East St. Louis Senior High School

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

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East St. Louis Senior High School

Address

4901 State Street

East St. Louis

Illinois

62205

United States

Coordinates| 38°36′31″N 90°06′12″W﻿ / ﻿38.60861°N 90.10333°W﻿ / 38.60861; -90.10333
Information
Type| Public
Established| 1865[1]
School district| East Saint Louis Public Schools
Principal| Brittany Green
Faculty| 82.83 (FTE)[2]
Grades| 9–12
Enrollment| 1,299 (2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio| 15.68[2]
Color(s)| Orange and royal blue
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Slogan| All gas, No breaks
Sports| Basketball (men's & women's), Football, Wrestling, Volleyball (men's & women’s) Cheerleading, Track & Field (men's & women's), Baseball, Softball, Tennis
Mascot| Airplane
Team name| Flyers/Flyerettes[3]
Website| eastside.estl189.com

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]

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

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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

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* Hank Bauer, former MLB right fielder (New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics) and manager (Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles); 8x World Series champion; member of Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame.
* Tom Bayless, former NFL offensive and defensive lineman
* Ed Blake, former MLB pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and the Kansas City Athletics
* Rose Marion Boylan, (ca. 1875-1947) known professionally as Rose Marion, newspaper reporter and clubwoman
* Walter Boyne, author of 32 books and 500 articles about aviation; was the director of the National Air & Space Museum
* Homer Bush, former MLB second baseman; 1998 World Series Champion
* Don Choate, former MLB pitcher
* Jimmy Connors, tennis Hall of Famer
* Bryan Cox, former NFL linebacker; NFL assistant coach
* Cleveland Crosby, former NFL defensive end
* Al Dixon, former NFL tight end
* William Dollar, one of the nation's leading performers in the terpsichorean art of ballet
* Thomas L. Fekete, Illinois state representative and lawyer
* Larry Gladney, Professor of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
* Kerry Glenn, former NFL cornerback
* Dawn Harper-Nelson, Olympic hurdler; Gold medalist in 100-meter hurdles at 2008 Summer Olympics
* James Harris, former NFL defensive end
* Dana Howard, former NFL linebacker; 1994 Dick Butkus Award winner; 2017 College Football Hall of Fame inductee.
* Sam Jethroe, oldest baseball player to win "Rookie of the Year" award with the Boston Braves
* Antonio Johnson, current NFL defensive back
* Shelby Jordan, former NFL offensive tackle for the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Raiders
* Al Joyner, Olympic gold medal winner in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
* Bennie Lewis, small forward for Frankston Blues of Australia's SEABL.
* Dominic Lovett, football player[8]
* Jean Madeira, opera mezzo-soprano.
* Joe May, gospel singer known as the "Thunderbolt of the Midwest"
* Darius Miles, former NBA power forward[9]
* Montez Murphy, former NFL defensive tackle
* Damien Nash, former NFL running back
* Toriano Pride, college football defensive back for the Clemson Tigers and the Missouri Tigers[10]
* Al Randolph, former NFL defensive back
* Victor Scott, former NFL defensive back
* Dennis Stallings, former NFL linebacker
* Bob Turley, former MLB pitcher; 1958 Cy Young Award winner, World Series MVP, and AL wins leader.
* Bill Walker, former MLB pitcher with the New York Giants and St. Louis Browns; 2x NL ERA leader.
* Johnny Wyrostek, former MLB outfielder; 2x MLB All-Star with Cincinnati Reds.
* Marion Lee Wilde, class of 1939, one of the Wilde Twins. Movie actress 1942-1949.
* Mary Lynn Wilde, class of 1939, one of the Wilde Twins. Movie actress 1942-1953.
* Kellen Winslow, class of 1975, former NFL tight end for San Diego Chargers; NFL and College Football Hall of Fame inductee.

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ a b c d "East St Louis Senior High School]". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
3. ^ a b "East St. Louis Senior High School". Illinois High School Association. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
4. ^ "East St. Louis Lincoln". illinoishsglorydays.com. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
5. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: St. Clair County, IL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
6. ^ "Geneva falls short of first championship bid". Shaw Local News Network. December 5, 2008.
7. ^ "East St. Louis shows off talent, routs Prairie Ridge for Class 6A state title". Shaw Local. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
8. ^ "Dominic Lovett - Football". University of Missouri Athletics.
9. ^ "East St. Louis' Miles faces fantastic future". Daily Herald. March 18, 2000.[dead link‍]
10. ^ 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.

## External links

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* East St. Louis Sr. High School page at East St. Louis Public Schools

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East St. Louis, Illinois

History|

* 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado
* East St. Louis riots (1917)

Schools|

* East St. Louis School District 189
* East St. Louis Senior High School

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* East St. Louis Lincoln High School

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Landmarks|

* Casino Queen
* Spivey Building

Transportation|

| MetroLink|

* East Riverfront
* 5th & Missouri
* Emerson Park
* JJK Center
* Washington Park.

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* MetroBus
* St. Clair County Transit District

This list is incomplete.

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High schools in Greater St. Louis

Missouri public
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* Affton
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* Farmington
* Fern Ridge
* Festus
* Fort Zumwalt East
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* Fort Zumwalt South
* Fort Zumwalt West
* Fox
* Francis Howell
* Francis Howell Central
* Francis Howell North
* Gateway
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* Hazelwood West
* Herculaneum
* Hillsboro
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* Ladue
* Lafayette
* Lindbergh
* Maplewood Richmond Heights
* Marquette
* McCluer
* McCluer North
* STEAM Acad. @ McCluer South-Berkeley
* McKinley
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* Metro
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* Northwest Academy
* Northwest
* Nottingham
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* Orchard Farm
* Pacific
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* Parkway West
* Ritenour
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* Sch f/t Blind
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* St. Charles
* St. Charles West
* Seckman
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* Sumner
* Timberland
* Troy Buchanan
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Illinois public
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* Alton
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Catholic Archdiocesan
high schools|

* Althoff
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* Cardinal Ritter
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* Mater Dei
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* St. Dominic
* St. Francis Borgia
* St. Mary's
* St. Pius X

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* John F. Kennedy
* Trinity

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Catholic private
high schools|

* Barat Academy
* Chaminade
* Christian Brothers
* Cor Jesu
* De Smet
* Incarnate Word
* Marquette Catholic
* Nerinx Hall
* Notre Dame
* St. John Vianney
* St. Joseph's
* Priory
* St. Louis University High
* Ursuline
* Villa Duchesne
* Visitation

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* St. Elizabeth

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Other private
high schools|

* Christian
* Crossroads
* John Burroughs School
* Logos
* Lutheran North
* Lutheran South
* Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School
* The Principia
* Thomas Jefferson School
* Tower Grove Christian Academy
* Twin City Christian Academy
* Whitfield School
* Westminster Christian Academy

Authority control databases

International|

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