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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST ST LOUIS SD 189·NCES 171332005849
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School
7710 State St, East Saint Louis, IL 62203 · (618) 646-3860 · St. Clair County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
414 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 53 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
6%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
21.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.9pp since 2023
Math
16.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.8% | 16.5% |
| 2023-24 | 12.9% | 6.5% |
% 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
16.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% 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 Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School's state test result (16.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School this school | 418 | 99.0% | 16.8% |
| Vivian Adams Early Child Center East Saint Louis | 377 | 99.7% | N/A |
| Carver Primary School Chicago | 467 | 99.8% | 11.3% |
| Annette Officer Elementary East Saint Louis | 362 | 100.0% | 35.7% |
| Caroline Sibley Elementary School Calumet City | 434 | 99.8% | 12.3% |
| LEARN Chtr - Butler Chicago | 475 | 97.3% | 30.2% |
Matched among Illinois elementary 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 Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #1,710 of 1,925 | #38 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #1,694 of 2,077 ▲ 93 | #35 of 43 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #1,882 of 2,077 ▼ 42 | #39 of 43 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #916 of 2,419 | #17 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,059 of 2,035 | #18 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.6% | #1,984 of 2,042 | #42 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #45 of 2,132 | #6 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.6% | #376 of 615 | #9 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
418
+32 (+8%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 426
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 | 418 | 31 | 13.5:1 | 99% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 32 | 12.0:1 | 89% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 30.6 | 13.1:1 | 100% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 26.2 | 15.0:1 | 76% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 99% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 89% (381) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (392 to 418); teachers up 18% (26.2 to 31).
About Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in East Saint Louis, Illinois. Total enrollment is 418 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 4.
East St Louis SD 189 includes 10 schools. Together they enroll 4,646 students.
Of every 100 students at Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School, about 97 are Black. For comparison, the population of St. Clair County is roughly 28% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 6, compared with 70 nationally.
With 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.5:1. That is in line with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Roughly 99% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in St. Clair County report 54%.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 14.3%. Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School scores 16.8%.
The county, St. Clair County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $73,854, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 96 public schools and about 40,879 students.
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School's nearest public school is Mason/Clark Middle School (about 1.5 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School is 6th among 9 schools close by.
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The school's student count increased 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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
- Vivian Adams Early Child CenterElementary · 377 students
- Annette Officer ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- East St Louis-Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 359 students
Other schools in East Saint Louis
- East St Louis Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,288 students
- Mason/Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Vivian Adams Early Child CenterElementary · 377 students
- Annette Officer ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- East St Louis-Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 359 students
- Dunbar Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
Nearby schools
- Mason/Clark Middle School1.5 mi · 540
- Signal Hill Elementary School1.5 mi · 291
- East St Louis Senior High School1.9 mi · 1,288
- Lalumier Elementary School2.7 mi · 276
- James Avant Elementary School3.0 mi · 342
- Illini Elementary School3.1 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Katie Harper-Wright Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School?
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades PK-04.
Is Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School have?
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School?
At Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 97% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School?
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School is overseen by East St Louis SD 189 in St. Clair County.
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