East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch

Set in East Saint Louis, Illinois, East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch is a tight-knit middle-grades school, part of East St Louis SD 189. It serves 359 students across grades 5 through 8. That puts it 22% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Across the 10 schools in East St Louis SD 189 (4,646 students total), East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch lists that nearly all students (99%) are Black. By comparison, St. Clair County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.0:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above St. Clair County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 14.4%; this one delivers 16.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for St. Clair County indicate median household income runs about $73,854, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Clair County runs 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students), of which East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: SIU Charter Sch of East St Louis, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 45.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 44%: 646 students in 2018 compared to 359 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.

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