Mason/Clark Middle Sch
East Saint Louis, IL · East St Louis SD 189
Regular public school · Grades 5 - 8 · Suburb, large
680th of 685 Illinois middle schools statewide · better than 1%· Stable
5510 State St, East Saint Louis, IL 62203
(618)646-3750NCES ID 171332004977Directory 2023–24
SchoolRow ranks Mason/Clark Middle Sch 680th of 685 Illinois middle schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 1% of middle schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 5th in 2019 to 1th in 2025.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, Illinois Report Card 2024–25
Hispanic (last reported 2023), White (last reported 2022) and Two or more races (last reported 2022) stop before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.
Hispanic (last reported 2023), White (last reported 2022) and Two or more races (last reported 2022) stop before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.
Hispanic (last reported 2023) stops before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, by student race and ethnicity. Only groups IL reports for this school appear — small groups are suppressed at the source to protect student privacy, so a missing line means too few testers, not zero. Tap a group to compare it with the IL average for that same group.
Racial and ethnic breakdown of 599 students (2023–24, NCES) — history since 1988, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010
| Group | Trend | 2010 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 99.4% | 94.5% | ▼ 4.9 pts | |
| Hispanic | 0.2% | 3.0% | ▲ 2.8 pts | |
| Two or more races | 0.0% | 1.2% | ▲ 1.2 pts | |
| White | 0.4% | 1.0% | ▲ 0.6 pts |
NCES history for this school begins in 1988. Race categories changed by 2010: earlier data combines Asian and Pacific Islander students and does not consistently identify multiracial students. The chart retains that history, while the change table uses 2010 onward.
Typical home value $44K in zip 62203 as of 2026-05 · trend since 2016
Data Provided by Zillow Group
Closest same-level schools, with 2024–25 state rank · ▲▼ = points better or worse than Mason/Clark Middle Sch
- #649East St Louis-Lincoln Middle SchoolEast St Louis SD 189 · 3.4 mi away649th of 685
ELA 27% ▲12 · Math 6% ▲2Compare - #684Wirth/Parks Middle SchoolCahokia CUSD 187 · 3.4 mi away684th of 685
ELA 13% ▼2 · Math 3% ▼1Compare - #328Emge Junior High SchoolHarmony Emge SD 175 · 4.4 mi away328th of 685
ELA 62% ▲47 · Math 30% ▲26Compare - #439Harmony Intermediate CenterHarmony Emge SD 175 · 4.4 mi away439th of 685
ELA 52% ▲37 · Math 24% ▲20Compare - #512Grant Middle SchoolGrant CCSD 110 · 4.6 mi away512th of 685
ELA 50% ▲35 · Math 13% ▲9Compare - –Lovejoy Middle SchoolBrooklyn UD 188 · 5.3 mi awayCompare
- #505Collinsville Middle SchoolCollinsville CUSD 10 · 5.7 mi away505th of 685
ELA 43% ▲28 · Math 22% ▲18Compare - #534Madison Jr High SchoolMadison CUSD 12 · 5.9 mi away534th of 685
ELA 30% ▲15Compare
What school district is Mason/Clark Middle Sch in?
Mason/Clark Middle Sch is part of the East St Louis SD 189 district in East Saint Louis, Illinois.
Is Mason/Clark Middle Sch a good school?
SchoolRow ranks Mason/Clark Middle Sch 680th of 685 Illinois middle schools (better than 1% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).
What is the racial makeup of Mason/Clark Middle Sch?
Black 95%, Hispanic 3%, Two or more races 1%, White 1% (599 students, 2023–24).
How much do homes near Mason/Clark Middle Sch cost?
The typical home value in zip code 62203 is $44K as of 2026-05 (Zillow ZHVI).
Sources: state education department data (Illinois Report Card 2024–25, low-income, chronic absenteeism), National Center for Education Statistics via the Urban Institute (enrollment, demographics, staffing), Zillow Group (home values). Rankings are computed by SchoolRow from state English and Math results within grade level; they measure test performance, not everything that makes a school good.