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Coolidge Junior High School
Coolidge Junior High School is a public middle/junior high school in Granite City CUSD 9, serving grades 7 - 8 in Granite City, Madison County, Illinois. In the 2025 Illinois Report Card (2024-25 school year), the Illinois State Board of Education designated it Targeted.
State designation, last three report cards
- 2023Comprehensive
- 2024Commendable
- 2025Targeted
What Targeted means: One or more student groups performing at or below the level of the "all students" group in the lowest 5 percent of Illinois schools. The school receives targeted state support.
How it compares with other Madison County middle and junior high schools
| Measure | This school | County median | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELA proficiency | 20.5% | 44.4%11 schools | -23.9 pts |
| Math proficiency | 8.1% | 26.4%10 schools | -18.3 pts |
| Chronic absenteeism | 42.5% | 22.8%11 schools | +19.7 pts |
| Average class size | 24.7 | 20.811 schools | +3.9 |
| Low-income enrollment | 67.3% | 50.3%11 schools | +17.0 pts |
Median of other middle and junior high schools in Madison County with reported data, this school excluded, not weighted by enrollment. Proficiency is from the 2024-25 state tests. Illinois changed its proficiency cut scores in 2025, so these percentages cannot be compared with earlier years.
What stands out
- ELA proficiency is 23.9 points below the median for other Madison County middle and junior high schools (44.4%). Worth asking the school about.
- Chronic absenteeism is 19.7 points above the median for other Madison County middle and junior high schools (22.8%). Worth asking the school about.
Before you buy for this school
- Confirm the attendance boundary for the exact address with Granite City CUSD 9. Boundaries change, and a listing's school field is not a guarantee.
- Visit. A designation summarizes test results, growth and attendance. It does not describe a classroom.
- Read the full report card for student-group results, growth and staffing.
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Other schools in Granite City CUSD 9
- Frohardt Elementary School Targeted
- Granite City High School Commendable
- Grigsby Elementary School Targeted
- Maryville Elementary School Targeted
- Mitchell Elementary School Commendable
- Prather Elementary School No designation
- Wilson Elementary School Comprehensive
Sources
- Illinois Report Card: Coolidge Junior High School
- ISBE Report Card Public Data Sets, 2023, 2024 and 2025, retrieved 2026-10-06
- ISBE 2025 Report Card Glossary (designation definitions)
This page reports state-published data. It is not a rating or recommendation by Single Tree Team.
