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East St. Louis-Lincoln Middle School
East St. Louis-Lincoln Middle School is a public middle/junior high school in East St Louis SD 189, serving grades 5 - 8 in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois. In the 2025 Illinois Report Card (2024-25 school year), the Illinois State Board of Education designated it Intensive.
State designation, last three report cards
- 2023Intensive
- 2024Targeted
- 2025Intensive
What Intensive means: Completed a full Comprehensive Support cycle but remained in the lowest-performing 5 percent of Title I-eligible schools (or a high school at or below a 67 percent graduation rate). Subject to more rigorous state action.
How it compares with other St. Clair County middle and junior high schools
| Measure | This school | County median | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELA proficiency | 26.8% | 62.4%16 schools | -35.6 pts |
| Math proficiency | 6.2% | 30.1%16 schools | -23.9 pts |
| Chronic absenteeism | 51.5% | 24.0%17 schools | +27.5 pts |
| Average class size | 15.3 | 20.917 schools | -5.6 |
| Low-income enrollment | 98.6% | 55.8%17 schools | +42.8 pts |
Median of other middle and junior high schools in St. Clair County with reported data, this school excluded, not weighted by enrollment. Proficiency is from the 2024-25 state tests. Illinois changed its proficiency cut scores in 2025, so these percentages cannot be compared with earlier years.
What stands out
- ELA proficiency is 35.6 points below the median for other St. Clair County middle and junior high schools (62.4%). Worth asking the school about.
- Chronic absenteeism is 27.5 points above the median for other St. Clair County middle and junior high schools (24.0%). Worth asking the school about.
Before you buy for this school
- Confirm the attendance boundary for the exact address with East St Louis SD 189. Boundaries change, and a listing's school field is not a guarantee.
- Visit. A designation summarizes test results, growth and attendance. It does not describe a classroom.
- Read the full report card for student-group results, growth and staffing.
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Other schools in East St Louis SD 189
- Annette Officer Elementary Commendable
- Dunbar Elementary School Commendable
- East St. Louis Senior High School Commendable
- James Avant Elementary School Commendable
- Katie Harper-Wright Elementary Comprehensive
- Mason/Clark Middle School Comprehensive
- SIU Charter School of East St. Louis Commendable
- Vivian Adams Early Child Center No designation
- Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence Comprehensive
Sources
- Illinois Report Card: East St. Louis-Lincoln Middle School
- ISBE Report Card Public Data Sets, 2023, 2024 and 2025, retrieved 2026-10-06
- ISBE 2025 Report Card Glossary (designation definitions)
This page reports state-published data. It is not a rating or recommendation by Single Tree Team.
