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SIU Charter School of East St. Louis
SIU Charter School of East St. Louis is a public high school in East St Louis SD 189, serving grades 9 - 12 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 Commendable, the same designation it received in 2023 and 2024.
State designation, last three report cards
- 2023Commendable
- 2024Commendable
- 2025Commendable
What Commendable means: No student group performing at or below the level of the lowest 5 percent of schools, and overall performance outside the top 10 percent statewide.
How it compares with other St. Clair County high schools
| Measure | This school | County median | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELA proficiency | Not reported | 55.4%11 schools | n/a |
| Math proficiency | Not reported | 31.4%10 schools | n/a |
| Chronic absenteeism | 77.4% | 29.5%12 schools | +47.9 pts |
| Average class size | 12.1 | 18.912 schools | -6.8 |
| Low-income enrollment | 100.0% | 52.3%12 schools | +47.7 pts |
Median of other 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
- Chronic absenteeism is 47.9 points above the median for other St. Clair County high schools (29.5%). 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
- Katie Harper-Wright Elementary Comprehensive
- Mason/Clark Middle School Comprehensive
- Vivian Adams Early Child Center No designation
- Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence Comprehensive
Sources
- Illinois Report Card: SIU Charter School of East St. Louis
- 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.
