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The public schools with the highest share of Black students in St. Clair County, Illinois

79 public schools in St. Clair County, Illinois appear in this ranking of the public 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. Dunbar Elem School leads the list at 98.8%, against a median of 38.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

St. Clair County, Illinois

Top % Black

98.8%

Median % Black

38.5%

MOST BLACK · ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Dunbar Elem School	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	327	323	98.8%
2	East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	359	354	98.6%
3	Wyvetter Younge Sch of Excellence	E Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	534	523	97.9%
4	Annette Officer Elementary	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	362	354	97.8%
5	Katie Harper-Wright Elem	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	418	406	97.1%
6	Vivian Adams Early Child Ctr	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	377	365	96.8%
7	Mason/Clark Middle Sch	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	540	511	94.6%
8	East St Louis Senior High School	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	1,288	1,212	94.1%
9	Penniman Elem School	Cahokia, IL	Cahokia CUSD 187	250	234	93.6%
10	Lalumier Elem School	Centreville, IL	Cahokia CUSD 187	276	252	91.3%
11	Elizabeth Morris Elem School	Cahokia, IL	Cahokia CUSD 187	246	220	89.4%
12	Cahokia High School	Cahokia, IL	Cahokia CUSD 187	850	758	89.2%
13	Wirth/Parks Middle School	Cahokia, IL	Cahokia CUSD 187	571	504	88.3%
14	Huffman Elem School	Cahokia, IL	Cahokia CUSD 187	268	235	87.7%
15	Estelle Sauget School of Choice	Cahokia, IL	Cahokia CUSD 187	240	209	87.1%
16	James Avant Elementary School	Washington Pk, IL	East St Louis SD 189	342	284	83.0%
17	Maplewood Elem School	Cahokia, IL	Cahokia CUSD 187	290	238	82.1%
18	Abraham Lincoln Elem School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	542	346	63.8%
19	West Jr High School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	364	227	62.4%
20	Belle Valley School	Belleville, IL	Belle Valley SD 119	997	615	61.7%
21	Whiteside Middle School	Belleville, IL	Whiteside SD 115	475	282	59.4%
22	Union Elem School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	432	242	56.0%
23	Whiteside Elem School	Belleville, IL	Whiteside SD 115	680	372	54.7%
24	Henry Raab Elem School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	154	83	53.9%
25	Westhaven Elementary	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	313	164	52.4%
26	Belleville High School-East	Belleville, IL	Belleville Twp HSD 201	2,600	1,292	49.7%
27	Harmony Intermediate Center	Belleville, IL	Harmony Emge SD 175	207	99	47.8%
28	Ellis Elem School	Belleville, IL	Harmony Emge SD 175	382	182	47.6%
29	Jefferson Elem School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	293	137	46.8%
30	Franklin Elem School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	172	80	46.5%
31	Emge Junior High School	Belleville, IL	Harmony Emge SD 175	146	67	45.9%
32	Signal Hill Elem School	Belleville, IL	Signal Hill SD 181	291	132	45.4%
33	Belleville High School-West	Belleville, IL	Belleville Twp HSD 201	2,118	960	45.3%
34	Pontiac Jr High School	Fairview Heights, IL	Pontiac-W Holliday SD 105	212	94	44.3%
35	William Holliday Elem School	Fairview Heights, IL	Pontiac-W Holliday SD 105	418	185	44.3%
36	High Mount Elem School	Swansea, IL	High Mount SD 116	325	133	40.9%
37	Central Jr High School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	308	124	40.3%
38	Illini Elem School	Fairview Heights, IL	Grant CCSD 110	315	124	39.4%
39	Grant Middle School	Fairview Heights, IL	Grant CCSD 110	254	98	38.6%
40	Washington School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	192	74	38.5%
41	Roosevelt Elem School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	272	104	38.2%
42	Joseph Arthur Middle School	O Fallon, IL	Central SD 104	299	106	35.5%
43	Douglas Elem School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	233	82	35.2%
44	Twin Echo Elem School	Collinsville, IL	Collinsville CUSD 10	222	73	32.9%
45	Dawn Elser Elementary School	O Fallon, IL	Central SD 104	330	108	32.7%
46	Laverna Evans Elem School	O Fallon, IL	O Fallon CCSD 90	421	133	31.6%
47	Shiloh Middle School	Shiloh, IL	Shiloh Village SD 85	331	80	24.2%
48	Shiloh Elementary School	Shiloh, IL	Shiloh Village SD 85	245	59	24.1%
49	Wolf Branch Middle School	Swansea, IL	Wolf Branch SD 113	341	80	23.5%
50	Marie Schaefer Elem School	O Fallon, IL	O Fallon CCSD 90	598	138	23.1%

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