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Schools in East St. Louis Township

East St. Louis Township’s public schools

Belleville Township High School District 201 and East St. Louis School District 189 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for East St. Louis Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/7schools above Illinois’s middle

Each public school’s letter compares its own results with the state’s other public schools. How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
25%
2020–21
Math proficiency
21%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.7K
▼ 4% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Belleville Township High School District 201
Students per teacher
14.5
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
11
4,205 students on the public path
In brief

East St. Louis Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of East St. Louis Township’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Dunbar Elem School places highest (better than 6%); Wyvetter Younge Sch of Excellence lowest (0%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Four elementary schools serve East St. Louis Township, graded from D− to D, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools and one high school: East St Louis Senior High School. See the path ↓

Charter schools

1 public charter school is located in East St. Louis Township; each is graded on its own results. Every school ↓

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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in East St. Louis Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–44 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD− to D
5–83 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD− to D
9–12East St Louis Senior High SchoolEast St. Louis School District 189D−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Belleville Township High School District 201.

Two districts serve East St. Louis Township

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Belleville Township High School District 201Grades 9–12 · 2 schools · 4,718 students, down 2% since 2022–23 · 16.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,728IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
East St. Louis School District 189Grades PK–12 · 10 schools · 4,646 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 12.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$29,017IL $21,567 · FY2024
D−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Belleville Township High School District 20125%
State average 29.9% · 1137 students tested
Math · 9–12, Belleville Township High School District 20121%
State average 25.8% · 1117 students tested
Reading · PK–12, East St. Louis School District 1898%
State average 29.9% · 2100 students tested
Math · PK–12, East St. Louis School District 189under 1%
State average 25.8% · 1883 students tested

East St. Louis Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share East St. Louis Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
East St. Louis Township—East St. Louis School District 189 PK–12 · Belleville Township High School District 201 9–12
East St. Louis (city)DEast St. Louis School District 189 PK–12 · Belleville Township High School District 201 9–12
CentrevilleDCahokia Community Unit School District 187 PK–12 · East St. Louis School District 189 PK–12 · Belleville Township High School District 201 9–12
CanteenC−East St. Louis School District 189 PK–12 · Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 PK–12 · Belleville Township High School District 201 9–12
Cahokia HeightsDCahokia Community Unit School District 187 PK–12 · East St. Louis School District 189 PK–12 · Belleville Township High School District 201 9–12
BellevilleB−Belleville School District 118 PK–8 · Belleville Township High School District 201 9–12
Washington ParkD−East St. Louis School District 189
Fairmont CityC−Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 PK–12 · East St. Louis School District 189 PK–12
Fairview HeightsB−Grant Community Consolidated School District 110 PK–8 · Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 PK–8 · Belleville Township High School District 201 9–12
Stites—Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188 PK–12 · East St. Louis School District 189 PK–12
Sauget—Cahokia Community Unit School District 187
CaseyvilleC−East St. Louis School District 189 PK–12 · Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 PK–12 · Belleville Township High School District 201 9–12

8 of the 11 neighbors share East St. Louis School District 189 with East St. Louis Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades. St. Louis, MO borders East St. Louis Township but is graded on its own state’s tests, so it’s left out.

Every school in East St. Louis Township

11 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).

District schools in East St. Louis Townshipby address
Katie Harper-Wright Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · East Saint Louis
D−
418 students13:1Rate it →
Vivian Adams Early Child Ctr
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · East Saint Louis
377 students15:1Rate it →
Wyvetter Younge Sch of Excellence
Elementary · Grades K–8 · E Saint Louis
D−
534 students15:1Rate it →
Annette Officer Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · East Saint Louis
D−
362 students14:1Rate it →
Dunbar Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · East Saint Louis
D
327 students12:1Rate it →
Mason/Clark Middle Sch
Middle · Grades 5–8 · East Saint Louis
D
540 students11:1Rate it →
East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch
Middle · Grades 5–8 · East Saint Louis
D
359 students8:1Rate it →
East St Louis Senior High School
High · Grades 9–12 · East Saint Louis
D−
1,288 students16:1Rate it →
Charter schoolsfree, open by application
SIU Charter Sch of East St Louis
High · Grades 9–12 · East Saint Louis
C−
Charter
99 students16:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Unity Lutheran Christian Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · East Saint Louis
Private · Religious
132 students12:1Rate it →
Sister Thea Bowman
Elementary · Grades K–8 · East Saint Louis
Private · Catholic
101 students9:1Rate it →

Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (Gordon Bush Alt Sch for Education).

Questions about East St. Louis Township’s schools

Are East St. Louis Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for East St. Louis Township. Belleville Township High School District 201 and East St. Louis School District 189 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for East St. Louis Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is East St. Louis Township in?

Belleville Township High School District 201 and East St. Louis School District 189.

Where do East St. Louis Township kids go to high school?

East St Louis Senior High School.

Are there private schools in East St. Louis Township?

Yes: Unity Lutheran Christian Elementary School (grades PK–8, 132 students) and Sister Thea Bowman (grades K–8, 101 students). East St. Louis Township also has 1 public charter 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). Stars are from neighbors.