📍 1835 Tudor Ave, East Saint Louis, St. Clair County, 62207
Dunbar Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in East Saint Louis, St. Clair County. The school has 338 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tifani Brown. It is part of the East St Louis SD 189 school district. It serves grades K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dunbar Elem School enrolls 338 students across grades K–4. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Black or African American and <1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 337 | 100% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
336 of the school's 338 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dunbar Elem School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 57, state house district 114.
Dunbar Elem School is one of 12 schools in East St Louis SD 189, based in East Saint Louis, Illinois. The district serves 4,646 students district-wide and employs 386 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 338 students, Dunbar Elem School is close to the district average of about 387 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large