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Enrollment
359
Middle
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST ST LOUIS SD 189·NCES 171332003243
East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School
12 S 10th St, East Saint Louis, IL 62201 · (618) 646-3770 · St. Clair County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Illinois public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
355 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 56%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 89 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 87 | 24% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
27.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
6.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 6.3% |
| 2023-24 | 18.6% | 1.8% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
16.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School
East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School's state test result (16.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School this school | 359 | 98.9% | 16.0% |
| Creative Communications Academy Calumet City | 246 | 100.0% | 13.7% |
| Mason/Clark Middle School East Saint Louis | 540 | 98.1% | 10.8% |
| S T E M Academy Calumet City | 243 | 99.6% | 20.7% |
| School of Fine Arts Calumet City | 224 | 99.1% | 12.8% |
| LEARN Chtr - Middle School Chicago | 176 | 92.6% | 27.9% |
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #550 of 578 | #16 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.3% | #623 of 640 ▲ 6 | #17 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #590 of 640 ▼ 5 | #17 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #400 of 691 | #10 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.0:1 | #1 of 558 | #1 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.8% | #560 of 560 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #14 of 581 | #1 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.4% | #5 of 440 | #1 of 12 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
359
-240 (-40%) vs 2020
-58% since 2000-01, when it was 859
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 359 | 45 | 8.0:1 | 99% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 49 | 8.2:1 | 98% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 50 | 8.9:1 | 100% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 94% (610) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 99% (519) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 43 | 13.2:1 | 91% (515) |
| 2000-01 | 859 | 48 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (646 to 359); teachers up 13% (40 to 45).
About East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School
East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School is a middle school in East Saint Louis, Illinois, and it is part of East St Louis SD 189. It educates 359 students in grades 5 through 8. The school's enrollment is 22% smaller than the 462 average for middle schools in Illinois.
East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School falls under East St Louis SD 189, which has 10 schools enrolling 4,646 students.
About 99% of the student body at East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School is Black. Census estimates put the Black share of St. Clair County's population at about 28%. East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School's diversity index is 3%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School is 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 8.0:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. About 99% of students, or 355, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in St. Clair County report 54%.
The allk12 Grade for East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School is C-. Compared with Illinois public middle schools, the school scored higher than 18% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School's results are 1.6 points above predicted: 16.0% against 14.4%.
St. Clair County has about 253,694 residents, and the median household income is $73,854, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School, St. Clair County has 95 other public schools.
The closest public school to East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School is SIU Charter School of East St Louis, about 0.4 miles away. East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School ranks 6th on proficiency.
NCES assigns East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School's enrollment declined 40%, to 359.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East St Louis SD 189
- East St Louis Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,288 students
- Mason/Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Wyvetter Younge School of ExcellenceElementary · 534 students
- Katie Harper-Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Vivian Adams Early Child CenterElementary · 377 students
- Annette Officer ElementaryElementary · 362 students
Other schools in East Saint Louis
- East St Louis Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,288 students
- Mason/Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Katie Harper-Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Vivian Adams Early Child CenterElementary · 377 students
- Annette Officer ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- Dunbar Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
Nearby schools
- SIU Charter School of East St Louis0.4 mi · 99
- Vivian Adams Early Child Center0.7 mi · 377
- Dunbar Elementary School1.0 mi · 327
- Annette Officer Elementary1.7 mi · 362
- HENRY ELEM.2.3 mi · 165
- St. Louis Voices Academy2.4 mi · 135
Frequently asked questions
About East St Louis-Lincoln Middle SchoolHow large is East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School?
East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School enrolls approximately 359 students in grades 05-08.
Is East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School have?
East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.0:1.
What is the student diversity at East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School?
Student demographics at East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School are roughly 1% White, 99% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School in?
East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School is part of East St Louis SD 189.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.