Today, the community is served by Granite City Community Unit School District #9, Madison School District # 12, and Venice School District #3. The Granite City School district operates a pre-k / kindergarten center, four education centers, a intermediate school, a junior high school, and a high school. It also operates a special education facility. District #9 has a total enrollment of about 7,350 students. The Madison School District operates two elementary schools, a middle school, a senior high school and a Student Support Center. District #12 has a total enrollment of 1,056 students. The Venice School District operates Venice Elementry.

For more information please see the links below

Today, the community is served by Granite City Community Unit School District #9, Madison School District # 12, and Venice School District #3. The Granite City School district operates a pre-k / kindergarten center, four education centers, a intermediate school, a junior high school, and a high school. It also operates a special education facility. District #9 has a total enrollment of about 7,350 students. The Madison School District operates two elementary schools, a middle school, a senior high school and a Student Support Center. District #12 has a total enrollment of 1,056 students. The Venice School District operates Venice Elementry.

For more information please see the links below

Today, the community is served by Granite City Community Unit School District #9, Madison School District # 12, and Venice School District #3. The Granite City School district operates a pre-k / kindergarten center, four education centers, a intermediate school, a junior high school, and a high school. It also operates a special education facility. District #9 has a total enrollment of about 7,350 students. The Madison School District operates two elementary schools, a middle school, a senior high school and a Student Support Center. District #12 has a total enrollment of 1,056 students. The Venice School District operates Venice Elementry.

For more information please see the links below

Riverbend Head Start & Family Services

“Riverbend Head Start & Family Services is a non-profit agency that provides children living in poverty or challenged with special circumstances with an early childhood education and extend supportive services to their family including expectant mothers through our Head Start and Early Head Start programs…”

Granite City North Head Start Center
2413 Corporate Center Drive, Granite City, IL 62040 | 618-797-1547

Granite City South Head Start Center
1249 20th Street, Granite City, IL 62040 | 618-877-2102

The Sam Wolf Campus serves the academic needs to residents in the northern part of the college district, as well as the workforce training needs of local industry. The campus features more than 70 classrooms, labs and technical areas in a 200,000-square-foot facility and offers more than 40 degrees and certifications.

This campus hosts thousands of students at the Annual Manufacturer’s Day where high-school students experience hands-on introductions to the numerous opportunities available with the many business and industries in the Metro area.

In addition to the numerous amenities that The Sam Wolf Campus offers there are also special and unique offers that are solely offered at this campus including: Automotive Collision Repair Training, Aviation Maintenance Technology, Cisco Networking Academy, Culinary Arts & Food Management, Electrical Electronics Technology, Free GED classes, Free Madison County Transit rides, Industrial Technology Center, Medical Assistant Program, Running Start Program and TRIO Student Support Services. 

Founded in 1957, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a fully accredited public institution.  Beautifully situated on 2,660 acres, SIUE offers a broad choice of degrees and programs ranging from liberal arts to professional studies.  Undergraduate and graduate degrees are available in the arts and sciences, business, education, engineering, and nursing, and professional degrees are available in dental medicine and pharmacy.  For the third consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has named SIUE among 13 of America’s Best Colleges for its senior Assignment Program, an integrative learning experience required of all seniors prior to graduation.  SIUE is listed among the top ten public master’s level universities in the Midwest.  Nearly 13,500 students choose SIUE for the enlightening programs, engaging faculty, and convenient location, just 25 minutes from St. Louis.

The St. Elizabeth Healthcare Foundation (SEHF) and the Chamber of Commerce of Southwestern Madison County’s It Starts Here Foundation (ISH) joined forces creating the St. Elizabeth Healthcare Foundation Scolarship Program.

The students receiving the SEHF scholarships must be presently engaged in a medical specialty, some of the disciplines that have been recognized are dentistry, medicine, physical therapy, neuroscience, pharmacy, chiropractic, speech pathology and many levels of nursing.

The scholarship applications go through an important third party management service which is a division of Scholarship America. This program uses standard Scholarship America recipient selection procedures including the consideration of academic performance, demostrated leadership and participation in school and commmunity activites, work experience, a statement of career and educational goals and objectives, unusual personal or family circumstances and an outside appraisal.