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

This ranking covers the public schools with the highest share of Black students in Sangamon County, Illinois, drawn from 67 qualifying public schools. Matheny-Withrow Elem Sch leads the list at 69.9%, against a median of 6.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Sangamon County, Illinois

Top % Black

69.9%

Median % Black

6.0%

MOST BLACK · SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black
1	Matheny-Withrow Elem Sch	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	216	69.9%(151)
2	Feitshans Elem Sch	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	288	62.9%(181)
3	Harvard Park Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	370	61.6%(228)
4	Enos Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	245	57.5%(141)
5	Jefferson Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	517	56.1%(290)
6	Elizabeth Graham Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	241	55.2%(133)
7	Jane Addams Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	243	54.7%(133)
8	Edwin A Lee Elementary School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	204	54.4%(111)
9	Hazel Dell Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	140	54.3%(76)
10	Springfield Southeast High Sch	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	1,229	54.0%(664)
11	U S Grant Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	498	52.6%(262)
12	Washington Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	516	50.8%(262)
13	Black Hawk Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	234	50.4%(118)
14	McClernand Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	213	49.8%(106)
15	Laketown Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	135	49.6%(67)
16	Dubois Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	469	48.2%(226)
17	Early Learning Center	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	549	45.9%(252)
18	Lanphier High School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	1,117	45.8%(511)
19	Springfield Ball Charter School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	394	44.7%(176)
20	Southern View Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	171	42.1%(72)
21	Fairview Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	302	42.0%(127)
22	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	709	40.6%(288)
23	Butler Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	367	40.3%(148)
24	Sandburg Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	279	39.1%(109)
25	Lindsay School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	438	39.0%(171)
26	Ridgely Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	343	37.9%(130)
27	Wilcox Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	241	34.9%(84)
28	Springfield High School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	1,308	29.1%(381)
29	Lincoln Magnet School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	300	28.0%(84)
30	Owen Marsh Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	324	27.5%(89)
31	Iles Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	414	13.8%(57)
32	Glenwood Elementary School	Chatham, IL	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	573	9.9%(57)
33	Riverton Elem School	Riverton, IL	Riverton CUSD 14	515	6.4%(33)
34	Ball Elementary School	Chatham, IL	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	552	6.0%(33)
35	Glenwood High School	Chatham, IL	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	1,484	5.7%(84)
36	Chatham Elem School	Chatham, IL	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	500	5.6%(28)
37	Glenwood Middle School	Chatham, IL	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	735	5.0%(37)
38	Riverton Middle School	Riverton, IL	Riverton CUSD 14	347	4.6%(16)
39	Glenwood Intermediate Sch	Chatham, IL	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	672	4.2%(28)
40	Rochester Intermediate School	Rochester, IL	Rochester CUSD 3A	394	3.0%(12)
41	Riverton High School	Riverton, IL	Riverton CUSD 14	357	2.8%(10)
42	Rochester Jr High School	Rochester, IL	Rochester CUSD 3A	288	2.4%(7)
43	Rochester High School	Rochester, IL	Rochester CUSD 3A	692	2.3%(16)
44	New Berlin High School	New Berlin, IL	New Berlin CUSD 16	256	1.9%(5)
45	Pleasant Plains High School	Pleasant Plains, IL	Pleasant Plains CUSD 8	416	1.9%(8)
46	Pleasant Plains Middle School	Pleasant Plains, IL	Pleasant Plains CUSD 8	393	1.8%(7)
47	Sangamon Valley Intermediate Sch	Illiopolis, IL	Sangamon Valley CUSD 9	115	1.7%(2)
48	Rochester Elem EC-1 Sch	Rochester, IL	Rochester CUSD 3A	402	1.7%(7)
49	Auburn Jr High at Divernon	Divernon, IL	Auburn CUSD 10	236	1.7%(4)
50	Auburn High School	Auburn, IL	Auburn CUSD 10	327	1.5%(5)

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