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The public elementary schools with the highest share of Black students in Illinois · page 8

Ranks 351–400 of the public schools with the highest share of Black students in Illinois. Back to page 1.

MOST BLACK · ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black
351	Serena Hills Elem School	Chicago Heights, IL	Flossmoor SD 161	305	50.8%(155)
352	Meridian Elementary School	Mounds, IL	Meridian CUSD 101	213	50.7%(108)
353	West View Elem School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	521	50.7%(264)
354	Liberty Elem School	Danville, IL	Danville CCSD 118	377	50.7%(191)
355	Meade Park Elem School	Danville, IL	Danville CCSD 118	312	50.6%(158)
356	Black Hawk Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	234	50.4%(118)
357	Libby Elem School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	275	50.2%(138)
358	McCutcheon Elem School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	326	50.0%(163)
359	Dennis Lab School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	579	49.9%(289)
360	R K Welsh Elem School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	483	49.9%(241)
361	McClernand Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	213	49.8%(106)
362	Emerson Elem School	Maywood, IL	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89	364	49.7%(181)
363	Laketown Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	135	49.6%(67)
364	Sieden Prairie Elementary School	Matteson, IL	ESD 159	279	49.5%(138)
365	Lincoln Elem School	Dixmoor, IL	W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147	174	49.4%(86)
366	Lewis School	Carbondale, IL	Carbondale ESD 95	325	49.2%(160)
367	Parsons Elementary School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	505	49.1%(248)
368	Suder Montessori Elem Magnet Schl	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	423	48.9%(207)
369	Western Avenue Elem School	Flossmoor, IL	Flossmoor SD 161	499	48.9%(244)
370	Early Childhood Center	Bellwood, IL	Bellwood SD 88	178	48.9%(87)
371	Muffley Elem School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	386	48.7%(188)
372	Dubois Elem School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	469	48.2%(226)
373	Dr Howard Elem School	Champaign, IL	Champaign CUSD 4	426	48.1%(205)
374	Ellis Elem School	Belleville, IL	Harmony Emge SD 175	382	47.6%(182)
375	Urbana Early Childhood Ctr	Urbana, IL	Urbana SD 116	244	47.5%(116)
376	Sheridan Elem School	Bloomington, IL	Bloomington SD 87	314	47.1%(148)
377	Pershing Early Learning Center	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	416	47.1%(196)
378	Jefferson Elem School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	293	46.8%(137)
379	George Washington Elementary Sch	Alsip, IL	Cook County SD 130	270	46.7%(126)
380	Franklin Elem School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	172	46.5%(80)
381	Crete-Monee Early Childhood Cntr	Crete, IL	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	256	46.5%(119)
382	Lewis Elem School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	427	46.1%(197)
383	Laraway School	Joliet, IL	Laraway CCSD 70C	433	46.0%(199)
384	Henderson Elem School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	246	45.9%(113)
385	Early Learning Center	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	549	45.9%(252)
386	Mireles Elem Academy	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	546	45.8%(250)
387	Charter Oak Primary School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	337	45.7%(154)
388	Lorenzo R Smith Elem School	Pembroke Township, IL	Pembroke CCSD 259	193	45.6%(88)
389	John Kennedy Middle Grade School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	519	45.5%(236)
390	Brennemann Elem School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	482	45.4%(219)
391	Signal Hill Elem School	Belleville, IL	Signal Hill SD 181	291	45.4%(132)
392	Lincoln Elementary School	DeKalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	272	45.2%(123)
393	Minnie Minoso Academy	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	304	45.1%(137)
394	McKay Elem School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	616	45.0%(277)
395	Lincoln School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	823	45.0%(370)
396	Thomas Paine Elem School	Urbana, IL	Urbana SD 116	324	44.8%(145)
397	Springfield Ball Charter School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	394	44.7%(176)
398	Wilson Elem School	Chicago Heights, IL	Chicago Heights SD 170	160	44.4%(71)
399	Hampton Elem Fine & Perf Arts Sch	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	463	44.3%(205)
400	Balmoral Elem Sch	Crete, IL	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	472	44.3%(209)

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