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

24 public elementary schools in Joliet, Illinois appear in this ranking of the public elementary schools with the highest share of Black students, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Laraway School leads the list at 46.0%, against a median of 14.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Joliet, Illinois

Top % Black

46.0%

Median % Black

14.6%

MOST BLACK · JOLIET, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Laraway School	Joliet, IL	Laraway CCSD 70C	433	199	46.0%
2	Carl Sandburg Elementary	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	371	157	42.3%
3	Farragut Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	568	178	31.3%
4	Edna Keith Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	402	122	30.4%
5	Eisenhower Academy	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	209	47	22.5%
6	Lynne Thigpen Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	620	139	22.4%
7	Troy Heritage Trail School	Joliet, IL	Troy CCSD 30C	480	106	22.1%
8	Thomas Jefferson Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	235	48	20.4%
9	Thomas Jefferson Elem Sch	Joliet, IL	Plainfield SD 202	646	125	19.4%
10	Woodland Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	368	67	18.2%
11	Pershing Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	621	107	17.2%
12	Troy Craughwell School	Joliet, IL	Troy CCSD 30C	526	77	14.6%
13	Isaac Singleton Elem Sch	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	304	44	14.5%
14	T E Culbertson Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	377	51	13.5%
15	Taft Elementary School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	424	57	13.4%
16	Jones Elementary School	Joliet, IL	Minooka CCSD 201	553	74	13.4%
17	Marycrest Early Childhood Center	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	142	18	12.7%
18	Grand Prairie Elem School	Joliet, IL	Plainfield SD 202	494	60	12.2%
19	A O Marshall Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	246	28	11.4%
20	Forest Park Individual Ed School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	263	24	9.1%
21	Union Elementary School	Joliet, IL	Union SD 81	143	13	9.1%
22	Sator Sanchez Elem School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	635	52	8.2%
23	Crystal Lawns Elem School	Joliet, IL	Plainfield SD 202	328	21	6.4%
24	M J Cunningham Elem Sch	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	484	29	6.0%

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