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

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public middle schools in Will County, Illinois, drawn from 39 qualifying public middle schools. Gompers Junior High School leads the list at 99.2%, against a median of 35.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Will County, Illinois

Top % FRL

99.2%

Median % FRL

35.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Gompers Junior High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	615	99.2%
2	Washington Jr High & Academy Prgm	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	724	98.5%
3	Dirksen Junior High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	653	98.2%
4	Hufford Junior High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	1,072	97.3%
5	Crete-Monee Middle School	University Park, IL	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	Middle	1,002	65.0%
6	Hubert H Humphrey Middle School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Middle	596	62.1%
7	Brooks Middle School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Middle	850	61.1%
8	Columbia Central School	Steger, IL	Steger SD 194	Middle	646	56.3%
9	A Vito Martinez Middle School	Romeoville, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Middle	583	55.6%
10	John J Lukancic Middle Sch	Romeoville, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Middle	591	53.6%
11	Jane Addams Middle School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Middle	548	52.9%
12	Orenic Intermediate School	Plainfield, IL	Troy CCSD 30C	Middle	812	48.8%
13	Wilmington Middle School	Wilmington, IL	Wilmington CUSD 209U	Middle	254	46.9%
14	Troy Middle School	Plainfield, IL	Troy CCSD 30C	Middle	881	44.8%
15	Reed-Custer Middle School	Braidwood, IL	Reed Custer CUSD 255U	Middle	306	43.1%
16	Timber Ridge Middle School	Plainfield, IL	Plainfield SD 202	Middle	885	40.1%
17	Indian Trail Middle School	Plainfield, IL	Plainfield SD 202	Middle	520	39.2%
18	Kelvin Grove Jr High School	Lockport, IL	Lockport SD 91	Middle	260	36.5%
19	Drauden Point Middle School	Plainfield, IL	Plainfield SD 202	Middle	658	36.0%
20	John F Kennedy Middle Sch	Plainfield, IL	Plainfield SD 202	Middle	912	35.2%
21	Peotone Jr High School	Peotone, IL	Peotone CUSD 207U	Middle	294	31.0%
22	Beecher Junior High School	Beecher, IL	Beecher CUSD 200U	Middle	249	30.9%
23	Oak Prairie Jr High School	Homer Glen, IL	Will County SD 92	Middle	460	28.9%
24	Bednarcik Junior High School	Aurora, IL	CUSD 308	Middle	535	25.4%
25	Heritage Grove Middle School	Plainfield, IL	Plainfield SD 202	Middle	841	23.3%
26	Richard Ira Jones Middle School	Plainfield, IL	Plainfield SD 202	Middle	851	22.4%
27	Summit Hill Junior High School	Frankfort, IL	Summit Hill SD 161	Middle	566	20.8%
28	Oster-Oakview School	New Lenox, IL	New Lenox SD 122	Middle	373	19.8%
29	Walker Intermediate School	Tinley Park, IL	Summit Hill SD 161	Middle	554	19.0%
30	Mokena Jr High School	Mokena, IL	Mokena SD 159	Middle	502	16.9%
31	Manhattan Jr High School	Manhattan, IL	Manhattan SD 114	Middle	615	16.9%
32	Bentley Elem School	New Lenox, IL	New Lenox SD 122	Middle	380	16.8%
33	Liberty Junior High School	New Lenox, IL	New Lenox SD 122	Middle	573	16.8%
34	Nelson Ridge School	New Lenox, IL	New Lenox SD 122	Middle	432	11.1%
35	Alex M Martino Jr High School	New Lenox, IL	New Lenox SD 122	Middle	591	10.8%
36	Clifford Crone Middle School	Naperville, IL	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	Middle	891	10.4%
37	Scullen Middle School	Naperville, IL	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	Middle	948	10.3%
38	Gordon Gregory Middle School	Naperville, IL	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	Middle	811	8.3%
39	Spencer Crossing	New Lenox, IL	New Lenox SD 122	Middle	544	7.2%

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