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The Coalers Boys Varsity Soccer Team secured the championship at the Coal City Coalers Shootout on Saturday, August 30, with three consecutive shutout victories. The team achieved wins over Reed-Custer (4-0) and Plano (5-0), which advanced them to the final match. In the championship game, they defeated Peotone 1-0 in what was described as a hard-fought contest.
Coal City Community Unit School District 1, which oversees schools such as Coal City Early Childhood Center, Coal City Elementary School, Coal City High School, Coal City Intermediate School, and Coal City Middle School, serves Grundy and Will counties. Additional information about the district is available from the Illinois State Board of Education at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.
According to state education data, the district employs 153 teachers with an average salary of $69,297 before pension contributions. Women make up nearly 78 percent of teaching staff, and no teacher in the district has more than ten absences in a school year. Further details can be found at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.
Demographically, students in Coal City Community Unit School District 1 are predominantly White (86.9 percent), with Hispanic students making up almost 10 percent of enrollment; Black and Asian students each account for less than one percent. These statistics are also published by the Illinois State Board of Education: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.
In terms of spending, the district allocated $21,619 per student in 2020 for a total expenditure of $47 million that year. More information is provided at https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/.
