Illinois: the school districts with the highest share of Black students

345 districts

Illinois public school districts ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	East St Louis SD 189	IL	10	4,646	4,429	95.3%
2	Dolton SD 149	IL	8	2,192	2,047	93.4%
3	Dolton SD 148	IL	10	2,077	1,887	90.9%
4	Cahokia CUSD 187	IL	8	2,991	2,650	88.6%
5	Matteson ESD 162	IL	7	2,405	2,118	88.1%
6	ESD 159	IL	5	1,653	1,311	79.3%
7	Thornton Twp HSD 205	IL	3	4,509	3,494	77.5%
8	Park Forest SD 163	IL	6	1,524	1,176	77.2%
9	Prairie-Hills ESD 144	IL	9	2,473	1,902	76.9%
10	Brookwood SD 167	IL	4	1,098	823	75.0%
11	Sunnybrook SD 171	IL	2	1,025	762	74.3%
12	CCSD 168	IL	3	1,243	922	74.2%
13	Flossmoor SD 161	IL	5	2,302	1,509	65.6%
14	Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215	IL	2	3,228	2,117	65.6%
15	South Holland SD 151	IL	4	1,319	857	65.0%
16	Lansing SD 158	IL	5	2,547	1,547	60.7%
17	Harvey SD 152	IL	5	1,487	855	57.5%
18	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	IL	8	4,562	2,611	57.2%
19	Whiteside SD 115	IL	2	1,155	654	56.6%
20	Homewood SD 153	IL	3	1,856	1,014	54.6%
21	Peoria SD 150	IL	25	13,312	7,076	53.2%
22	Belleville SD 118	IL	11	3,275	1,663	50.8%
23	Decatur SD 61	IL	15	7,840	3,980	50.8%
24	Carbondale ESD 95	IL	4	1,648	832	50.5%
25	Bloom Twp HSD 206	IL	2	3,041	1,467	48.2%
26	Belleville Twp HSD 201	IL	2	4,718	2,252	47.7%
27	Danville CCSD 118	IL	9	4,940	2,248	45.5%
28	Kankakee SD 111	IL	10	4,602	2,093	45.5%
29	Springfield SD 186	IL	31	13,014	5,828	44.8%
30	Bellwood SD 88	IL	6	1,998	887	44.4%
31	Champaign CUSD 4	IL	18	10,598	4,049	38.2%
32	Proviso Twp HSD 209	IL	3	4,458	1,553	34.8%
33	Urbana SD 116	IL	9	4,658	1,619	34.8%
34	Rock Island SD 41	IL	13	6,292	2,166	34.4%
35	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	IL	622	324,396	110,833	34.2%
36	Bremen CHSD 228	IL	4	4,885	1,655	33.9%
37	Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5	IL	5	1,286	423	32.9%
38	Steger SD 194	IL	3	1,507	478	31.7%
39	Rockford SD 205	IL	44	28,467	8,880	31.2%
40	North Chicago SD 187	IL	8	3,637	1,111	30.5%
41	Alton CUSD 11	IL	10	5,526	1,679	30.4%
42	East Moline SD 37	IL	6	2,641	793	30.0%
43	Chicago Heights SD 170	IL	10	2,674	798	29.8%
44	Mount Vernon SD 80	IL	4	1,445	411	28.4%
45	DeKalb CUSD 428	IL	12	6,771	1,908	28.2%
46	Westchester SD 92-5	IL	3	1,041	294	28.2%
47	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89	IL	9	4,081	1,147	28.1%
48	Rantoul City SD 137	IL	6	1,656	460	27.8%
49	Zion ESD 6	IL	7	2,176	604	27.8%
50	Evergreen Park ESD 124	IL	5	1,735	445	25.6%

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