East St. Louis Senior High School

East Saint Louis Senior High School is the only high school located in East St. Louis, Illinois. The school serves about 1,438 students in grades 9 to 12 in the East Saint Louis Public Schools district.[1] It was featured in the Jonathan Kozol book Savage Inequalities. In 1998, East St. Louis Lincoln High School consolidated with East St. Louis High.[2]

East St. Louis Senior High School
Address
4901 State Street

East St. Louis
,
Illinois
62205

United States
Coordinates38°36′31″N 90°06′12″W
Information
TypePublic
School districtEast Saint Louis Public Schools
PrincipalDr. Brittany Green
Faculty66.25 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment1,090 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio16.45[1]
Color(s)Orange and Blue
SloganAll gas, No breaks
SportsBasketball (men's & women's), Football, Wrestling, Volleyball (men's & women’s) Cheerleading, Track & Field (men's & women's), Baseball, Softball, Tennis
MascotFlyer
Team nameFlyers/Flyerettes
[1]

In addition to East St. Louis, the district (this is the sole comprehensive high school of the district) also includes portions of Canteen, Centreville, and Stites Townships in northwestern St. Clair County. The district also includes all of Washington Park, much of Alorton and Centreville. and portions of Caseyville, Fairmont City, Fairview Heights, and Madison.[3]

Sports

East St. Louis Senior High School won the 2008 Class 7A football state championship against Geneva High School.[4] The Flyers have a storied history in Illinois high school football, having won the state championship over a half-dozen times and the national championship twice. The Flyers beat Prairie Ridge in 2022 for the Class 6A football title.[5] From 1976 to the beginning of the 1995 season, the Flyers' coach was Bob Shannon. Two years of Flyers football during that period were the subject of a book, The Right Kind of Heroes.

The Flyers compete in the Southwestern Conference.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "East St Louis Senior High School]". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  2. "East St. Louis Lincoln". illinoishsglorydays.com. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  3. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: St. Clair County, IL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  4. "Geneva falls short of first championship bid". Shaw Local News Network. December 5, 2008.
  5. "East St. Louis shows off talent, routs Prairie Ridge for Class 6A state title". Shaw Local. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  6. "East St. Louis' Miles faces fantastic future". Daily Herald. March 18, 2000.
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