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The public elementary schools with the highest share of Black students in Chicago, Illinois

This ranking covers the public elementary schools with the highest share of Black students in Chicago, Illinois, drawn from 460 qualifying public elementary schools. Bronzeville Academy Charter Sch leads the list at 100%, against a median of 30.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
460
Chicago, Illinois
Top % Black
100%
Median % Black
30.7%
MOST BLACK · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% Black
1Bronzeville Academy Charter SchChicago, ILBronzeville Academy Chtr School332100%
2Warren Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29931799.0%(314)
3Turner-Drew Elem Language AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29919499.0%(192)
4Locke A Elem Charter AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29934698.8%(342)
5CICS - Bond CampusChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29927998.6%(275)
6Carver Primary SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29946798.5%(460)
7CICS - Avalon/South ShoreChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29946998.1%(460)
8James R Doolittle AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29925798.0%(252)
9Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock ESChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29951297.8%(501)
10Webster Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29918397.8%(179)
11LEARN Chtr - ButlerChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29947597.7%(464)
12LEARN Charter Excel CampusChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29937997.6%(370)
13Vanderpoel Elem Magnet SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29924197.5%(235)
14Ericson Elem Scholastic AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29931897.5%(310)
15Burnside Elem Scholastic AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29926497.3%(257)
16Black Magnet Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29933697.3%(327)
17CICS - Loomis Primary CampusChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29933397.3%(324)
18Wacker Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29921797.2%(211)
19LEARN Chtr - 7th CampusChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29914497.2%(140)
20Whistler Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29924297.1%(235)
21Dunne Technology Acad Elem SchChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29920697.1%(200)
22Kipling Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29923797.0%(230)
23Hoyne Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29923097.0%(223)
24Beasley Elem Magnet Academic CtrChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 2991,11996.9%(1,084)
25Plato Learning Acad Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29915796.8%(152)
26Pirie Elem Fine Arts & Academic CChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29921696.8%(209)
27CICS - Washington Pk CampusChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29949396.5%(476)
28Barbara A Sizemore CampusChicago, ILBetty Shabazz Internl Chrtr Sch23196.5%(223)
29Earhart Elem Opt for Knowl SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29919596.4%(188)
30Carnegie Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29938996.4%(375)
31Wells Preparatory Elem AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29930896.1%(296)
32Jackson M Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29930596.1%(293)
33Kershaw Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29922696.0%(217)
34Cullen Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29917696.0%(169)
35Ariel Elem Community AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29936495.9%(349)
36Woodlawn Elem Community SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29916795.8%(160)
37LEARN Chtr - Hunter Perkins CampChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29947295.8%(452)
38Cuffe Math-Sci Tech Elem AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29924995.6%(238)
39McDowell Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29911295.5%(107)
40South Shore Fine Arts Elem SchChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29922495.5%(214)
41Dixon Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29941295.4%(393)
42Brown R Elem Community AcadChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29927995.3%(266)
43Evers Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29923395.3%(222)
44Mount Vernon Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29924595.1%(233)
45Foster Park Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29934595.1%(328)
46Dubois Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29920195.0%(191)
47Esmond Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29922195.0%(210)
48Smith W Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29934095.0%(323)
49Univ of Chicago Chtr-DonoghueChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29949995.0%(474)
50LEARN Chtr-Campbell CampusChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29935795.0%(339)
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