Coal City Early Childhood Center

Coal City Early Childhood Center operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in Coal City, Illinois, overseen by Coal City CUSD 1. Current enrollment sits at 437 students spanning grades pre-K through 1.

Coal City Early Childhood Center is one of 5 schools operated by Coal City CUSD 1, a district that works with 2,129 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Coal City Early Childhood Center reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school logs 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Grundy County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Coal City Early Childhood Center higher than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Grundy County) logs that median household earnings sit near $92,235, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Grundy County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,070 students), of which Coal City Early Childhood Center is one.

Coal City Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Coal City Early Childhood Center's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 437 (now 437). The White share of enrollment declined from 88% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Coal City Early Childhood Center community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.