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The highest-poverty public schools in Joliet, Illinois

30 public schools in Joliet, Illinois appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Eisenhower Academy leads the list at 100%, against a median of 94.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Joliet, Illinois

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

94.1%

HIGHEST POVERTY · JOLIET, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Eisenhower Academy	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	209	100%
2	Forest Park Individual Ed School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	263	100%
3	Gompers Junior High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	615	99.2%
4	Washington Jr High & Academy Prgm	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	724	98.5%
5	Dirksen Junior High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	653	98.2%
6	Sator Sanchez Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	635	97.8%
7	Hufford Junior High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	1,072	97.3%
8	Pershing Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	621	96.1%
9	Carl Sandburg Elementary	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	371	95.1%
10	A O Marshall Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	246	95.1%
11	Woodland Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	368	95.1%
12	Isaac Singleton Elem Sch	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	304	95.1%
13	Edna Keith Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	402	95.0%
14	Taft Elementary School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	424	94.6%
15	Farragut Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	568	94.2%
16	Thomas Jefferson Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	235	94.0%
17	M J Cunningham Elem Sch	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	484	94.0%
18	Lynne Thigpen Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	620	93.9%
19	T E Culbertson Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	377	92.3%
20	Laraway School	Joliet, IL	Laraway CCSD 70C	Elementary	433	90.8%
21	Joliet Central High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet Twp HSD 204	High	3,295	77.7%
22	Joliet West High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet Twp HSD 204	High	3,451	59.5%
23	Troy Craughwell School	Joliet, IL	Troy CCSD 30C	Elementary	526	54.4%
24	Troy Heritage Trail School	Joliet, IL	Troy CCSD 30C	Elementary	480	49.6%
25	Crystal Lawns Elem School	Joliet, IL	Plainfield SD 202	Elementary	328	47.6%
26	Grand Prairie Elem School	Joliet, IL	Plainfield SD 202	Elementary	494	46.6%
27	Thomas Jefferson Elem Sch	Joliet, IL	Plainfield SD 202	Elementary	646	38.1%
28	Union Elementary School	Joliet, IL	Union SD 81	Elementary	143	37.1%
29	Aux Sable Middle Sch	Joliet, IL	Plainfield SD 202	Middle	844	34.5%
30	Jones Elementary School	Joliet, IL	Minooka CCSD 201	Elementary	553	32.4%

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