Grigsby Elementary School
Granite City, IL · Granite City CUSD 9
Regular public school · Grades 5 - 6 · Suburb, large
642nd of 685 Illinois middle schools statewide · better than 6%· Stable
3801 Cargill Rd, Granite City, IL 62040
(618)931-5544NCES ID 171728006706Directory 2023–24
SchoolRow ranks Grigsby Elementary School 642nd of 685 Illinois middle schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 6% of middle schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 9th in 2022 to 6th in 2025.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, Illinois Report Card 2024–25
Black (last reported 2023) and Two or more races (last reported 2023) stop before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.
Two or more races (last reported 2024) stops before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, by student race and ethnicity. Only groups IL reports for this school appear — small groups are suppressed at the source to protect student privacy, so a missing line means too few testers, not zero. Tap a group to compare it with the IL average for that same group.
Racial and ethnic breakdown of 808 students (2023–24, NCES) — history since 2019, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010
| Group | Trend | 2019 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 65.3% | 55.6% | ▼ 9.7 pts | |
| Black | 17.6% | 21.3% | ▲ 3.7 pts | |
| Hispanic | 9.8% | 15.2% | ▲ 5.4 pts | |
| Two or more races | 5.5% | 7.3% | ▲ 1.8 pts | |
| Asian | 0.9% | 0.2% | ▼ 0.7 pts |
Typical home value $124K in zip 62040 as of 2026-05 · trend since 2000
Data Provided by Zillow Group
Closest same-level schools, with 2024–25 state rank · ▲▼ = points better or worse than Grigsby Elementary School
- #663Coolidge Junior High SchGranite City CUSD 9 · 2.2 mi away663rd of 685
ELA 21% ▼5 · Math 8% ▼3Compare - #534Madison Jr High SchoolMadison CUSD 12 · 4.6 mi away534th of 685
ELA 30% ▲4Compare - #505Collinsville Middle SchoolCollinsville CUSD 10 · 5.8 mi away505th of 685
ELA 43% ▲17 · Math 22% ▲11Compare - –Lovejoy Middle SchoolBrooklyn UD 188 · 6.5 mi awayCompare
- #420Dorris Intermediate SchCollinsville CUSD 10 · 6.6 mi away420th of 685
ELA 50% ▲24 · Math 28% ▲17Compare - #323Lincoln Middle SchoolEdwardsville CUSD 7 · 8.4 mi away323rd of 685
ELA 54% ▲28 · Math 39% ▲28Compare - #469Roxana Junior High SchoolRoxana CUSD 1 · 8.4 mi away469th of 685
ELA 44% ▲18 · Math 27% ▲16Compare - #649East St Louis-Lincoln Middle SchoolEast St Louis SD 189 · 8.6 mi away649th of 685
ELA 27% ▲1 · Math 6% ▼5Compare
What school district is Grigsby Elementary School in?
Grigsby Elementary School is part of the Granite City CUSD 9 district in Granite City, Illinois.
Is Grigsby Elementary School a good school?
SchoolRow ranks Grigsby Elementary School 642nd of 685 Illinois middle schools (better than 6% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).
What is the racial makeup of Grigsby Elementary School?
White 56%, Black 21%, Hispanic 15%, Two or more races 7% (808 students, 2023–24).
How much do homes near Grigsby Elementary School cost?
The typical home value in zip code 62040 is $124K as of 2026-05 (Zillow ZHVI).
Sources: state education department data (Illinois Report Card 2024–25, low-income, chronic absenteeism), National Center for Education Statistics via the Urban Institute (enrollment, demographics, staffing), Zillow Group (home values). Rankings are computed by SchoolRow from state English and Math results within grade level; they measure test performance, not everything that makes a school good.