Editing East St. Louis, Illinois (section)

==Education==
The city is served by the [[East St. Louis School District 189]]. As of 2017, the district operates an early childhood learning center, 5 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and one high school, [[East St. Louis High School]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Schools &#124; ESTL|url=http://www.estl189.com/?page_id=107|website=www.estl189.com|access-date=19 March 2017}}</ref> Until 1998, [[East St. Louis Lincoln High School]] also served portions of the city.

There are two private K–8 schools in East St. Louis: Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School and Unity Lutheran Christian Elementary School. Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School is operated under the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville]]. There were previously four Catholic elementary schools: St. Joseph, St. Martin of Tours, St. Patrick, St. Philip, Holy Angels and St. Adalbert. In 1989 they consolidated at the St. Philip location as Bowman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stbcs.com/about-us/history/ |title=History |publisher=Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School |date=2017-04-14 |accessdate=2022-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414053033/http://stbcs.com/about-us/history/ |archive-date=14 April 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Starting in 1894, St. Teresa Academy was established by the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood, as a high school for young women. The school closed in 1974. 
<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grady, ASC |first1=Sister Mary Pauline |title=Alma Mater STA 94-74.pdf |url=https://adorers.org/book/a-chronicle-of-st-teresa-academy |access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref>

In 1929 Central Catholic High School for Boys was established with the name being changed to Assumption High School in 1953. Women were welcomed to Assumption in 1974 after St. Teresa Academy closed.  Later, Assumption closed in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |title=Assumption High School, East St. Louis, Illinois |url=http://www.ahspioneers.org/ |access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref>