East_St._Louis_High_School

East St. Louis Senior High School

East St. Louis Senior High School

Public high school in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States

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.[2] 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]

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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.[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

References

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    Petraitas, Thomas (April 7, 2005). "Parsons Field: Even Teenagers Needed a Place to Play". Preservation Research Office. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
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    "East St Louis Senior High School]". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
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    "East St. Louis Senior High School". Illinois High School Association. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
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    "East St. Louis Lincoln". illinoishsglorydays.com. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
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    "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: St. Clair County, IL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
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    "Geneva falls short of first championship bid". Shaw Local News Network. December 5, 2008.
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    "East St. Louis shows off talent, routs Prairie Ridge for Class 6A state title". Shaw Local. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
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    "East St. Louis' Miles faces fantastic future". Daily Herald. March 18, 2000.[dead link]
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    Shepherd Jr., Wendell (6 December 2023). "Former Clemson DB, East St. Louis star Toriano Pride Jr. commits to Mizzou". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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