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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Sangamon County, Illinois

16 public middle schools in Sangamon County, Illinois appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public middle schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Jefferson Middle School leads the list at 80.7%, against a median of 39.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Sangamon County, Illinois

Top % FRL

80.7%

Median % FRL

39.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Jefferson Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	Middle	517	80.7%
2	Washington Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	Middle	516	79.8%
3	U S Grant Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	Middle	498	72.1%
4	Sangamon Valley Middle School	Illiopolis, IL	Sangamon Valley CUSD 9	Middle	145	62.8%
5	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	Middle	709	53.5%
6	Riverton Middle School	Riverton, IL	Riverton CUSD 14	Middle	347	52.4%
7	Tri-City Jr High School	Buffalo, IL	Tri City CUSD 1	Middle	137	48.9%
8	Auburn Jr High at Divernon	Divernon, IL	Auburn CUSD 10	Middle	236	41.1%
9	Lincoln Magnet School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	Middle	300	37.7%
10	Cantrall Intermediate School	Cantrall, IL	Athens CUSD 213	Middle	184	34.8%
11	New Berlin Jr High School	New Berlin, IL	New Berlin CUSD 16	Middle	155	29.0%
12	Glenwood Middle School	Chatham, IL	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	Middle	735	22.7%
13	Glenwood Intermediate Sch	Chatham, IL	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	Middle	672	22.5%
14	Williamsville Jr High School	Williamsville, IL	Williamsville CUSD 15	Middle	444	18.0%
15	Rochester Intermediate School	Rochester, IL	Rochester CUSD 3A	Middle	394	15.2%
16	Pleasant Plains Middle School	Pleasant Plains, IL	Pleasant Plains CUSD 8	Middle	393	11.5%

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