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

642 public middle schools in Illinois appear in this ranking of the public middle 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. East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch leads the list at 98.6%, against a median of 3.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

642

Illinois

Top % Black

98.6%

Median % Black

3.7%

MOST BLACK · ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	359	354	98.6%
2	Washington Junior High	Riverdale, IL	Dolton SD 148	118	114	96.6%
3	Creative Communications Acad	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	246	235	95.5%
4	LEARN Chtr - Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	176	167	94.9%
5	Mason/Clark Middle Sch	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	540	511	94.6%
6	School of Fine Arts	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	224	209	93.3%
7	S T E M Academy	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	243	226	93.0%
8	Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center	Ford Heights, IL	Ford Heights SD 169	156	145	93.0%
9	Roosevelt Junior High School	Dolton, IL	Dolton SD 148	130	120	92.3%
10	Madison Jr High School	Madison, IL	Madison CUSD 12	124	112	90.3%
11	McKinley Jr High School	South Holland, IL	South Holland SD 150	287	256	89.2%
12	Wirth/Parks Middle School	Cahokia, IL	Cahokia CUSD 187	571	504	88.3%
13	O W Huth Middle School	Matteson, IL	Matteson ESD 162	421	369	87.7%
14	Indiana Elem School	Park Forest, IL	Matteson ESD 162	215	187	87.0%
15	Lincoln Junior High School	Dolton, IL	Dolton SD 148	168	145	86.3%
16	Sauk Elem School	Richton Park, IL	Matteson ESD 162	281	240	85.4%
17	Southwood Middle School	Country Club Hills, IL	Country Club Hills SD 160	283	239	84.5%
18	Michelle Obama Sch of Technology	Park Forest, IL	Park Forest SD 163	428	352	82.2%
19	Colin Powell Middle Sch	Matteson, IL	ESD 159	564	459	81.4%
20	Schrum Memorial School	Calumet City, IL	Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157	274	220	80.3%
21	Heritage Middle School	Lansing, IL	Sunnybrook SD 171	500	389	77.8%
22	Barack Obama Sch of Ldership	Chicago Heights, IL	Park Forest SD 163	367	283	77.1%
23	Prairie-Hills Junior High School	Markham, IL	Prairie-Hills ESD 144	766	589	76.9%
24	Brookwood Jr High School	Glenwood, IL	Brookwood SD 167	226	168	74.3%
25	Sterling Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	374	276	73.8%
26	Calumet Elem School	Calumet Park, IL	Calumet Public SD 132	316	232	73.4%
27	Rickover Jr High School	Sauk Village, IL	CCSD 168	371	270	72.8%
28	Brookwood Middle School	Glenwood, IL	Brookwood SD 167	231	166	71.9%
29	Parker Junior High School	Flossmoor, IL	Flossmoor SD 161	822	568	69.1%
30	Burr Ridge Middle School	Burr Ridge, IL	CCSD 180	206	142	68.9%
31	Harold B Dawson Middle School	West Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	331	221	66.8%
32	Coolidge Middle School	Phoenix, IL	South Holland SD 151	460	298	64.8%
33	Irving Middle School	Maywood, IL	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89	515	324	62.9%
34	Kennedy Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	393	246	62.6%
35	West Jr High School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	364	227	62.4%
36	Von Steuben Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	266	161	60.5%
37	Mark W Bills Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	258	156	60.5%
38	Memorial Jr High School	Lansing, IL	Lansing SD 158	854	507	59.4%
39	Whiteside Middle School	Belleville, IL	Whiteside SD 115	475	282	59.4%
40	Crete-Monee Middle School	University Park, IL	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	1,002	594	59.3%
41	Brooks Middle School	Harvey, IL	Harvey SD 152	455	263	57.8%
42	James Hart School	Homewood, IL	Homewood SD 153	681	388	57.0%
43	Jefferson Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	517	290	56.1%
44	Wentworth Jr High School	Calumet City, IL	Calumet City SD 155	302	168	55.6%
45	Forest Park Middle School	Forest Park, IL	Forest Park SD 91	186	103	55.4%
46	South View Upper Elem School	Danville, IL	Danville CCSD 118	664	361	54.4%
47	Stephen Decatur Middle School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	413	219	53.0%
48	Pleasant Valley Intermediate Sch	Peoria, IL	Pleasant Valley SD 62	166	88	53.0%
49	U S Grant Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	498	262	52.6%
50	Rosa L Parks Middle School	Dixmoor, IL	W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147	320	165	51.6%

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