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The public high schools with the most Black students in Illinois

Across Illinois, 631 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Rich Township High School leads the list at 2,066, against a median of 34 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

631

Illinois

Top Black students

2,066

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Rich Township High School	Olympia Fields, IL	Rich Twp HSD 227	2,433	84.9%	2,066
2	Homewood-Flossmoor High School	Flossmoor, IL	Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233	2,707	73.8%	1,998
3	Kenwood Academy High School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	2,268	82.4%	1,868
4	Thornwood High School	South Holland, IL	Thornton Twp HSD 205	1,843	82.0%	1,512
5	Belleville High School-East	Belleville, IL	Belleville Twp HSD 201	2,600	49.7%	1,292
6	Morgan Park High School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	1,349	94.4%	1,274
7	Thornton Fractnl So High School	Lansing, IL	Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215	1,803	68.3%	1,231
8	East St Louis Senior High School	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	1,288	94.1%	1,212
9	Thornton Township High School	Harvey, IL	Thornton Twp HSD 205	1,697	66.0%	1,120
10	Simeon Career Academy High School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	1,095	97.5%	1,068
11	Peoria High School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	1,541	64.9%	1,000
12	Noble St Chtr-Comer College Prep	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	1,007	97.5%	982
13	Hillcrest High School	Country Club Hills, IL	Bremen CHSD 228	1,100	87.5%	963
14	Belleville High School-West	Belleville, IL	Belleville Twp HSD 201	2,118	45.3%	960
15	Crete-Monee High School	Crete, IL	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	1,480	61.1%	904
16	Thornton Fractnl No High School	Calumet City, IL	Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215	1,425	62.2%	886
17	Lindblom Math & Science Acad HS	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	1,316	65.5%	862
18	Thornridge High School	Dolton, IL	Thornton Twp HSD 205	969	89.0%	862
19	Auburn High School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	1,957	42.9%	840
20	Bolingbrook High School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	3,298	25.5%	840
21	Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	838	98.6%	826
22	Evanston Twp High School	Evanston, IL	Evanston Twp HSD 202	3,560	23.2%	825
23	Hyde Park Academy High School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	838	96.3%	807
24	Brooks College Prep Academy HS	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	1,007	78.8%	794
25	King College Prep High School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	819	95.4%	781
26	Cahokia High School	Cahokia, IL	Cahokia CUSD 187	850	89.2%	758
27	Joliet West High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet Twp HSD 204	3,451	21.7%	750
28	Bloom High School	Chicago Heights, IL	Bloom Twp HSD 206	1,823	40.3%	735
29	Bloom Trail High School	Chicago Heights, IL	Bloom Twp HSD 206	1,218	60.1%	732
30	Proviso West High School	Hillside, IL	Proviso Twp HSD 209	1,870	39.0%	729
31	Springfield Southeast High Sch	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	1,229	54.0%	664
32	Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	695	94.2%	655
33	Centennial High School	Champaign, IL	Champaign CUSD 4	1,476	44.1%	651
34	Guilford High School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	2,216	28.9%	641
35	Proviso East High School	Maywood, IL	Proviso Twp HSD 209	1,663	38.4%	638
36	Englewood STEM High School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	778	79.0%	615
37	Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	1,060	57.7%	612
38	Chicago Vocational Career Acad HS	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	673	89.0%	599
39	South Shore Intl Col Prep HS	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	625	95.7%	598
40	Rock Island High School	Rock Island, IL	Rock Island SD 41	1,812	32.8%	594
41	Kankakee High School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	1,360	42.9%	584
42	Richwoods High School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	1,685	34.5%	581
43	Westinghouse High School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	1,230	47.1%	580
44	Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	591	97.6%	577
45	Art in Motion Charter School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	602	95.5%	575
46	Oak Park & River Forest High Sch	Oak Park, IL	Oak Park - River Forest SD 200	3,307	17.0%	561
47	MacArthur High School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	1,059	50.6%	536
48	Warren Township High School	Gurnee, IL	Warren Twp HSD 121	3,537	15.2%	536
49	Southland College Prep Chtr HS	Richton Park, IL	Southland College Prep Chtr HS	584	90.8%	530
50	Danville High School	Danville, IL	Danville CCSD 118	1,253	42.1%	528

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