Frohardt Elem School

Frohardt Elem School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Granite City, Illinois, overseen by Granite City CUSD 9. The school serves 452 students in grades 3 through 4.

Across the 8 schools in Granite City CUSD 9 (5,747 students total), Frohardt Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Frohardt Elem School lists that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 23% Black, 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Madison County (around 46%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Frohardt Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.8%, the actual is 20.3%, a residual of -8.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, Madison County reports that median household income runs about $75,793, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Frohardt Elem School is one of 84 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students).

Coolidge Junior High Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Frohardt Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Frohardt Elem School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 18.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 487 students in 2018 compared to 452 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 62% to 54% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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