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Illinois: the school districts with the most Black students

505 districts

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

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudents% BlackBlack students
1Chicago Public Schools Dist 299IL622324,39634.2%110,833
2Rockford SD 205IL4428,46731.2%8,880
3Peoria SD 150IL2513,31253.2%7,076
4Springfield SD 186IL3113,01444.8%5,828
5East St Louis SD 189IL104,64695.3%4,429
6Champaign CUSD 4IL1810,59838.2%4,049
7Decatur SD 61IL157,84050.8%3,980
8Thornton Twp HSD 205IL34,50977.5%3,494
9Plainfield SD 202IL3024,55614.2%3,482
10Valley View CUSD 365UIL2014,71022.3%3,273
11Cahokia CUSD 187IL82,99188.6%2,650
12Crete Monee CUSD 201UIL84,56257.2%2,611
13Indian Prairie CUSD 204IL3226,1089.8%2,569
14Belleville Twp HSD 201IL24,71847.7%2,252
15Danville CCSD 118IL94,94045.5%2,248
16Rock Island SD 41IL136,29234.4%2,166
17Matteson ESD 162IL72,40588.1%2,118
18Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215IL23,22865.6%2,117
19SD U-46IL5134,0366.2%2,104
20Kankakee SD 111IL104,60245.5%2,093
21Dolton SD 149IL82,19293.4%2,047
22DeKalb CUSD 428IL126,77128.2%1,908
23Prairie-Hills ESD 144IL92,47376.9%1,902
24McLean County USD 5IL2412,40715.3%1,900
25Dolton SD 148IL102,07790.9%1,887
26CUSD 308IL2116,76611.0%1,846
27Joliet PSD 86IL209,33318.4%1,715
28Alton CUSD 11IL105,52630.4%1,679
29Belleville SD 118IL113,27550.8%1,663
30Bremen CHSD 228IL44,88533.9%1,655
31Urbana SD 116IL94,65834.8%1,619
32Proviso Twp HSD 209IL34,45834.8%1,553
33Lansing SD 158IL52,54760.7%1,547
34Waukegan CUSD 60IL2213,64011.3%1,537
35Flossmoor SD 161IL52,30265.6%1,509
36Bloom Twp HSD 206IL23,04148.2%1,467
37Evanston CCSD 65IL166,13623.4%1,438
38CHSD 218IL35,43624.9%1,353
39ESD 159IL51,65379.3%1,311
40Joliet Twp HSD 204IL26,74618.2%1,230
41Bloomington SD 87IL94,80924.8%1,191
42Granite City CUSD 9IL85,74720.6%1,184
43Park Forest SD 163IL61,52477.2%1,176
44Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89IL94,08128.1%1,147
45North Chicago SD 187IL83,63730.5%1,111
46Aurora West USD 129IL1611,0209.6%1,056
47Homewood SD 153IL31,85654.6%1,014
48Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40IL147,25714.0%1,013
49Aurora East USD 131IL1812,1877.7%940
50Freeport SD 145IL83,70325.0%926

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