About Coal City Schools
Coal City Community Unit School District #1 offers public education from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade. The school district is bounded by 55 square miles in eastern Grundy County, Illinois serving the communities of Carbon Hill, Coal City and Diamond, and the neighborhood of Goose Lake.
Coal City Schools serve students in five attendance centers—Coal City Early Childhood Center, Coal City Elementary School, Coal City Intermediate School, Coal City Middle School and Coal City High School. The average annual enrollment of the school district is 2,200.
The Early Childhood Center, opened in 2008, serves students in pre-kindergarten through first grade; Coal City Elementary School, opened in 1955, currently houses second and third grades, and fourth and fifth grades are located at Coal City Intermediate School—the district’s oldest building—constructed in 1916. Coal City Middle School houses sixth through eighth grades and opened to students in 1999, and Coal City High School, constructed in 1970 and expanded in the 1990s and 2000s, houses ninth to 12th grades. The high school campus features renovated sports facilities including a multi-purpose turf stadium, baseball and softball fields, as well as an 800-seat Performing Arts Center. The school district’s administrative offices, opened in 2017, are located on the campus of Coal City Middle School.
