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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Illinois · page 2

Ranks 51–100 of the highest-poverty public schools in Illinois. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
51	Stephen Decatur Middle School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	Middle	413	85.7%
52	Zion Central Middle School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	Middle	330	85.5%
53	Northlake Middle School	Northlake, IL	Berkeley SD 87	Middle	378	84.4%
54	Zadok Casey Middle School	Mount Vernon, IL	Mount Vernon SD 80	Middle	380	83.9%
55	Lincoln Middle School	Berwyn, IL	Berwyn North SD 98	Middle	793	83.4%
56	Everett F Kerr Middle School	Blue Island, IL	Cook County SD 130	Middle	304	81.9%
57	Freedom Middle School	Berwyn, IL	Berwyn South SD 100	Middle	504	81.7%
58	Wirth/Parks Middle School	Cahokia, IL	Cahokia CUSD 187	Middle	571	81.6%
59	Jefferson Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	Middle	517	80.7%
60	Barack Obama Sch of Ldership	Chicago Heights, IL	Park Forest SD 163	Middle	367	80.7%
61	Lombard Middle School	Galesburg, IL	Galesburg CUSD 205	Middle	534	80.5%
62	Abraham Lincoln Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	736	80.2%
63	Rockford Envrnmntl Science Acad	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	1,108	80.1%
64	Washington Middle School	Lyons, IL	Lyons SD 103	Middle	659	80.0%
65	Washington Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	Middle	516	79.8%
66	West Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	793	79.3%
67	Michelle Obama Sch of Technology	Park Forest, IL	Park Forest SD 163	Middle	428	79.0%
68	Galesburg Jr High School	Galesburg, IL	Galesburg CUSD 205	Middle	518	79.0%
69	Parkview Jr High School	Creve Coeur, IL	Creve Coeur SD 76	Middle	193	78.2%
70	Veterans Memorial Middle Sch	Blue Island, IL	Cook County SD 130	Middle	361	78.1%
71	Burr Ridge Middle School	Burr Ridge, IL	CCSD 180	Middle	206	77.7%
72	Edison Jr High School	Rock Island, IL	Rock Island SD 41	Middle	398	77.4%
73	McKinley Jr High School	South Holland, IL	South Holland SD 150	Middle	287	77.4%
74	Cicero East Elem School	Cicero, IL	Cicero SD 99	Middle	408	76.7%
75	MacArthur Middle School	Berkeley, IL	Berkeley SD 87	Middle	357	75.9%
76	Columbus East Elem School	Cicero, IL	Cicero SD 99	Middle	411	75.7%
77	Kellar School	Robbins, IL	Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5	Middle	431	75.4%
78	Urbana Middle School	Urbana, IL	Urbana SD 116	Middle	877	75.4%
79	Rock Falls Middle School	Rock Falls, IL	Rock Falls ESD 13	Middle	246	75.2%
80	Lincoln Jr High School	La Salle, IL	La Salle ESD 122	Middle	269	75.1%
81	Mark W Bills Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	Middle	258	74.8%
82	Sauk Elem School	Richton Park, IL	Matteson ESD 162	Middle	281	74.4%
83	Clinton Rosette Middle School	DeKalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	Middle	575	74.1%
84	John R Lewis Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	Middle	721	74.1%
85	Central Junior High	Kewanee, IL	Kewanee CUSD 229	Middle	235	74.0%
86	West Jr High School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	Middle	364	73.6%
87	Heritage Middle School	Berwyn, IL	Berwyn South SD 100	Middle	447	73.6%
88	Carbondale Middle School	Carbondale, IL	Carbondale ESD 95	Middle	457	73.3%
89	Central Elem	Kewanee, IL	Kewanee CUSD 229	Middle	353	72.8%
90	Dupo Jr High School	Dupo, IL	Comm Unit School District No 196	Middle	124	72.6%
91	Lewis-Clark Jr High School	Wood River, IL	Wood River-Hartford ESD 15	Middle	171	72.5%
92	Ellis Middle School	Elgin, IL	SD U-46	Middle	496	72.4%
93	Edith M Smith Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	Middle	493	72.2%
94	Indian Trail Jr High School	Addison, IL	Addison SD 4	Middle	1,111	72.2%
95	U S Grant Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	Middle	498	72.1%
96	Madero Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	231	71.9%
97	Northlawn Jr High School	Streator, IL	Streator ESD 44	Middle	614	71.7%
98	Momence Jr High School	Momence, IL	Momence CUSD 1	Middle	327	71.3%
99	Oliver W Holmes Middle School	Wheeling, IL	Wheeling CCSD 21	Middle	615	71.2%
100	Robert E Abbott Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	Middle	585	71.1%

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