East St. Louis Senior High School
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East St. Louis Senior High School
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 / 38.60861°N 90.10333°W / 38.60861; -90.10333Coordinates: 38°36?31?N 90°06?12?W / 38.60861°N 90.10333°W / 38.60861; -90.10333
Information
TypePublic
School districtEast Saint Louis Public Schools
PrincipalValencia Martin
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]

East Saint Louis Senior High School is the only high school located in East Saint 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]

Sports

East St. Louis Senior High School won the 2008 Class 7A football state championship against Geneva High School.[3] 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. 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. ^ a b c d e "East St Louis Senior High School]". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved .
  2. ^ "East St. Louis Lincoln". illinoishsglorydays.com. Retrieved 2015.
  3. ^ "Geneva falls short of first championship bid". Daily Herald. Nov 29, 2008. Retrieved .
  4. ^ "East St. Louis' Miles faces fantastic future". Daily Herald. Questia Online Library. March 18, 2000. Retrieved .

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