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The public elementary schools with the most Black students in Illinois

2,258 public elementary schools in 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 23 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
2,258
Illinois
Top Black students
1,084
Median Black students
23
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · 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
4Belle Valley SchoolBelleville, ILBelle Valley SD 11999761.7%615
5Bouchet Elem Math & Science AcadChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29966092.6%611
6Dulles Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29965193.9%611
7National Teachers Elem AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29979573.3%583
8CICS - WrightwoodChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29961494.6%581
9The Elise Ford Allen AcademyPeoria, ILPeoria SD 15064283.6%537
10Wyvetter Younge Sch of ExcellenceE Saint Louis, ILEast St Louis SD 18953497.9%523
11Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock ESChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29951297.8%501
12OKeeffe Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29957285.8%491
13Great Lakes Academy Charter ESChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29953890.0%484
14Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29951593.4%481
15Powell Elem Paideia Comm AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29954288.4%479
16CICS - Washington Pk CampusChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29949396.5%476
17Univ of Chicago Chtr-DonoghueChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29949995.0%474
18LEARN Chtr - ButlerChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29947597.7%464
19Carver Primary SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29946798.5%460
20CICS - Avalon/South ShoreChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29946998.1%460
21LEARN Chtr - Hunter Perkins CampChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29947295.8%452
22Glen Oak Comm Learning CntrPeoria, ILPeoria SD 15079456.9%452
23Arcadia Elem SchoolOlympia Fields, ILMatteson ESD 16251687.0%449
24Wadsworth Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29948788.7%432
25Deneen Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29945194.9%428
26Murray Elem Language AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29947788.7%423
27Ellington Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29951082.8%422
28Legacy Elem Charter SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29945891.0%417
29Katie Harper-Wright ElemEast Saint Louis, ILEast St Louis SD 18941897.1%406
30Hoover Elem SchoolCalumet City, ILHoover-Schrum Memorial SD 15757171.1%406
31CICS - Basil CampusChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29954174.5%403
32Caroline Sibley Elem SchoolCalumet City, ILDolton SD 14943492.6%402
33Haley Elem AcademyChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29945887.5%401
34Dixon Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29941295.4%393
35Providence-Englewood Elem CharterChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29942891.8%393
36John J Pershing Magnet ElementaryChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29943989.3%392
37Lincoln Elem SchoolCalumet City, ILLincoln ESD 15671753.4%383
38Jesse C White Learning AcademyHazel Crest, ILHazel Crest SD 152-542590.1%383
39Herzl Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29942988.3%379
40Armstrong G Elem IntL StudiesChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 2991,30428.8%376
41Carnegie Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29938996.4%375
42Hughes L Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29943186.8%374
43Nathan Hale Elem SchoolLansing, ILSunnybrook SD 17152571.0%373
44Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elem SchChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29951372.5%372
45Whiteside Elem SchoolBelleville, ILWhiteside SD 11568054.7%372
46LEARN Charter Excel CampusChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29937997.6%370
47Lincoln SchoolPeoria, ILPeoria SD 15082345.0%370
48Matteson Elem SchoolMatteson, ILMatteson ESD 16242087.9%369
49Nicholson Tech Acad Elem SchChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29948775.4%367
50Depriest Elem SchoolChicago, ILChicago Public Schools Dist 29941987.3%366
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