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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
101	Charter Oak Primary School	Peoria	Peoria SD 150	66.8%	44.1%	92
102	LEARN Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus	Great Lakes	North Chicago SD 187	60.8%	44.0%	92
103	Webster Elementary School	Collinsville	Collinsville CUSD 10	74.5%	44.0%	92
104	Carol Stream Elem School	Carol Stream	CCSD 93	61.4%	43.9%	92
105	Orozco Elem Fine Arts & Sciences	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	72.9%	43.9%	92
106	Washington Elem School	Schiller Park	Schiller Park SD 81	71.5%	43.8%	92
107	Center Elem School	Freeport	Freeport SD 145	61.5%	43.8%	92
108	John S Clark Elem School	Waukegan	Waukegan CUSD 60	67.9%	43.7%	92
109	Lincoln Middle School	Berwyn	Berwyn North SD 98	83.4%	43.7%	92
110	Alan B Shepard Elem School	Bourbonnais	Bourbonnais SD 53	61.5%	43.7%	92
111	Geo T Wilkins Jr High School	Justice	Indian Springs SD 109	67.1%	43.7%	92
112	Devry Advantage Academy High Schl	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	69.1%	43.5%	92
113	Edison Elem School	Stickney	Lyons SD 103	74.1%	43.5%	92
114	Twain Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	74.6%	43.3%	91
115	Litchfield Elem School	Litchfield	Litchfield CUSD 12	65.6%	43.1%	91
116	Sesser-Valier Jr High School	Sesser	Sesser-Valier CUSD 196	66.1%	43.0%	91
117	Willow Springs Elem School	Willow Springs	Willow Springs SD 108	65.7%	42.8%	91
118	Holmes Jr High School	Mount Prospect	Comm Cons SD 59	62.5%	42.8%	91
119	John F Kennedy Elem School	Schiller Park	Schiller Park SD 81	68.0%	42.8%	91
120	Devonshire Elem School	Skokie	Skokie SD 68	65.7%	42.8%	91
121	Hardin County Elem School	Elizabethtown	Hardin County CUSD 1	66.7%	42.8%	91
122	Dallas City Elem School	Dallas City	Dallas ESD 327	78.8%	42.7%	91
123	Carolyn Wenz Elem School	Paris	Paris-Union SD 95	69.0%	42.7%	91
124	Jonas E Salk Elem School	Bolingbrook	Valley View CUSD 365U	62.9%	42.6%	91
125	Hubert H Humphrey Middle School	Bolingbrook	Valley View CUSD 365U	62.1%	42.5%	91
126	Lincoln Elem School	Blue Island	Cook County SD 130	83.0%	42.4%	91
127	Harrisburg Middle School	Harrisburg	Harrisburg CUSD 3	66.0%	42.4%	91
128	Edward J Tobin Elem School	Burbank	Burbank SD 111	63.6%	42.4%	90
129	Palatine High School	Palatine	Township HSD 211	62.0%	42.3%	90
130	Glenn Raymond School	Watseka	Iroquois County CUSD 9	68.2%	42.3%	90
131	Virginia Elem School	Virginia	Virginia CUSD 64	66.1%	42.1%	90
132	CICS - Avalon/South Shore	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	90.2%	42.0%	90
133	Simmons Middle School	Oak Lawn	Ridgeland SD 122	61.2%	42.0%	90
134	La Harpe Elementary School	La Harpe	La Harpe CSD 347	82.9%	41.7%	90
135	Center Street Elem School	Fairfield	Fairfield PSD 112	67.2%	41.7%	90
136	J B Kennedy Elem School	Burbank	Burbank SD 111	66.4%	41.6%	90
137	Jefferson Elem School	Ottawa	Ottawa ESD 141	64.8%	41.6%	90
138	Salt Fork South Elementary School	Sidell	Salt Fork CUSD 512	76.6%	41.5%	90
139	Washington Elem School	Sterling	Sterling CUSD 5	60.9%	41.5%	90
140	Bridgeport Grade School	Bridgeport	Red Hill CUSD 10	62.7%	41.4%	90
141	Lindop Elem School	Broadview	Lindop SD 92	65.1%	41.4%	89
142	Pershing Elem School	Berwyn	Berwyn South SD 100	74.2%	41.4%	89
143	Grimes Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	72.0%	41.3%	89
144	North Wamac Grade School	Centralia	North Wamac SD 186	92.6%	41.2%	89
145	Benton Grade Sch 5-8	Benton	Benton CCSD 47	61.1%	41.2%	89
146	Gillespie Middle School	Gillespie	Gillespie CUSD 7	62.7%	41.2%	89
147	Ernest F Kolb Elem School	Oak Lawn	Ridgeland SD 122	71.9%	41.1%	89
148	Holden Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	71.5%	41.1%	89
149	Douglas Elem School	Belleville	Belleville SD 118	62.2%	41.0%	89
150	Chicago Academy Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	63.1%	41.0%	89

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