Coal City Community Unit School District #1

Coal City Schools offer a public education for grades Pre-K through 12th. Our District is bounded by 55 square miles in Eastern Grundy county Illinois. We serve the communities of Carbon Hill, Coal City, Diamond and the Goose Lake area. Our schools serve students in attendance centers. The Early Childhood Center serves students Pre-K through first grade and was constructed in 2008. The Elementary School was built in 1955 and serves grades 2 and 3. The Intermediate School houses 4th and 5th grade students, and is our oldest facility at over 100 years (1917). Our Middle School serves grades 6 through 8 and was built in 1999. Coal City High School was built in the 1970’s, and is home to the Coalers! Our school district offers all of the curricular and co-curricular advantages of a much larger school district in a smaller school environment. Coal City High School is a member of the Grundy Area Vocational Center which offers state of the art career and technical education. The high school also offers a full array of Advanced Placement courses to challenge the most ambitious students. The school district maintains its own special education programs PreK-12. Our High School Campus offers fantastic sports fields and the Coal City Performing Arts Center, an 800 seat theater that you have to see to believe!