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What's the most underrated thing about Coal City Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
454
Middle
DISTRICT 426 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COAL CITY CUSD 1·NCES 171053001272
Coal City Middle School
500 S Carbon Hill Rd, Coal City, IL 60416 · (815) 634-5039 · Grundy County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Illinois public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
141 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 136 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 159 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 159 | 35% |
Student demographics
27%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
Coal City Middle School→Coal City High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Coal City CUSD 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
82.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
60.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 78.4% | 48.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Middle School
Coal City Middle School's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal City Middle School this school | 454 | 31.1% | 67.5% |
| Johnsburg Jr High School Johnsburg | 373 | 31.4% | 31.9% |
| Manteno Middle School Manteno | 520 | 33.8% | 51.7% |
| Oak Prairie Jr High School Homer Glen | 460 | 28.9% | 66.4% |
| Wesclin Middle School Trenton | 492 | 35.4% | 56.3% |
| Roscoe Middle School Roscoe | 596 | 31.2% | 61.7% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #46 of 578 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #74 of 640 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #56 of 640 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #326 of 691 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #235 of 558 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.1% | #425 of 560 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.1% | #447 of 581 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #326 of 440 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
454
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 501
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 | 454 | 36.3 | 12.5:1 | 31% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 36.3 | 13.5:1 | 35% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 35.3 | 14.0:1 | 29% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 25% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 30% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 25% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 427 | 30 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 501 | 31 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coal City Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (484 to 454); teachers up 4% (35 to 36.3).
About Coal City Middle School
Coal City Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Coal City, Illinois, (ZIP code 60416). Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 454 students.
Coal City CUSD 1 is the local district for Coal City Middle School. It runs 5 schools with 2,129 students.
The large majority of students at Coal City Middle School, 85%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 11% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is close to the 86% White share among all Grundy County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Coal City Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 27%.
Coal City Middle School's 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.5:1. Across middle schools in Illinois, the average ratio is about 13.0:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 31%.
Coal City Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Coal City Middle School is among the top 10% of schools in Illinois. Predicted: 53.6%. Actual: 67.5%.
In Grundy County (population about 53,219), median household income is about $92,235, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 28 public schools operate in Grundy County, serving about 12,070 students.
The next-closest public school is Coal City Early Childhood Center, about 0.3 miles away. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Coal City Middle School. On proficiency, Coal City Middle School is ahead of the 46.6% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
For locale, NCES codes Coal City Middle School as Town: Fringe.
The number of students dropped from 471 to 454 over 4 years.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Early Childhood CenterElementary · 437 students
- Coal City Elementary SchoolElementary · 302 students
- Coal City Intermediate SchoolElementary · 294 students
Other schools in Coal City
- Coal City High SchoolHigh · 642 students
- Coal City Early Childhood CenterElementary · 437 students
- Coal City Elementary SchoolElementary · 302 students
- Coal City Intermediate SchoolElementary · 294 students
Nearby schools
- Coal City Early Childhood Center0.3 mi · 437
- Coal City High School0.5 mi · 642
- Coal City Elementary School1.2 mi · 302
- Coal City Intermediate School1.2 mi · 294
- Braceville Elementary School4.2 mi · 130
- Reed-Custer Elementary School4.2 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About Coal City Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Coal City Middle School?
Coal City Middle School enrolls approximately 454 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Coal City Middle School serve?
Coal City Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Coal City Middle School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Coal City Middle School.
How diverse is Coal City Middle School?
Coal City Middle School reports a student body of 85% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Coal City Middle School?
Coal City Middle School is overseen by Coal City CUSD 1 in Grundy County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.