Nicholas Jarrot Mansion · Photo: Rklawton · CC BY-SA 3.0Cahokia Heights’s public schools score below 95% of Illinois districts on tests and graduation
On the state math tests, 8% of Cahokia Heights’s students scored proficient, below the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the three public school districts serving Cahokia Heights, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.
From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Cahokia Heights’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 87 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Cahokia Heights’s, its schools beat 10%, higher than their 5% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Results trail the state
In spring 2021, 10% of tested students were proficient in reading and 8% in math, against 30% and 26% statewide; nearly all of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
92% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
Belleville Township High School District 201 spends $20,728 per student and Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 $27,231, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Nine elementary schools, then five middle and four high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Cahokia Heights’s grade
D: better than 5% of Illinois school districts, #750 of 768 Illinois towns. Graduation is above the Illinois average; test scores are below it.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Cahokia Heights, with each school’s own grade.
Parts of Cahokia Heights (3% of its land) are served by Dupo Community Unit School District 196 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Three districts serve Cahokia Heights
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Cahokia Heights vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Cahokia Heights’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Cahokia Heights | D | Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 PK–12 · East St. Louis School District 189 PK–12 · Belleville Township High School District 201 9–12 |
| Centreville | D | Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 PK–12 · East St. Louis School District 189 PK–12 · Belleville Township High School District 201 9–12 |
| East St. Louis | — | East St. Louis School District 189 PK–12 · Belleville Township High School District 201 9–12 |
| East St. Louis (city) | D | East St. Louis School District 189 PK–12 · Belleville Township High School District 201 9–12 |
| Sauget | — | Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 |
| Stookey | B+ | Millstadt Consolidated Community School District 160 PK–8 · Belleville Township High School District 201 9–12 |
| Belleville | B− | Belleville School District 118 PK–8 · Belleville Township High School District 201 9–12 |
| Sugar Loaf | B+ | Dupo Community Unit School District 196 PK–12 · Columbia Community Unit School District 4 PK–12 |
5 of the 7 neighbors share Belleville Township High School District 201 with Cahokia Heights for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades. St. Louis, MO borders Cahokia Heights but is graded on its own state’s tests, so it’s left out.
Every school in Cahokia Heights
16 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Cahokia Heights’s schools
Are Cahokia Heights’s schools good?
On Illinois’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Cahokia Heights children attend score below 95% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a D Schools grade, #750 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 10%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Cahokia Heights in?
Belleville Township High School District 201, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 4,718 students in 2 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Cahokia Heights are served by Dupo Community Unit School District 196.
Where do Cahokia Heights kids go to high school?
One of 4 high schools, depending on your address: Belleville High School-East, Belleville High School-West, East St Louis Senior High School and Cahokia High School.
What is Cahokia Heights’s graduation rate?
92% of the class of 2023 in Belleville Township High School District 201 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Cahokia Heights spend per student?
$20,728 in Belleville Township High School District 201, $27,231 in Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 and $29,017 in East St. Louis School District 189 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Cahokia Heights families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.