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The highest-poverty public schools in Will County, Illinois

Across Will County, Illinois, 155 public schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Eisenhower Academy leads the list at 100%, against a median of 39.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

155

Will County, Illinois

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

39.7%

HIGHEST POVERTY · WILL COUNTY, 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	Fairmont School	Lockport, IL	Fairmont SD 89	Elementary	300	99.0%
5	Washington Jr High & Academy Prgm	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	724	98.5%
6	Dirksen Junior High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	653	98.2%
7	Sator Sanchez Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	635	97.8%
8	Hufford Junior High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	1,072	97.3%
9	Pershing Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	621	96.1%
10	Carl Sandburg Elementary	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	371	95.1%
11	A O Marshall Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	246	95.1%
12	Woodland Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	368	95.1%
13	Isaac Singleton Elem Sch	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	304	95.1%
14	Edna Keith Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	402	95.0%
15	Taft Elementary School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	424	94.6%
16	Farragut Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	568	94.2%
17	Thomas Jefferson Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	235	94.0%
18	M J Cunningham Elem Sch	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	484	94.0%
19	Lynne Thigpen Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	620	93.9%
20	T E Culbertson Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Elementary	377	92.3%
21	Laraway School	Joliet, IL	Laraway CCSD 70C	Elementary	433	90.8%
22	Talala Elementary School	Park Forest, IL	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	Elementary	305	85.2%
23	Joliet Central High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet Twp HSD 204	High	3,295	77.7%
24	Bernard J Ward Elem School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Elementary	363	77.4%
25	Balmoral Elem Sch	Crete, IL	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	Elementary	472	72.5%
26	Rockdale Elem School	Rockdale, IL	Rockdale SD 84	Elementary	257	71.2%
27	Chaney-Monge School	Crest Hill, IL	Chaney-Monge SD 88	Elementary	479	68.5%
28	Independence Elem School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Elementary	617	67.9%
29	John R Tibbott Elem School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Elementary	330	67.9%
30	Oak View Elem School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Elementary	636	67.6%
31	Dr. James Mitchem Erly Chldhd Ctr	Romeoville, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Elementary	515	66.4%
32	Crete Elementary School	Crete, IL	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	Elementary	381	65.4%
33	Crete-Monee Middle School	University Park, IL	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	Middle	1,002	65.0%
34	Monee Elementary School	Monee, IL	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	Elementary	373	64.9%
35	Irene King Elem School	Romeoville, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Elementary	533	63.8%
36	Steger Intermediate Center	Steger, IL	Steger SD 194	Elementary	465	63.4%
37	Jonas E Salk Elem School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Elementary	391	62.9%
38	Robert C Hill Elem School	Romeoville, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Elementary	547	62.2%
39	Hubert H Humphrey Middle School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Middle	596	62.1%
40	Wood View Elem School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Elementary	443	61.2%
41	Brooks Middle School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Middle	850	61.1%
42	Joliet West High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet Twp HSD 204	High	3,451	59.5%
43	Richland Elem School	Crest Hill, IL	Richland GSD 88A	Elementary	774	59.2%
44	Crete-Monee High School	Crete, IL	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	High	1,480	57.0%
45	Columbia Central School	Steger, IL	Steger SD 194	Middle	646	56.3%
46	A Vito Martinez Middle School	Romeoville, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Middle	583	55.6%
47	Troy Craughwell School	Joliet, IL	Troy CCSD 30C	Elementary	526	54.4%
48	Kenneth L Hermansen Elementary	Romeoville, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Elementary	431	54.1%
49	John J Lukancic Middle Sch	Romeoville, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Middle	591	53.6%
50	Bolingbrook High School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	High	3,298	53.3%

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