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The public elementary schools with the most Black students in Cook County, Illinois

890 public elementary schools in Cook County, Illinois appear in this ranking of the public elementary schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Beasley Elem Magnet Academic Ctr leads the list at 1,084, against a median of 45 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
890
Cook County, Illinois
Top Black students
1,084
Median Black students
45
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% BlackBlack students
1Beasley Elem Magnet Academic CtrChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 2991,11996.9%1,084
2Disney Elem Magnet SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 2991,38454.3%752
3Moving Everest Charter SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29975593.6%707
4Bouchet Elem Math & Science AcadChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29966092.6%611
5Dulles Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29965193.9%611
6National Teachers Elem AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29979573.3%583
7CICS - WrightwoodChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29961494.6%581
8Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock ESChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29951297.8%501
9OKeeffe Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29957285.8%491
10Great Lakes Academy Charter ESChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29953890.0%484
11Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29951593.4%481
12Powell Elem Paideia Comm AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29954288.4%479
13CICS - Washington Pk CampusChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29949396.5%476
14Univ of Chicago Chtr-DonoghueChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29949995.0%474
15LEARN Chtr - ButlerChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29947597.7%464
16Carver Primary SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29946798.5%460
17CICS - Avalon/South ShoreChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29946998.1%460
18LEARN Chtr - Hunter Perkins CampChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29947295.8%452
19Arcadia Elem SchoolOlympia Fields, ILMatteson ESD 16251687.0%449
20Wadsworth Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29948788.7%432
21Deneen Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29945194.9%428
22Murray Elem Language AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29947788.7%423
23Ellington Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29951082.8%422
24Legacy Elem Charter SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29945891.0%417
25Hoover Elem SchoolCalumet City, ILHoover-Schrum Memorial SD 15757171.1%406
26CICS - Basil CampusChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29954174.5%403
27Caroline Sibley Elem SchoolCalumet City, ILDolton SD 14943492.6%402
28Haley Elem AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29945887.5%401
29Dixon Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29941295.4%393
30Providence-Englewood Elem CharterChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29942891.8%393
31John J Pershing Magnet ElementaryChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29943989.3%392
32Lincoln Elem SchoolCalumet City, ILLincoln ESD 15671753.4%383
33Jesse C White Learning AcademyHazel Crest, ILHazel Crest SD 152-542590.1%383
34Herzl Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29942988.3%379
35Armstrong G Elem IntL StudiesChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 2991,30428.8%376
36Carnegie Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29938996.4%375
37Hughes L Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29943186.8%374
38Nathan Hale Elem SchoolLansing, ILSunnybrook SD 17152571.0%373
39Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elem SchChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29951372.5%372
40LEARN Charter Excel CampusChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29937997.6%370
41Matteson Elem SchoolMatteson, ILMatteson ESD 16242087.9%369
42Nicholson Tech Acad Elem SchChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29948775.4%367
43Depriest Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29941987.3%366
44Ray Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29961359.4%364
45Clissold Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29950870.9%360
46Westcott Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29938793.0%360
47Coolidge Elementary SchoolLansing, ILLansing SD 15867053.7%360
48Barack H Obama Learning AcademyMarkham, ILHazel Crest SD 152-546677.0%359
49Oak Glen Elem SchoolLansing, ILLansing SD 15852668.3%359
50LEARN Chtr - South Chicago CampusChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29939091.3%356
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