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Granite City, Illinois - 8 schools
An equity score of 21/100 ranks Granite City Cusd 9 #690 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,416 per pupil, Granite City Cusd 9 ranks #753 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,817
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$12,416
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Granite City Cusd 9 operates 8 public schools serving 5,817 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Madison County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,416 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 47.5% local, 38.7% state, and 13.9% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 21/100, ranked #690 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 646.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 51.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.7% White, 20.9% African American, 16.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wilson Elem School, with a diversity index of 69.4/100.
Its largest campus is Granite City High School, enrolling 1,755 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Maryville Elem School, at 395 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Granite City High School accounts for 30.2% of all Granite City Cusd 9 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Granite City Cusd 9-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Granite City Cusd 9 school enrollment varies 4.4× across entities
Granite City Cusd 9 school enrollment ranges from 395 students (lowest) to 1,755 students (highest), a spread of 1,360 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Granite City Cusd 9 student-counselor ratio is 646:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Granite City Cusd 9 chronic absenteeism rate is 51.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.