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

This ranking covers the public middle schools with the most Black students in Cook County, Illinois, drawn from 147 qualifying public middle schools. Prairie-Hills Junior High School leads the list at 589, against a median of 35 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

147

Cook County, Illinois

Top Black students

589

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Prairie-Hills Junior High School	Markham, IL	Prairie-Hills ESD 144	766	76.9%	589
2	Parker Junior High School	Flossmoor, IL	Flossmoor SD 161	822	69.1%	568
3	Memorial Jr High School	Lansing, IL	Lansing SD 158	854	59.4%	507
4	Colin Powell Middle Sch	Matteson, IL	ESD 159	564	81.4%	459
5	Heritage Middle School	Lansing, IL	Sunnybrook SD 171	500	77.8%	389
6	James Hart School	Homewood, IL	Homewood SD 153	681	57.0%	388
7	O W Huth Middle School	Matteson, IL	Matteson ESD 162	421	87.7%	369
8	Michelle Obama Sch of Technology	Park Forest, IL	Park Forest SD 163	428	82.2%	352
9	Irving Middle School	Maywood, IL	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89	515	62.9%	324
10	Coolidge Middle School	Phoenix, IL	South Holland SD 151	460	64.8%	298
11	Barack Obama Sch of Ldership	Chicago Heights, IL	Park Forest SD 163	367	77.1%	283
12	Roosevelt Middle School	Bellwood, IL	Bellwood SD 88	614	44.0%	270
13	Rickover Jr High School	Sauk Village, IL	CCSD 168	371	72.8%	270
14	Chicago Heights Middle School	Chicago Hts, IL	Chicago Heights SD 170	872	30.6%	267
15	Brooks Middle School	Harvey, IL	Harvey SD 152	455	57.8%	263
16	McKinley Jr High School	South Holland, IL	South Holland SD 150	287	89.2%	256
17	Sauk Elem School	Richton Park, IL	Matteson ESD 162	281	85.4%	240
18	Southwood Middle School	Country Club Hills, IL	Country Club Hills SD 160	283	84.5%	239
19	Creative Communications Acad	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	246	95.5%	235
20	Calumet Elem School	Calumet Park, IL	Calumet Public SD 132	316	73.4%	232
21	S T E M Academy	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	243	93.0%	226
22	Schrum Memorial School	Calumet City, IL	Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157	274	80.3%	220
23	School of Fine Arts	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	224	93.3%	209
24	Indiana Elem School	Park Forest, IL	Matteson ESD 162	215	87.0%	187
25	Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School	Oak Park, IL	Oak Park ESD 97	947	19.8%	187
26	Chute Middle School	Evanston, IL	Evanston CCSD 65	598	28.9%	173
27	Brookwood Jr High School	Glenwood, IL	Brookwood SD 167	226	74.3%	168
28	Wentworth Jr High School	Calumet City, IL	Calumet City SD 155	302	55.6%	168
29	LEARN Chtr - Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	176	94.9%	167
30	Brookwood Middle School	Glenwood, IL	Brookwood SD 167	231	71.9%	166
31	Rosa L Parks Middle School	Dixmoor, IL	W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147	320	51.6%	165
32	Central Middle School	Evergreen Park, IL	Evergreen Park ESD 124	560	27.5%	154
33	Kellar School	Robbins, IL	Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5	431	35.7%	154
34	MacArthur Middle School	Berkeley, IL	Berkeley SD 87	357	42.6%	152
35	Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center	Ford Heights, IL	Ford Heights SD 169	156	93.0%	145
36	Lincoln Junior High School	Dolton, IL	Dolton SD 148	168	86.3%	145
37	Percy Julian Middle School	Oak Park, IL	Oak Park ESD 97	927	14.6%	135
38	Roosevelt Junior High School	Dolton, IL	Dolton SD 148	130	92.3%	120
39	Washington Junior High	Riverdale, IL	Dolton SD 148	118	96.6%	114
40	Haven Middle School	Evanston, IL	Evanston CCSD 65	660	17.3%	114
41	Veterans Memorial Middle Sch	Blue Island, IL	Cook County SD 130	361	30.2%	109
42	Old Orchard Jr High School	Skokie, IL	Skokie SD 68	711	15.3%	109
43	Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch	Oak Lawn, IL	Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123	1,090	9.6%	105
44	Forest Park Middle School	Forest Park, IL	Forest Park SD 91	186	55.4%	103
45	Westchester Middle School	Westchester, IL	Westchester SD 92-5	324	31.2%	101
46	Lincoln Middle School	Berwyn, IL	Berwyn North SD 98	793	12.2%	97
47	Nichols Middle School	Evanston, IL	Evanston CCSD 65	628	15.4%	97
48	Geo T Wilkins Jr High School	Justice, IL	Indian Springs SD 109	508	17.7%	90
49	Arbor Park Middle School	Oak Forest, IL	Arbor Park SD 145	520	14.8%	77
50	Lincoln Jr High School	Skokie, IL	Skokie SD 69	628	12.1%	76

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