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LOWEST PROFICIENCY · ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1951	Unity Jr High School	Tolono, IL	Tolono CUSD 7	Middle	27.8%	367	45.0%
1952	Dupo Jr High School	Dupo, IL	Comm Unit School District No 196	Middle	72.6%	124	45.0%
1953	Kenyon Woods Middle School	South Elgin, IL	SD U-46	Middle	37.8%	873	45.0%
1954	Sullivan Middle School	Sullivan, IL	Sullivan CUSD 300	Middle	47.4%	266	45.0%
1955	Pennoyer Elementary School	Norridge, IL	Pennoyer SD 79	Elementary	47.5%	419	45.0%
1956	Fischer Middle School	Aurora, IL	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	Middle	34.5%	861	45.0%
1957	Euclid Elementary School	Mount Prospect, IL	River Trails SD 26	Elementary	43.3%	344	45.1%
1958	Effingham High School	Effingham, IL	Effingham CUSD 40	High	36.5%	712	45.1%
1959	Glen Hill Elementary School	Glendale Heights, IL	Queen Bee SD 16	Elementary	52.5%	398	45.1%
1960	Hilltop Elementary School	Elgin, IL	SD U-46	Elementary	49.3%	521	45.1%
1961	Central City Elementary School	Centralia, IL	Central City SD 133	Elementary	58.3%	276	45.1%
1962	Dan H Pietrini Elementary School	Franklin Park, IL	Franklin Park SD 84	Elementary	67.8%	242	45.2%
1963	Oakton Elementary School	Evanston, IL	Evanston CCSD 65	Elementary	52.5%	379	45.2%
1964	Prairie Jr High School	Alsip, IL	Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126	Middle	53.1%	303	45.3%
1965	Crystal Lake Central High School	Crystal Lake, IL	CHSD 155	High	35.3%	1,443	45.3%
1966	North Boone Middle School	Poplar Grove, IL	North Boone CUSD 200	Middle	41.6%	233	45.3%
1967	Jean McNair Elementary School	Winnebago, IL	Winnebago CUSD 323	Elementary	33.3%	252	45.3%
1968	Milton Pope Elementary School	Marseilles, IL	Miller Twp CCSD 210	Elementary	19.5%	195	45.3%
1969	Bartlett High School	Bartlett, IL	SD U-46	High	39.1%	2,037	45.3%
1970	Parkside Middle School	Peru, IL	Peru ESD 124	Middle	54.6%	372	45.4%
1971	West Elementary School	Sycamore, IL	Sycamore CUSD 427	Elementary	60.0%	270	45.4%
1972	Martinsville Elementary School	Martinsville, IL	Martinsville CUSD 3C	Elementary	58.8%	238	45.4%
1973	Rockridge Jr High School	Taylor Ridge, IL	Rockridge CUSD 300	Middle	21.8%	234	45.4%
1974	Greenville Jr High School	Greenville, IL	Bond County CUSD 2	Middle	52.8%	284	45.5%
1975	Carl Sandburg Elementary School	Charleston, IL	Charleston CUSD 1	Elementary	54.6%	555	45.5%
1976	Cisne Middle School	Cisne, IL	North Wayne CUSD 200	Middle	40.9%	115	45.5%
1977	Waterbury Elementary School	Roselle, IL	Keeneyville SD 20	Elementary	39.3%	415	45.5%
1978	Central High School	Champaign, IL	Champaign CUSD 4	High	44.4%	1,666	45.5%
1979	Brown County High School	Mount Sterling, IL	Brown County CUSD 1	High	32.1%	224	45.5%
1980	Atwood-Hammond Grade School	Atwood, IL	Arthur CUSD 305	Elementary	58.4%	209	45.6%
1981	Summit Elementary School	Collinsville, IL	Collinsville CUSD 10	Elementary	56.6%	113	45.6%
1982	Central Jr High School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	Middle	64.0%	308	45.6%
1983	Hiawatha Elementary School PreK-5	Kirkland, IL	Hiawatha CUSD 426	Elementary	52.3%	216	45.6%
1984	Creekside Elementary School	Plainfield, IL	Plainfield SD 202	Elementary	47.0%	472	45.6%
1985	LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr	Waukegan, IL	LEARN John and Kathy Schreiber Ch	Elementary	83.8%	519	45.6%
1986	Robert C Hill Elementary School	Romeoville, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Elementary	62.2%	547	45.6%
1987	Oregon Jr/Sr High School	Oregon, IL	Oregon CUSD 220	High	48.6%	627	45.7%
1988	Deland-Weldon Elementary School	Weldon, IL	Deland-Weldon CUSD 57	Elementary	58.0%	100	45.8%
1989	Carlyle High School	Carlyle, IL	Carlyle CUSD 1	High	52.3%	281	45.8%
1990	Mt Carmel Grade School	Mount Carmel, IL	Wabash CUSD 348	Elementary	60.8%	370	45.8%
1991	Plainfield East High School	Plainfield, IL	Plainfield SD 202	High	39.7%	1,825	45.8%
1992	LeRoy High School	Le Roy, IL	LeRoy CUSD 2	High	21.6%	232	45.9%
1993	Midwest Central Primary School	Manito, IL	Midwest Central CUSD 191	Elementary	55.3%	430	45.9%
1994	Autumn Creek Elementary School	Yorkville, IL	Yorkville CUSD 115	Elementary	31.6%	529	45.9%
1995	Von Steuben Metro Science High School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	High	61.2%	1,698	45.9%
1996	Hawthorn School of Dual Language	Vernon Hills, IL	Hawthorn CCSD 73	Elementary	47.5%	413	45.9%
1997	Hester Jr High School	Franklin Park, IL	Franklin Park SD 84	Middle	62.9%	426	46.0%
1998	Columbia Explorers Elementary Academy	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Elementary	86.2%	718	46.0%
1999	Caledonia Elementary School	Caledonia, IL	Belvidere CUSD 100	Elementary	43.2%	449	46.0%
2000	Grayslake Middle School	Grayslake, IL	Grayslake CCSD 46	Middle	36.0%	641	46.0%

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