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Ranks 1,951–2,000 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
1951	Centennial School	Bartlett, IL	SD U-46	514	3.7%(19)
1952	Elmwood Elem School	Elmwood Park, IL	Elmwood Park CUSD 401	567	3.7%(21)
1953	Thurgood Marshall School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	514	3.7%(19)
1954	Booth Tarkington Elem School	Wheeling, IL	Wheeling CCSD 21	540	3.7%(20)
1955	Walt Whitman Elem School	Wheeling, IL	Wheeling CCSD 21	378	3.7%(14)
1956	Rolling Meadows High School	Rolling Meadows, IL	Township HSD 214	1,956	3.7%(72)
1957	Danielle-Joy Peterson Elem Sch	Naperville, IL	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	570	3.7%(21)
1958	Lincoln Elem School	River Forest, IL	River Forest SD 90	381	3.7%(14)
1959	Barbour Two-Way Lang Immersion	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	628	3.7%(23)
1960	West Elem School	Crystal Lake, IL	Crystal Lake CCSD 47	520	3.6%(19)
1961	East Peoria High School	East Peoria, IL	East Peoria CHSD 309	823	3.6%(30)
1962	Gavin Central Elementary School	Ingleside, IL	Gavin SD 37	467	3.6%(17)
1963	Woodlawn Middle School	Long Grove, IL	Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96	632	3.6%(23)
1964	Burroughs Elem School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	303	3.6%(11)
1965	Lincoln Jr High School	Naperville, IL	Naperville CUSD 203	774	3.6%(28)
1966	Tremont Elem School	Tremont, IL	Tremont CUSD 702	304	3.6%(11)
1967	Tioga Elementary School	Bensenville, IL	Bensenville SD 2	751	3.6%(27)
1968	World Language High School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	389	3.6%(14)
1969	Roxana Sr High School	Roxana, IL	Roxana CUSD 1	500	3.6%(18)
1970	Pershing Elem School	Berwyn, IL	Berwyn South SD 100	418	3.6%(15)
1971	Mokena Jr High School	Mokena, IL	Mokena SD 159	502	3.6%(18)
1972	Carl Sandburg Middle School	Mundelein, IL	Mundelein ESD 75	529	3.6%(19)
1973	Belvidere South Middle School	Belvidere, IL	Belvidere CUSD 100	754	3.6%(27)
1974	Gower West Elem School	Willowbrook, IL	Gower SD 62	531	3.6%(19)
1975	Hoopeston Area High School	Hoopeston, IL	Hoopeston Area CUSD 11	307	3.6%(11)
1976	Warrensburg-Latham Elem Sch	Warrensburg, IL	Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11	475	3.6%(17)
1977	Washington-Monroe Elem School	Lincoln, IL	Lincoln ESD 27	224	3.6%(8)
1978	Riddle Elementary School	Mattoon, IL	Mattoon CUSD 2	589	3.6%(21)
1979	Warrensburg-Latham High School	Warrensburg, IL	Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11	336	3.6%(12)
1980	Carlyle Junior High School	Carlyle, IL	Carlyle CUSD 1	281	3.6%(10)
1981	North Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	309	3.6%(11)
1982	L D Brady Elem School	Aurora, IL	Aurora East USD 131	310	3.5%(11)
1983	Steeple Run Elem School	Naperville, IL	Naperville CUSD 203	622	3.5%(22)
1984	Lakeview Jr High School	Downers Grove, IL	Center Cass SD 66	340	3.5%(12)
1985	East Side Intermediate School	Harrisburg, IL	Harrisburg CUSD 3	397	3.5%(14)
1986	Ardmore Elem School	Villa Park, IL	SD 45 DuPage County	425	3.5%(15)
1987	Gallistel Elem Language Academy	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	597	3.5%(21)
1988	Iroquois West High School	Gilman, IL	Iroquois West CUSD 10	284	3.5%(10)
1989	Belvidere Central Middle School	Belvidere, IL	Belvidere CUSD 100	911	3.5%(32)
1990	George W Lieb Elem School	Bridgeview, IL	Ridgeland SD 122	399	3.5%(14)
1991	Washington G Elem School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	571	3.5%(20)
1992	Colona Grade School	Colona, IL	Colona SD 190	371	3.5%(13)
1993	Forest Elem School	Des Plaines, IL	CCSD 62	658	3.5%(23)
1994	West Side Primary School	Harrisburg, IL	Harrisburg CUSD 3	400	3.5%(14)
1995	William L Thompson School	Lake Villa, IL	Lake Villa CCSD 41	488	3.5%(17)
1996	Dupo High School	Dupo, IL	Comm Unit School District No 196	259	3.5%(9)
1997	Lincoln Elem School	Mendota, IL	Mendota CCSD 289	319	3.5%(11)
1998	Meredosia-Chambersburg Elem Sch	Meredosia, IL	Meredosia-Chambersburg CUSD 11	116	3.5%(4)
1999	Kenyon Woods Middle School	South Elgin, IL	SD U-46	873	3.4%(30)
2000	Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch	Bushnell, IL	Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170	175	3.4%(6)

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