High school in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States
East St. Louis Senior High School
4901 State Street
, 62205
Coordinates
38°36′31″N 90°06′12″W / 38.60861°N 90.10333°W / 38.60861; -90.10333 Type
Public School district
East Saint Louis Public Schools Principal Brittany Green Faculty 82.83 (on
FTE basis)
[1] Grades
9 to 12 Enrollment 1,299 (2022-23)
[1] Student to teacher ratio 15.68
[1] Color(s) Orange and royal blue
[2] 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 Flyer Team name Flyers/Flyerettes
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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.
[1] It was featured in the
Jonathan Kozol book
Savage Inequalities . In 1998,
East St. Louis Lincoln High School consolidated with East St. Louis High.
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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 .
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Sports
East St. Louis Senior High School won the 2008 Class 7A football state championship against
Geneva High School .
[5] 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.
[6] 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
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 .
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
Jimmy Connors , tennis Hall of Famer
Bryan Cox , former
NFL
linebacker ;
NFL assistant coach
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
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
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 .
Jean Madeira , opera mezzo-soprano.
Joe May , gospel singer known as the "Thunderbolt of the Midwest"
Darius Miles , former
NBA
power forward
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Victor Scott , former
NFL
defensive back
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.
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