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Katie Harper-Wright Elementary
Katie Harper-Wright Elementary is a public elementary school in East St Louis SD 189, serving grades PK - 4 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 Comprehensive.
State designation, last three report cards
- 2023Commendable
- 2024Commendable
- 2025Comprehensive
What Comprehensive means: Among the lowest-performing 5 percent of Title I-eligible schools in Illinois, or a high school with a graduation rate of 67 percent or less. The school receives comprehensive state support.
How it compares with other St. Clair County elementary schools
| Measure | This school | County median | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELA proficiency | 21.7% | 49.5%42 schools | -27.8 pts |
| Math proficiency | 16.4% | 38.5%42 schools | -22.1 pts |
| Chronic absenteeism | 49.5% | 23.4%47 schools | +26.1 pts |
| Average class size | 17.7 | 21.148 schools | -3.4 |
| Low-income enrollment | 99.0% | 64.3%47 schools | +34.7 pts |
Median of other elementary 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 27.8 points below the median for other St. Clair County elementary schools (49.5%). Worth asking the school about.
- Chronic absenteeism is 26.1 points above the median for other St. Clair County elementary schools (23.4%). Worth asking the school about.
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- 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
- East St. Louis-Lincoln Middle School Intensive
- James Avant Elementary School Commendable
- 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: Katie Harper-Wright Elementary
- 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.
