East St. Louis Senior High School Explained

East St. Louis Senior High School
Streetaddress:4901 State Street
City:East St. Louis
State:Illinois
Zipcode:62205
Country:United States
Coordinates:38.6086°N -90.1033°W
District:East Saint Louis Public Schools
Principal:Brittany Green
Established:1865[1]
Faculty:82.83 (FTE)
Ratio:15.68
Enrollment:1,299 (2022–23)
Type:Public
Grades:9–12
Slogan:All gas, No breaks
Mascot:Airplane
Sports:Basketball (men's & women's), Football, Wrestling, Volleyball (men's & women’s) Cheerleading, Track & Field (men's & women's), Baseball, Softball, Tennis
Team Name:Flyers/Flyerettes
Colors:Orange and royal blue
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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.[3] It was featured in the Jonathan Kozol book Savage Inequalities. In 1998, East St. Louis Lincoln High School consolidated with East St. Louis High.[4]

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 Belleville, Caseyville, Fairmont City, Fairview Heights, and Madison.[5]

Sports

East St. Louis Senior High School won the 2008 Class 7A football state championship against Geneva High School.[6] 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.[7] 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Petraitas. Thomas. Parsons Field: Even Teenagers Needed a Place to Play. Preservation Research Office. April 7, 2005. June 10, 2024. December 1, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231201034008/http://preservationresearch.com/category/east-st-louis/page/4/. live.
  2. Web site: East St. Louis Senior High School. 2024-03-27. Illinois High School Association. en-US.
  3. Web site: East St Louis Senior High School]. National Center for Education Statistics. . March 19, 2024.
  4. Web site: East St. Louis Lincoln. illinoishsglorydays.com. 12 July 2015.
  5. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: St. Clair County, IL. U.S. Census Bureau. 2023-07-06.
  6. News: December 5, 2008 . Geneva falls short of first championship bid. . Shaw Local News Network .
  7. Web site: East St. Louis shows off talent, routs Prairie Ridge for Class 6A state title . 2023-03-10 . Shaw Local . en.
  8. News: East St. Louis' Miles faces fantastic future. . . March 18, 2000 .
  9. Web site: Shepherd Jr. . Wendell . Former Clemson DB, East St. Louis star Toriano Pride Jr. commits to Mizzou . Columbia Missourian . 6 December 2023 . 12 May 2024.

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