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The public middle schools with the highest share of Black students in Illinois · page 2

Ranks 51–100 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 students	% Black
51	West Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	793	405	51.1%
52	Washington Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	516	262	50.8%
53	Carbondale Middle School	Carbondale, IL	Carbondale ESD 95	457	221	48.4%
54	North Ridge Middle School	Danville, IL	Danville CCSD 118	740	355	48.0%
55	Harmony Intermediate Center	Belleville, IL	Harmony Emge SD 175	207	99	47.8%
56	Kankakee Junior High School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	501	234	46.7%
57	Jefferson Middle School	Champaign, IL	Champaign CUSD 4	711	332	46.7%
58	Emge Junior High School	Belleville, IL	Harmony Emge SD 175	146	67	45.9%
59	Liberty Leadership Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	350	159	45.4%
60	Pontiac Jr High School	Fairview Heights, IL	Pontiac-W Holliday SD 105	212	94	44.3%
61	Roosevelt Middle School	Bellwood, IL	Bellwood SD 88	614	270	44.0%
62	MacArthur Middle School	Berkeley, IL	Berkeley SD 87	357	152	42.6%
63	Franklin Middle School	Champaign, IL	Champaign CUSD 4	665	281	42.3%
64	Abraham Lincoln Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	736	302	41.0%
65	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	709	288	40.6%
66	Central Jr High School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	308	124	40.3%
67	Grant Middle School	Fairview Heights, IL	Grant CCSD 110	254	98	38.6%
68	Edison Middle School	Champaign, IL	Champaign CUSD 4	647	247	38.2%
69	Urbana Middle School	Urbana, IL	Urbana SD 116	877	334	38.1%
70	Kellar School	Robbins, IL	Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5	431	154	35.7%
71	Joseph Arthur Middle School	O Fallon, IL	Central SD 104	299	106	35.5%
72	Edison Jr High School	Rock Island, IL	Rock Island SD 41	398	139	34.9%
73	Neal Math Science Academy	North Chicago, IL	North Chicago SD 187	601	202	33.6%
74	Field Elem School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	151	49	32.5%
75	Columbia Central School	Steger, IL	Steger SD 194	646	204	31.6%
76	Westchester Middle School	Westchester, IL	Westchester SD 92-5	324	101	31.2%
77	Zadok Casey Middle School	Mount Vernon, IL	Mount Vernon SD 80	380	117	30.8%
78	Chicago Heights Middle School	Chicago Hts, IL	Chicago Heights SD 170	872	267	30.6%
79	Washington Jr High School	Rock Island, IL	Rock Island SD 41	529	162	30.6%
80	Brooks Middle School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	850	258	30.4%
81	Veterans Memorial Middle Sch	Blue Island, IL	Cook County SD 130	361	109	30.2%
82	Alton Middle School	Alton, IL	Alton CUSD 11	1,220	354	29.0%
83	Glenview Middle School	East Moline, IL	East Moline SD 37	1,092	316	28.9%
84	Chute Middle School	Evanston, IL	Evanston CCSD 65	598	173	28.9%
85	Lincoln Magnet School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	300	84	28.0%
86	Carl Sandburg Middle Sch	Freeport, IL	Freeport SD 145	430	119	27.7%
87	J W Eater Jr High School	Rantoul, IL	Rantoul City SD 137	477	132	27.7%
88	Shiloh Park Middle School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	358	99	27.6%
89	Central Middle School	Evergreen Park, IL	Evergreen Park ESD 124	560	154	27.5%
90	Huntley Middle School	Dekalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	865	231	26.7%
91	Clinton Rosette Middle School	DeKalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	575	149	25.9%
92	Zion Central Middle School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	330	85	25.8%
93	Shiloh Middle School	Shiloh, IL	Shiloh Village SD 85	331	80	24.2%
94	Eisenhower Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	963	232	24.1%
95	Bernard W Flinn Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	807	194	24.0%
96	Bloomington Jr High School	Bloomington, IL	Bloomington SD 87	1,050	251	23.9%
97	Freeport Middle School	Freeport, IL	Freeport SD 145	515	123	23.9%
98	Wolf Branch Middle School	Swansea, IL	Wolf Branch SD 113	341	80	23.5%
99	Viking School	Gurnee, IL	Gurnee SD 56	461	108	23.4%
100	Jane Addams Middle School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	548	125	22.8%

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