Regular local school district · St. Clair County
East St Louis SD 189, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
East St Louis SD 189 runs 12 public schools with 4,646 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.4 students per teacher is 1.3 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 4,646
- Teachers (FTE)
- 374
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1005 State St, East Saint Louis, IL 62201
- Phone
- (618)646-3009
- County
- St. Clair County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1713320
- State district ID
- IL-50-082-1890-22
- Total staff (FTE)
- 993
- School counselors (FTE)
- 19.0About 245 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 33.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district12.4
Illinois13.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (5,004), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $136.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $33.1 million
- State revenue
- $89.0 million
- Local revenue
- $14.0 million
- Total spending
- $126.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $25,338
- Salaries
- $57.6 million45.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $19.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 24.3%
- State: 65.4%
- Local: 10.3%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$25,338
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in East St Louis SD 189
By level: 4 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Annette Officer ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 362 | 14.5 |
| Dunbar Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 327 | 12.1 |
| East St Louis Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,288 | 15.5 |
| East St Louis-Lincoln Middle SchCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 359 | 8.0 |
| Gordon Bush Alt Sch for EducationCEP school | High | 5 to 12 | 0 | |
| James Avant Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 342 | 9.8 |
| Katie Harper-Wright ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 418 | 13.5 |
| Mason/Clark Middle SchCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 540 | 11.7 |
| SIU Charter Sch of East St LouisCEP schoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 99 | 16.5 |
| St Clair Co Juv Detention Center | High | 7 to 12 | 0 | |
| Vivian Adams Early Child CtrCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 377 | 15.1 |
| Wyvetter Younge Sch of ExcellenceCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 534 | 15.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in St. Clair County
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- Mascoutah CUD 19 School District 4,345 students
- O Fallon CCSD 90 School District 3,862 students
- Belleville SD 118 3,275 students
- Cahokia CUSD 187 2,991 students
- O Fallon Twp HSD 203 School District 2,540 students
- Whiteside SD 115 1,155 students
- Belle Valley SD 119 997 students
- Comm Unit School District No 196 884 students
- Wolf Branch SD 113 823 students
- Freeburg CCSD 70 School District 752 students
- Harmony Emge SD 175 735 students
- Millstadt CCSD 160 School District 699 students
- Freeburg CHSD 77 School District 689 students
- Pontiac-W Holliday SD 105 630 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.