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What's one thing Coal City Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
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
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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
454
-30 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.8:1
% White
85%
was 88%
% Hispanic
11%
was 10%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Coal City Middle School
Coal City Middle School, a reasonably sized middle-grades school in Coal City, Illinois, run under Coal City CUSD 1, caters to 454 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
Across the 5 schools in Coal City CUSD 1 (2,129 students total), Coal City Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, Coal City Middle School logs that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 11% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Grundy County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, Coal City Middle School shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Coal City Middle School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 53.6%; actual is 67.5%, +13.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Grundy County indicate median household earnings sit near $92,235, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Grundy County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,070 students), Coal City Middle School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Coal City Early Childhood Center, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Coal City Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Coal City Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.6%.
The school occupies a town-based site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Coal City Middle School has shrank 6%, going from 484 students in 2018 to 454 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.
On the community side, members of the Coal City Middle School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Elem 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 Elem 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 Elem School1.2 mi · 302
- Coal City Intermediate School1.2 mi · 294
- Braceville Elem 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.