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Illinois Title I schools beating the odds

Illinois public schools where 60%+ of students qualify for free or reduced lunch AND the school's composite proficiency ranks in the top quartile of all Illinois schools. The intersection that matters most for equity.

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ILLINOIS · TITLE I BEATING THE ODDS

#	School	City	District	% FRL	% Proficient	State %ile
51	Hawthorn Elem School	Salem	Salem SD 111	62.7%	48.2%	96
52	Gemini Middle School	Niles	East Maine SD 63	60.2%	48.1%	96
53	George W Lieb Elem School	Bridgeview	Ridgeland SD 122	66.2%	48.0%	96
54	Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk	Chicago	Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk	80.3%	47.9%	96
55	Childs Elem School	Robbins	Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5	75.2%	47.9%	96
56	Friendship Jr High School	Des Plaines	Comm Cons SD 59	61.5%	47.9%	96
57	Ben-Gil Elementary School	Gillespie	Gillespie CUSD 7	66.2%	47.7%	96
58	Heritage Middle School	Berwyn	Berwyn South SD 100	73.6%	47.6%	96
59	Earhart Elem Opt for Knowl School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	71.3%	47.5%	96
60	Dirksen Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	75.9%	47.5%	96
61	Piper School	Berwyn	Berwyn South SD 100	70.2%	47.4%	95
62	Forest Park Individual Ed School	Joliet	Joliet PSD 86	100%	47.4%	95
63	Watseka Junior High School	Watseka	Iroquois County CUSD 9	62.9%	47.2%	95
64	Maple Grove Elem School	Joppa	Joppa-Maple Grove UD 38	72.1%	47.1%	95
65	Jamieson Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	67.6%	47.0%	95
66	Cobden Elem School	Cobden	Cobden SUD 17	92.8%	46.9%	95
67	Devonshire School	Des Plaines	Comm Cons SD 59	61.1%	46.8%	95
68	Metropolis Elem School	Metropolis	Massac UD 1	82.7%	46.7%	95
69	Armstrong G Elem IntL Studies	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	84.3%	46.6%	95
70	Rock Falls Middle School	Rock Falls	Rock Falls ESD 13	75.2%	46.5%	95
71	Iroquois West Elem Sch/Thawville	Thawville	Iroquois West CUSD 10	66.3%	46.3%	95
72	Elm Middle School	Elmwood Park	Elmwood Park CUSD 401	63.1%	46.3%	95
73	Northwest Elem School	Lincoln	Lincoln ESD 27	74.9%	46.2%	95
74	Arland D Williams Jr Elem Sch	Mattoon	Mattoon CUSD 2	68.6%	46.1%	95
75	Hometown Elem School	Hometown	Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123	68.6%	46.1%	94
76	Bluffview Elem School	Dupo	Comm Unit School District No 196	67.5%	46.0%	94
77	Lincoln Middle School	Schiller Park	Schiller Park SD 81	68.4%	46.0%	94
78	Columbia Explorers Elem Academy	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	86.2%	46.0%	94
79	Hester Jr High School	Franklin Park	Franklin Park SD 84	62.9%	46.0%	94
80	Von Steuben Metro Science HS	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	61.2%	45.9%	94
81	Mt Carmel Grade School	Mount Carmel	Wabash CUSD 348	60.8%	45.8%	94
82	Robert C Hill Elem School	Romeoville	Valley View CUSD 365U	62.2%	45.6%	94
83	LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr	Waukegan	LEARN John and Kathy Schreiber Ch	83.8%	45.6%	94
84	Central Jr High School	Belleville	Belleville SD 118	64.0%	45.6%	94
85	West Elem School	Sycamore	Sycamore CUSD 427	60.0%	45.4%	94
86	Dan H Pietrini Elem School	Franklin Park	Franklin Park SD 84	67.8%	45.2%	94
87	Dupo Jr High School	Dupo	Comm Unit School District No 196	72.6%	45.0%	94
88	Davie Elem School	Anna	Anna CCSD 37	61.5%	45.0%	93
89	Burroughs Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	92.4%	44.9%	93
90	Northmoor Primary School	Peoria	Peoria SD 150	63.0%	44.9%	93
91	Greenbriar Elem School	Chicago Heights	Chicago Heights SD 170	98.3%	44.8%	93
92	Dr Donald Wharton Elem School	Summit	Summit SD 104	98.2%	44.8%	93
93	Irving Elem School	Berwyn	Berwyn South SD 100	70.6%	44.5%	93
94	Hodgkins Elem School	Hodgkins	La Grange SD 105 South	78.8%	44.5%	93
95	Washington G Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	77.8%	44.5%	93
96	Brooks Middle School	Bolingbrook	Valley View CUSD 365U	61.1%	44.5%	93
97	Wood View Elem School	Bolingbrook	Valley View CUSD 365U	61.2%	44.4%	93
98	New Boston Elem School	New Boston	Mercer County School District 404	63.0%	44.4%	93
99	Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School	Quincy	Quincy SD 172	61.9%	44.3%	93
100	Westhaven Elementary	Belleville	Belleville SD 118	64.9%	44.2%	93

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