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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Illinois

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public middle schools in Illinois, drawn from 581 qualifying public middle schools. Creative Communications Acad leads the list at 100%, against a median of 50.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

581

Illinois

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

50.0%

HIGHEST POVERTY · ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Creative Communications Acad	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	Middle	246	100%
2	Roosevelt Junior High School	Dolton, IL	Dolton SD 148	Middle	130	100%
3	Washington Junior High	Riverdale, IL	Dolton SD 148	Middle	118	100%
4	Glenview Middle School	East Moline, IL	East Moline SD 37	Middle	1,092	99.6%
5	S T E M Academy	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	Middle	243	99.6%
6	Pleasant Valley Intermediate Sch	Peoria, IL	Pleasant Valley SD 62	Middle	166	99.4%
7	Roosevelt Middle School	Bellwood, IL	Bellwood SD 88	Middle	614	99.3%
8	Coolidge Middle School	Phoenix, IL	South Holland SD 151	Middle	460	99.3%
9	Gompers Junior High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	615	99.2%
10	Memorial Jr High School	Lansing, IL	Lansing SD 158	Middle	854	99.2%
11	School of Fine Arts	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	Middle	224	99.1%
12	Centralia Jr High School	Centralia, IL	Centralia SD 135	Middle	559	99.1%
13	Worth Jr High School	Worth, IL	Worth SD 127	Middle	330	99.1%
14	East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	Middle	359	98.9%
15	Heritage Middle School	Summit, IL	Summit SD 104	Middle	447	98.9%
16	Neal Math Science Academy	North Chicago, IL	North Chicago SD 187	Middle	601	98.8%
17	Lincoln Junior High School	Dolton, IL	Dolton SD 148	Middle	168	98.8%
18	Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center	Ford Heights, IL	Ford Heights SD 169	Middle	156	98.7%
19	Washington Jr High & Academy Prgm	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	724	98.5%
20	Dirksen Junior High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	653	98.2%
21	Mason/Clark Middle Sch	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	Middle	540	98.1%
22	Madison Jr High School	Madison, IL	Madison CUSD 12	Middle	124	97.6%
23	Hufford Junior High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	1,072	97.3%
24	Shields Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	330	96.7%
25	Tri-Point Jr High/Elementary	Piper City, IL	Tri Point CUSD 6-J	Middle	129	96.1%
26	Murphysboro Middle School	Murphysboro, IL	Murphysboro CUSD 186	Middle	422	95.5%
27	Hernandez Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	720	94.9%
28	Gary Elem School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	711	94.5%
29	Prairie-Hills Junior High School	Markham, IL	Prairie-Hills ESD 144	Middle	766	94.0%
30	South View Upper Elem School	Danville, IL	Danville CCSD 118	Middle	664	93.1%
31	LEARN Chtr - Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	176	92.6%
32	Albany Park Multicultural Elem	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	243	92.2%
33	Harold B Dawson Middle School	West Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	Middle	331	92.1%
34	Chicago Heights Middle School	Chicago Hts, IL	Chicago Heights SD 170	Middle	872	92.1%
35	Field Elem School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	151	91.4%
36	Rosa L Parks Middle School	Dixmoor, IL	W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147	Middle	320	91.3%
37	Kankakee Junior High School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	Middle	501	90.6%
38	Kennedy Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	393	90.3%
39	Northwest Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	532	89.8%
40	Magee Middle School	Round Lake, IL	Round Lake CUSD 116	Middle	642	89.3%
41	Brooks Middle School	Harvey, IL	Harvey SD 152	Middle	455	89.0%
42	Evergreen Academy Elem School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	191	89.0%
43	Sterling Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	Middle	374	88.5%
44	North Ridge Middle School	Danville, IL	Danville CCSD 118	Middle	740	88.2%
45	Richardson Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	844	87.8%
46	Von Steuben Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	Middle	266	87.6%
47	J W Eater Jr High School	Rantoul, IL	Rantoul City SD 137	Middle	477	87.2%
48	Carpentersville Middle School	Carpentersville, IL	CUSD 300	Middle	1,142	86.4%
49	Round Lake Middle School	Round Lake Heights, IL	Round Lake CUSD 116	Middle	783	85.8%
50	Shiloh Park Middle School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	Middle	358	85.8%

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