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Enrollment
818
Middle
DISTRICT 836 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE CITY CUSD 9·NCES 171728006706
Grigsby Intermediate School
3801 Cargill Rd, Granite City, IL 62040 · (618) 931-5544 · Madison County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL818 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Illinois public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
17.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
579 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 5 | 424 | 52% |
| Grade 6 | 392 | 48% |
| Grade 7 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Based on grade levels within Granite City CUSD 9. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
25.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.3pp since 2023
Math
11.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.8% | 11.2% |
| 2023-24 | 15.5% | 5.8% |
% 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
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Grigsby Intermediate School
Grigsby Intermediate School's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grigsby Intermediate School this school | 818 | 70.8% | 18.3% |
| Coolidge Junior High School Granite City | 854 | 68.0% | 19.1% |
| Dorris Intermediate School Collinsville | 871 | 69.0% | 38.1% |
| Collinsville Middle School Collinsville | 894 | 68.1% | 34.2% |
| Bloomington Jr High School Bloomington | 1,050 | 65.0% | 27.7% |
| Bernard W Flinn Middle School Rockford | 807 | 69.5% | 20.4% |
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 Grigsby Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #534 of 578 | #14 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #581 of 640 ▲ 16 | #12 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #597 of 640 ▲ 9 | #13 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 818 | #79 of 691 | #7 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #529 of 558 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #99 of 560 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.8% | #102 of 581 | #3 of 14 |
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
818
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
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 | 818 | 46 | 17.8:1 | 71% (579) |
| 2023-24 | 808 | 48 | 16.8:1 | 67% (542) |
| 2022-23 | 829 | 49 | 16.9:1 | 73% (605) |
| 2020-21 | 812 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grigsby Intermediate School.
About Grigsby Intermediate School
Granite City, Illinois, is home to Grigsby Intermediate School, a large middle school. The grade span is 5 through 6, and enrollment is 818 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Illinois is about 462, so this school runs 77% bigger than that.
Granite City CUSD 9 has 8 schools and 5,747 students, and Grigsby Intermediate School is one of those schools.
Grigsby Intermediate School is 52% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 23% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 83% White among all Madison County residents. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Grigsby Intermediate School is 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 17.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. About 71% of students, or 579, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Madison County average 46%.
allk12 grades Grigsby Intermediate School an F. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Grigsby Intermediate School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 18.3% and a predicted 30.6%.
Madison County census figures show that the median household income is $75,793, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 84 public schools in Madison County, enrolling about 35,253 students in all.
Maryville Elementary School is the closest public school, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Grigsby Intermediate School ranks 5th on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Grigsby Intermediate School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (812) and 2024-25 (818).
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,238
Census ACS
Median income
$75,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
35,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Granite City CUSD 9
- Granite City High SchoolHigh · 1,755 students
- Coolidge Junior High SchoolMiddle · 854 students
- Prather Elementary SchoolElementary · 612 students
- Frohardt Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
Other schools in Granite City
- Granite City High SchoolHigh · 1,755 students
- Coolidge Junior High SchoolMiddle · 854 students
- Prather Elementary SchoolElementary · 612 students
- Frohardt Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Maryville Elementary School1.3 mi · 395
- Wilson Elementary School1.7 mi · 448
- Frohardt Elementary School1.7 mi · 452
- Mitchell Elementary School2.1 mi · 413
- Coolidge Junior High School2.2 mi · 854
- Granite City High School2.4 mi · 1,755
Frequently asked questions
About Grigsby Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Grigsby Intermediate School?
Grigsby Intermediate School enrolls approximately 818 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Grigsby Intermediate School serve?
Grigsby Intermediate School serves grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Grigsby Intermediate School have?
Grigsby Intermediate School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grigsby Intermediate School?
At Grigsby Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 52% White, 17% Hispanic, 23% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Grigsby Intermediate School in?
Grigsby Intermediate School is part of Granite City CUSD 9.
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