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The public schools with the highest share of Black students in Lake County, Illinois

This ranking covers the public schools with the highest share of Black students in Lake County, Illinois, drawn from 185 qualifying public schools. Beulah Park Elem School leads the list at 41.5%, against a median of 4.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

185

Lake County, Illinois

Top % Black

41.5%

Median % Black

4.4%

MOST BLACK · LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black
1	Beulah Park Elem School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	289	41.5%(120)
2	Lakeview School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	249	41.4%(103)
3	LEARN 10 Charter School	North Chicago, IL	North Chicago SD 187	297	39.1%(116)
4	Neal Math Science Academy	North Chicago, IL	North Chicago SD 187	601	33.6%(202)
5	A J Katzenmaier Academy	North Chicago, IL	North Chicago SD 187	387	32.0%(124)
6	Forrestal Elem School	Great Lakes, IL	North Chicago SD 187	386	31.4%(121)
7	North Chicago Community High Sch	North Chicago, IL	North Chicago SD 187	898	30.9%(277)
8	Newport Elem School	Wadsworth, IL	Beach Park CCSD 3	261	29.5%(77)
9	Green Bay Early Childhood Center	North Chicago, IL	North Chicago SD 187	211	29.4%(62)
10	West Elementary School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	339	28.9%(98)
11	Elmwood Elem School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	336	28.6%(96)
12	Shiloh Park Middle School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	358	27.6%(99)
13	Evelyn Alexander School	North Chicago, IL	North Chicago SD 187	354	26.3%(93)
14	Zion Central Middle School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	330	25.8%(85)
15	Spaulding Elementary School	Gurnee, IL	Gurnee SD 56	450	23.6%(106)
16	Viking School	Gurnee, IL	Gurnee SD 56	461	23.4%(108)
17	LEARN Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus	Great Lakes, IL	North Chicago SD 187	503	23.1%(116)
18	Kenneth Murphy School	Beach Park, IL	Beach Park CCSD 3	394	22.8%(90)
19	Prairie Trail School	Wadsworth, IL	Gurnee SD 56	454	22.3%(101)
20	Zion-Benton Twnshp Hi Sch	Zion, IL	Zion-Benton Twp HSD 126	2,114	21.3%(451)
21	Oak Crest School	Beach Park, IL	Beach Park CCSD 3	308	20.4%(63)
22	Zion-Benton East High School	Zion, IL	Zion-Benton Twp HSD 126	419	20.1%(84)
23	Beach Park Middle School	Beach Park, IL	Beach Park CCSD 3	715	19.9%(142)
24	Andrew Cooke Magnet Elem School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	395	19.0%(75)
25	Carman-Buckner Elem School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	509	16.3%(83)
26	H R McCall Elem School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	396	15.4%(61)
27	Warren Township High School	Gurnee, IL	Warren Twp HSD 121	3,537	15.2%(536)
28	Little Fort Elem School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	421	14.7%(62)
29	River Trail School	Gurnee, IL	Gurnee SD 56	471	14.0%(66)
30	John R Lewis Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	721	14.0%(101)
31	Greenwood Elem School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	318	13.5%(43)
32	Lincoln School	Mundelein, IL	Hawthorn CCSD 73	128	13.3%(17)
33	Glenwood Elementary School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	577	13.2%(76)
34	Glen Flora Elem School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	476	12.8%(61)
35	Early Learning Center	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	221	12.2%(27)
36	Lyon Magnet Elementary School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	430	11.9%(51)
37	Oakdale Elem School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	505	11.3%(57)
38	North Elem School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	498	11.2%(56)
39	Edith M Smith Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	493	10.8%(53)
40	Waukegan High School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	4,186	10.6%(443)
41	Clearview Elem School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	404	10.2%(41)
42	Miguel Juarez Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	651	10.1%(66)
43	North Prairie Jr High	Winthrop Harbor, IL	Winthrop Harbor SD 1	240	10.0%(24)
44	Woodland Intermediate Sch	Gurnee, IL	Woodland CCSD 50	979	9.9%(97)
45	Jack Benny Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	475	9.9%(47)
46	Park West School	Round Lake, IL	Grayslake CCSD 46	321	9.7%(31)
47	Woodland Middle School	Gurnee, IL	Woodland CCSD 50	1,541	9.5%(147)
48	Pleviak Elem School	Lake Villa, IL	Round Lake CUSD 116	370	9.5%
49	Woodland Elementary	Gages Lake, IL	Woodland CCSD 50	1,386	9.2%(128)
50	Whittier Elem School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	438	9.1%(40)

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