Belleville High School-East

Located at 2555 West Blvd, in Belleville, Illinois, Belleville High School-East is a high-enrollment secondary school that teaches 2,600 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Belleville Twp HSD 201. That puts it 212% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Across the 2 schools in Belleville Twp HSD 201 (4,718 students total), Belleville High School-East accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Belleville High School-East records that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 36% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Clair County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 153 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Belleville High School-East performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.4%, the actual is 37.1%, a residual of -2.3 points.

In the surrounding community, St. Clair County reports that median household income runs about $73,854, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across St. Clair County's 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students), Belleville High School-East is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Douglas Elem School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Belleville High School-East at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 38.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Belleville High School-East has expanded 5%, going from 2,474 students in 2018 to 2,600 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 36% across the same window.

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