Enrollment
99
High
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST ST LOUIS SD 189·NCES 171332003770
SIU Charter School of East St Louis
601 James R Thompson Blvd, East Saint Louis, IL 62201 · (618) 482-8391 · St. Clair County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL99 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Illinois public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
99 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 20 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 28 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 21 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 30 | 30% |
Student demographics
4%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
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
12.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 SIU Charter School of East St Louis
SIU Charter School of East St Louis's state test result (12.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIU Charter School of East St Louis this school | 99 | 100.0% | 12.3% |
| YCCS Chtr - Chatham Chicago | 104 | 97.1% | 2.1% |
| YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership Chicago | 103 | 95.1% | 2.5% |
| Madison Senior High School Madison | 152 | 99.3% | 10.3% |
| YCCS-Scholastic Achievement High School Chicago | 117 | 93.2% | 2.3% |
| Legal Prep Academy Charter High School Chicago | 210 | 97.6% | 3.5% |
Matched among Illinois high 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 SIU Charter School of East St Louis ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 99 | #652 of 708 | #13 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high 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
99
-14 (-12%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 101
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 | 99 | 6 | 16.5:1 | 100% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 117 | 6 | 19.5:1 | 90% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 108 | 6 | 18.0:1 | 100% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 113 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 107 | 9 | 11.9:1 | 88% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 113 | 9 | 12.6:1 | 97% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 112 | 8 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 101 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SIU Charter School of East St Louis.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (107 to 99); teachers down 33% (9 to 6).
About SIU Charter School of East St Louis
SIU Charter School of East St Louis is a small high school in East Saint Louis, Illinois, that operates as a charter school. A total of 99 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. Against the 834-student average for high schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 88% lower.
SIU Charter School of East St Louis is one school in a 10-school district, East St Louis SD 189, which enrolls 4,646 students.
Most students at SIU Charter School of East St Louis are Black: 98% of enrollment. Census figures show St. Clair County is about 28% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at SIU Charter School of East St Louis belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 4%.
At SIU Charter School of East St Louis, 6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.5:1. That ratio is over the 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 100% of enrollment. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in St. Clair County is 46 points.
The allk12 Grade for SIU Charter School of East St Louis is C+. Compared with Illinois public high schools, the school scored higher than 35% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
SIU Charter School of East St Louis's average proficiency rate on state tests of 12.3% is 1.4 points below the 13.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among St. Clair County residents, median household income is about $73,854, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. SIU Charter School of East St Louis is one of 96 public schools in St. Clair County, which together enroll about 40,879 students.
Nearby, East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School is about 0.4 miles away. SIU Charter School of East St Louis is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 36.6% on proficiency, and SIU Charter School of East St Louis is below that at 12.3%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. SIU Charter School of East St Louis is a publicly funded charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 113 to 99.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at SIU Charter School of East St Louis. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- East St Louis-Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 359 students
Nearby schools
- East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School0.4 mi · 359
- Vivian Adams Early Child Center0.8 mi · 377
- Dunbar Elementary School1.2 mi · 327
- HENRY ELEM.1.9 mi · 165
- Annette Officer Elementary2.0 mi · 362
- St. Louis Voices Academy2.0 mi · 135
Frequently asked questions
About SIU Charter School of East St LouisHow many students attend SIU Charter School of East St Louis?
SIU Charter School of East St Louis enrolls approximately 99 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SIU Charter School of East St Louis serve?
SIU Charter School of East St Louis serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does SIU Charter School of East St Louis have?
SIU Charter School of East St Louis employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at SIU Charter School of East St Louis?
Student demographics at SIU Charter School of East St Louis are roughly 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 98% Black.
What district is SIU Charter School of East St Louis in?
SIU Charter School of East St Louis is part of East St Louis SD 189.
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