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

Across Lake County, Illinois, 44 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Neal Math Science Academy leads the list at 202, against a median of 25 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lake County, Illinois

Top Black students

202

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Neal Math Science Academy	North Chicago, IL	North Chicago SD 187	601	33.6%	202
2	Woodland Middle School	Gurnee, IL	Woodland CCSD 50	1,541	9.5%	147
3	Beach Park Middle School	Beach Park, IL	Beach Park CCSD 3	715	19.9%	142
4	Viking School	Gurnee, IL	Gurnee SD 56	461	23.4%	108
5	John R Lewis Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	721	14.0%	101
6	Shiloh Park Middle School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	358	27.6%	99
7	Zion Central Middle School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	330	25.8%	85
8	Miguel Juarez Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	651	10.1%	66
9	Round Lake Middle School	Round Lake Heights, IL	Round Lake CUSD 116	783	7.8%	61
10	Edith M Smith Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	493	10.8%	53
11	Magee Middle School	Round Lake, IL	Round Lake CUSD 116	642	7.6%	49
12	Big Hollow Middle School	Ingleside, IL	Big Hollow SD 38	744	6.5%	48
13	Jack Benny Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	475	9.9%	47
14	Antioch Upper Grade School	Antioch, IL	Antioch CCSD 34	875	4.7%	41
15	Robert E Abbott Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	585	6.3%	37
16	Grayslake Middle School	Grayslake, IL	Grayslake CCSD 46	641	5.6%	36
17	Frederick School	Grayslake, IL	Grayslake CCSD 46	667	5.4%	36
18	Peter J Palombi School	Lake Villa, IL	Lake Villa CCSD 41	844	4.3%	36
19	Hawthorn Middle School South	Vernon Hills, IL	Hawthorn CCSD 73	609	5.3%	32
20	Park West School	Round Lake, IL	Grayslake CCSD 46	321	9.7%	31
21	Hawthorn Middle School North	Vernon Hills, IL	Hawthorn CCSD 73	627	4.5%	28
22	Millburn Middle School	Lindenhurst, IL	Millburn CCSD 24	388	6.4%	25
23	North Prairie Jr High	Winthrop Harbor, IL	Winthrop Harbor SD 1	240	10.0%	24
24	Woodlawn Middle School	Long Grove, IL	Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96	632	3.6%	23
25	Aptakisic Junior High School	Buffalo Grove, IL	Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102	940	2.1%	20
26	Fremont Jr High/Middle School	Mundelein, IL	Fremont SD 79	692	2.8%	19
27	Carl Sandburg Middle School	Mundelein, IL	Mundelein ESD 75	529	3.6%	19
28	Edgewood Middle School	Highland Park, IL	North Shore SD 112	663	2.7%	18
29	Lake Zurich Middle - N Campus	Hawthorn Woods, IL	Lake Zurich CUSD 95	697	2.6%	18
30	Gavin South Middle School	Ingleside, IL	Gavin SD 37	325	4.3%	14
31	Highland Middle School	Libertyville, IL	Libertyville SD 70	701	2.0%	14
32	Daniel Wright Jr High School	Lincolnshire, IL	Lincolnshire-Prairieview SD 103	720	1.7%	12
33	West Oak Middle School	Mundelein, IL	Diamond Lake SD 76	280	3.9%	11
34	Twin Groves Middle School	Buffalo Grove, IL	Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96	625	1.6%	10
35	Northwood Middle School	Highland Park, IL	North Shore SD 112	540	1.5%	8
36	Matthews Middle School	Island Lake, IL	Wauconda CUSD 118	451	1.8%	8
37	Lake Zurich Middle - S Campus	Lake Zurich, IL	Lake Zurich CUSD 95	599	1.0%	6
38	Wauconda Middle School	Wauconda, IL	Wauconda CUSD 118	506	1.2%	6
39	Alan B Shepard Middle School	Deerfield, IL	Deerfield SD 109	476	0.8%	4
40	Stanton School	Fox Lake, IL	Fox Lake GSD 114	255	1.6%	4
41	Deer Path Middle Sch East	Lake Forest, IL	Lake Forest SD 67	375	1.1%	4
42	Lake Bluff Middle School	Lake Bluff, IL	Lake Bluff ESD 65	305	1.0%	3
43	Charles J Caruso Middle School	Deerfield, IL	Deerfield SD 109	440	0.5%	2
44	Deer Path Middle Sch West	Lake Forest, IL	Lake Forest SD 67	361	0.6%	2

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