Annette Officer Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in East Saint Louis, Illinois, Annette Officer Elementary works with 362 students from grades K through 4, run under East St Louis SD 189.

East St Louis SD 189 comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 4,646 students; Annette Officer Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Annette Officer Elementary shows that nearly all students (98%) are Black. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against St. Clair County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Annette Officer Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 13.8%; this one delivers 35.7%, a residual of +21.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for St. Clair County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,854 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, St. Clair County runs 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students), of which Annette Officer Elementary is one.

East St Louis Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Annette Officer Elementary. On composite proficiency, Annette Officer Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 18.5%.

Annette Officer Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Annette Officer Elementary has decreased 18%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 362 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.