IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Institute of Education Sciences
IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Institute of Education Sciences
Data showed that Granite City Community Unit School District 9 welcomed 6,160 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 61.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.
Granite City Community Unit School District 9 roughly covers schools within Madison County and has a main office in Granite City.
Among the eight schools in Granite City Community Unit School District 9, Granite City High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 1,162 students.
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 2019-20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total of White Students | White students % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,739 | 3,521 | 61.4% |
| 2021 | 5,657 | 3,629 | 64.2% |
| 2020 | 5,990 | 3,911 | 65.3% |
| 2019 | 6,097 | 4,079 | 66.9% |
| 2018 | 6,160 | 4,203 | 68.2% |
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