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

This ranking covers the public middle schools with the highest share of Black students in Sangamon County, Illinois, drawn from 17 qualifying public middle schools. Jefferson Middle School leads the list at 56.1%, against a median of 3.0% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Sangamon County, Illinois

Top % Black

56.1%

Median % Black

3.0%

MOST BLACK · SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Jefferson Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	517	290	56.1%
2	U S Grant Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	498	262	52.6%
3	Washington Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	516	262	50.8%
4	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	709	288	40.6%
5	Lincoln Magnet School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	300	84	28.0%
6	Glenwood Middle School	Chatham, IL	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	735	37	5.0%
7	Riverton Middle School	Riverton, IL	Riverton CUSD 14	347	16	4.6%
8	Glenwood Intermediate Sch	Chatham, IL	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	672	28	4.2%
9	Rochester Intermediate School	Rochester, IL	Rochester CUSD 3A	394	12	3.0%
10	Rochester Jr High School	Rochester, IL	Rochester CUSD 3A	288	7	2.4%
11	Pleasant Plains Middle School	Pleasant Plains, IL	Pleasant Plains CUSD 8	393	7	1.8%
12	Auburn Jr High at Divernon	Divernon, IL	Auburn CUSD 10	236	4	1.7%
13	Tri-City Jr High School	Buffalo, IL	Tri City CUSD 1	137	2	1.5%
14	Sangamon Valley Middle School	Illiopolis, IL	Sangamon Valley CUSD 9	145	2	1.4%
15	Williamsville Jr High School	Williamsville, IL	Williamsville CUSD 15	444	6	1.4%
16	New Berlin Jr High School	New Berlin, IL	New Berlin CUSD 16	155	2	1.3%
17	Cantrall Intermediate School	Cantrall, IL	Athens CUSD 213	184	1	0.5%

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Racial and ethnic enrollment shares are factual figures reported by each school to the federal government (NCES). This list describes the composition of student bodies and is not an evaluation or endorsement of any school.

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