School district · Illinois
East St Louis SD 189
East St Louis SD 189 in Illinois: 12 public schools with 4,646 students and 12.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $30,384 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 12
- 1 charter
- Students
- 4,646
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- IL 13.5 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $30,384
- IL $21.4K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 375
- Counselors (FTE)
- 19.0
- Students per counselor
- 245
- IL 414 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 5.0
- Librarians (FTE): 5.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Illinois: 53%29%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 88% of school districts in Illinois
Median 56% · 514 school districts compared
1,767 students tested, grades 3–8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Illinois: 39%13%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 92% of school districts in Illinois
Median 33% · 561 school districts compared
1,762 students tested, grades 3–8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 32% · $52.7M
- State
- 59% · $98.8M
- Local
- 9.2% · $15.3M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $16,425
- Support services
- $13,195
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $8.2M
- Long-term debt
- $9.6M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vivian Adams Early Child CtrFree meals for all | Pre-K | 377 | 15.1 | — | — |
Annette Officer ElementaryFree meals for all | K–4 | 362 | 14.5 | 33% | 34% |
Dunbar Elem SchoolFree meals for all | K–4 | 327 | 12.1 | 31% | 20% |
James Avant Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 342 | 9.8 | — | 30% |
Katie Harper-Wright ElemFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 418 | 13.5 | 22% | 17% |
Wyvetter Younge Sch of ExcellenceFree meals for all | K–8 | 534 | 15.3 | 35% | 12% |
East St Louis-Lincoln Middle SchFree meals for all | 5–8 | 359 | 8.0 | 27% | 6.3% |
Mason/Clark Middle SchFree meals for all | 5–8 | 540 | 11.5 | 16% | 4.3% |
East St Louis Senior High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,288 | 15.5 | — | — |
Gordon Bush Alt Sch for EducationAlternativeFree meals for all | 5–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
SIU Charter Sch of East St LouisCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 99 | 16.5 | — | — |
St Clair Co Juv Detention CenterAlternative | 7–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 1005 State St, East Saint Louis, IL 62201
- Phone
- (618)646-3009
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.