaching staff along with current players from the Warrior teams.” Information about each camp is available through brochures at the main office of Granite City High School.
The camp schedule includes baseball (July 13-15), boys basketball (May 27-29), boys soccer (June 2-4), cross country (August 3-7), football (June 9-11), girls basketball (June 15-19), girls volleyball (July 28-30), and softball, with dates to be announced. Fees range from $20 to $40 depending on the sport, with t-shirts included for most sessions. Registration forms can be submitted directly to Granite City High School addressed to each head coach.
Granite City Community Unit School District 9 serves Madison County and includes several schools such as Coolidge Junior High School, Frohardt Elementary School, Grigsby Intermediate School, Maryville Elementary School, Mitchell Elementary School, Prather Elementary School, Wilson Elementary School, and Granite City High School itself according to Illinois Report Card. The district enrolled nearly six thousand students during the 2019–2020 school year as a unit district serving grades pre-kindergarten through twelve according to Illinois Report Card.
In terms of demographics and staffing, Granite City Community Unit School District 9 has a student body that is approximately sixty-five percent White, sixteen percent Black, twelve percent Hispanic, and less than one percent Asian according to Illinois Report Card. The district employs about three hundred twenty teachers who earn an average salary of $67,898 before pension contributions; more than seventy-seven percent are women according to Illinois Report Card.
Financially, spending per student was reported at $17,739 in fiscal year 2020 for a total expenditure exceeding $106 million according to Illinois Report Card. Chronic truancy remains an issue within the district: there were seven hundred fifty-five chronically truant students enrolled during the same period—a rate of nearly thirteen percent compared with a statewide average of under ten percent according to Illinois Report Card.
