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

Across Sangamon County, Illinois, 17 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Jefferson Middle School leads the list at 290, against a median of 12 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Sangamon County, Illinois

Top Black students

290

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Jefferson Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	517	56.1%	290
2	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	709	40.6%	288
3	U S Grant Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	498	52.6%	262
4	Washington Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	516	50.8%	262
5	Lincoln Magnet School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	300	28.0%	84
6	Glenwood Middle School	Chatham, IL	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	735	5.0%	37
7	Glenwood Intermediate Sch	Chatham, IL	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	672	4.2%	28
8	Riverton Middle School	Riverton, IL	Riverton CUSD 14	347	4.6%	16
9	Rochester Intermediate School	Rochester, IL	Rochester CUSD 3A	394	3.0%	12
10	Pleasant Plains Middle School	Pleasant Plains, IL	Pleasant Plains CUSD 8	393	1.8%	7
11	Rochester Jr High School	Rochester, IL	Rochester CUSD 3A	288	2.4%	7
12	Williamsville Jr High School	Williamsville, IL	Williamsville CUSD 15	444	1.4%	6
13	Auburn Jr High at Divernon	Divernon, IL	Auburn CUSD 10	236	1.7%	4
14	Sangamon Valley Middle School	Illiopolis, IL	Sangamon Valley CUSD 9	145	1.4%	2
15	New Berlin Jr High School	New Berlin, IL	New Berlin CUSD 16	155	1.3%	2
16	Tri-City Jr High School	Buffalo, IL	Tri City CUSD 1	137	1.5%	2
17	Cantrall Intermediate School	Cantrall, IL	Athens CUSD 213	184	0.5%	1

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