Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COAL CITY CUSD 1·NCES 171053004056
Coal City Intermediate School
305 E Division St, Coal City, IL 60416 · (815) 634-2182 · Grundy County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
96 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 157 | 53% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 47% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
73.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.4pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.3% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 44.4% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Coal City Intermediate School
Coal City Intermediate School's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal City Intermediate School this school | 294 | 32.7% | 62.0% |
| Princeville Elementary School Princeville | 292 | 33.9% | 46.1% |
| Southeast Elementary School Sycamore | 300 | 30.7% | 53.2% |
| Coal City Elementary School Coal City | 302 | 34.4% | 53.8% |
| Dorothy Simon Elementary School Winnebago | 297 | 29.6% | N/A |
| Monroe Center Grade School Monroe Center | 327 | 30.6% | 42.2% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Coal City Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Grundy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #271 of 1,925 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #582 of 2,077 ▼ 143 | #3 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #267 of 2,077 ▼ 30 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #1,568 of 2,419 | #7 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,673 of 2,035 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.0% | #1,374 of 2,042 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.7% | #1,727 of 2,132 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #1,364 of 1,461 | #6 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
294
-29 (-9%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 296
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 294 | 18.7 | 15.7:1 | 33% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 18 | 15.0:1 | 40% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 19.3 | 15.1:1 | 29% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 323 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 18 | 16.7:1 | 26% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 18 | 16.6:1 | 30% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 331 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 24% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 296 | 16 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coal City Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (300 to 294); teachers up 4% (18 to 18.7).
About Coal City Intermediate School
Coal City Intermediate School is a small elementary school serving families in Coal City, Illinois. Enrollment stands at 294 students, covering grades 4 through 5. The school is 23% below the average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Coal City Intermediate School is a school in Coal City CUSD 1. The district has 5 schools and 2,129 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Coal City Intermediate School is White, at 82%. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The diversity index for Coal City Intermediate School is 31%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.7:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. About 33% of students at Coal City Intermediate School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 35% average for public schools in Grundy County.
Coal City Intermediate School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 82% of Illinois public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Coal City Intermediate School is 9.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 62.0%. Predicted: 52.7%.
In Grundy County, median household income comes to about $92,235, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Grundy County counts 28 public schools with about 12,070 students.
Among nearby public schools, Coal City Elementary School is closest at about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Coal City Intermediate School places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment fell by 9% across 4 years, from 323 in 2020-21 to 294 in 2024-25.
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Grundy County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,219
Census ACS
Median income
$92,235
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
12,070 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coal City CUSD 1
- Coal City High SchoolHigh · 642 students
- Coal City Middle SchoolMiddle · 454 students
- Coal City Early Childhood CenterElementary · 437 students
- Coal City Elementary SchoolElementary · 302 students
Other schools in Coal City
- Coal City High SchoolHigh · 642 students
- Coal City Middle SchoolMiddle · 454 students
- Coal City Early Childhood CenterElementary · 437 students
- Coal City Elementary SchoolElementary · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Coal City Elementary School0.4 mi · 302
- Coal City High School1.0 mi · 642
- Coal City Middle School1.2 mi · 454
- Coal City Early Childhood Center1.5 mi · 437
- Reed-Custer Elementary School3.4 mi · 690
- Braceville Elementary School4.3 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About Coal City Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Coal City Intermediate School?
Coal City Intermediate School enrolls approximately 294 students in grades 04-05.
Is Coal City Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coal City Intermediate School is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
How many teachers does Coal City Intermediate School have?
Coal City Intermediate School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Coal City Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Coal City Intermediate School are roughly 82% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Coal City Intermediate School in?
Coal City Intermediate School is part of Coal City CUSD 1.
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