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The public middle schools with the highest share of Black students in Cook County, Illinois · page 2

Ranks 51–100 of the public schools with the highest share of Black students in Cook County, Illinois. Back to page 1.

MOST BLACK · COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
51	Hamlin Upper Grade Center	Alsip, IL	Atwood Heights SD 125	182	25	13.7%
52	Lincoln Middle School	Berwyn, IL	Berwyn North SD 98	793	97	12.2%
53	Everett F Kerr Middle School	Blue Island, IL	Cook County SD 130	304	37	12.2%
54	Lincoln Jr High School	Skokie, IL	Skokie SD 69	628	76	12.1%
55	Central Middle School	Tinley Park, IL	CCSD 146	725	74	10.2%
56	Oliver McCracken Middle School	Skokie, IL	Skokie SD 73-5	340	34	10.0%
57	Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch	Oak Lawn, IL	Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123	1,090	105	9.6%
58	Century Junior High School	Orland Park, IL	Orland SD 135	636	59	9.3%
59	Jack Hille Middle School	Oak Forest, IL	Forest Ridge SD 142	490	44	9.0%
60	Dwight D Eisenhower JHS	Hoffman Estates, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	662	59	8.9%
61	Tefft Middle School	Streamwood, IL	SD U-46	606	44	7.3%
62	Canton Middle School	Streamwood, IL	SD U-46	531	38	7.2%
63	Walter R Sundling Middle School	Palatine, IL	Palatine CCSD 15	679	47	6.9%
64	Orland Jr High School	Orland Park, IL	Orland SD 135	524	35	6.7%
65	Elden D Finley Jr High School	Chicago Ridge, IL	Chicago Ridge SD 127-5	405	27	6.7%
66	Jane Addams JHS	Schaumburg, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	695	46	6.6%
67	Stevenson Middle School	Melrose Park, IL	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89	682	45	6.6%
68	Heritage Middle School	Berwyn, IL	Berwyn South SD 100	447	29	6.5%
69	Prairie View Middle School	Tinley Park, IL	Kirby SD 140	579	37	6.4%
70	Holmes Jr High School	Mount Prospect, IL	Comm Cons SD 59	459	29	6.3%
71	Lincoln Hall Middle School	Lincolnwood, IL	Lincolnwood SD 74	413	26	6.3%
72	Chippewa Middle School	Des Plaines, IL	CCSD 62	652	39	6.0%
73	Gemini Middle School	Niles, IL	East Maine SD 63	1,111	66	5.9%
74	Simmons Middle School	Oak Lawn, IL	Ridgeland SD 122	725	42	5.8%
75	Roosevelt School	River Forest, IL	River Forest SD 90	625	36	5.8%
76	Park Junior High School	La Grange Park, IL	La Grange SD 102	661	38	5.8%
77	Virgil I Grissom Middle School	Tinley Park, IL	Kirby SD 140	627	35	5.6%
78	Friendship Jr High School	Des Plaines, IL	Comm Cons SD 59	633	34	5.4%
79	Margaret Mead JHS	Elk Grove Village, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	702	36	5.1%
80	Washington Middle School	Lyons, IL	Lyons SD 103	659	32	4.9%
81	Winston Campus Middle School	Palatine, IL	Palatine CCSD 15	847	41	4.8%
82	Oliver W Holmes Middle School	Wheeling, IL	Wheeling CCSD 21	615	29	4.7%
83	Golf Middle School	Morton Grove, IL	Golf ESD 67	306	14	4.6%
84	Freedom Middle School	Berwyn, IL	Berwyn South SD 100	504	23	4.6%
85	Heritage Middle School	Summit, IL	Summit SD 104	447	20	4.5%
86	H H Conrady Jr High School	Hickory Hills, IL	North Palos SD 117	1,047	46	4.4%
87	Worth Jr High School	Worth, IL	Worth SD 127	330	14	4.2%
88	Helen Keller JHS	Schaumburg, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	617	26	4.2%
89	Albany Park Multicultural Elem	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	243	10	4.1%
90	Independence Jr High School	Palos Heights, IL	Palos Heights SD 128	236	9	3.8%
91	Elm Middle School	Elmwood Park, IL	Elmwood Park CUSD 401	615	20	3.3%
92	Palos South Middle School	Palos Park, IL	Palos CCSD 118	717	23	3.2%
93	Jerling Junior High School	Orland Park, IL	Orland SD 135	677	21	3.1%
94	Plum Grove Middle School	Rolling Meadows, IL	Palatine CCSD 15	1,128	35	3.1%
95	Eastview Middle School	Bartlett, IL	SD U-46	757	23	3.0%
96	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Hoffman Est, IL	Palatine CCSD 15	621	18	2.9%
97	Carl Sandburg Middle School	Rolling Meadows, IL	Palatine CCSD 15	468	13	2.8%
98	River Trails Middle School	Mount Prospect, IL	River Trails SD 26	508	14	2.8%
99	Algonquin Middle School	Des Plaines, IL	CCSD 62	597	16	2.7%
100	Cooper Middle School	Buffalo Grove, IL	Wheeling CCSD 21	732	18	2.5%

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