| East St. Louis Senior High School | |
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| Location | |
| 4901 State Street East St. Louis, Illinois United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | East Saint Louis Public Schools |
| Principal | Jethro Brown |
| Faculty | 110.0 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 2,138[1] (2005–06) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.4[1] |
| Color(s) | Orange and Blue |
| Mascot | Flyer |
East Saint Louis Sr. High School is the only high school located in East Saint Louis, Illinois. The school serves about 2,140 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.
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East St. Louis Senior High School recently won the 2008 Class 7A football state championship against Geneva High School.[2] 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. 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.