📍 7710 State St, East Saint Louis, St. Clair County, 62203
Katie Harper-Wright Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in East Saint Louis, St. Clair County. The school has 400 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lawrence Rainey. It is part of the East St Louis SD 189 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Katie Harper-Wright Elem enrolls 400 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American, 1.5% Two or more races and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 392 | 98% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.5% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
398 of the school's 400 students (100%) 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.
Katie Harper-Wright Elem 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.
Katie Harper-Wright Elem 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 400 students, Katie Harper-Wright Elem 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
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