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The public middle schools with the most Black students in Illinois

This ranking covers the public middle schools with the most Black students in Illinois, drawn from 626 qualifying public middle schools. Crete-Monee Middle School leads the list at 594, against a median of 20 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

626

Illinois

Top Black students

594

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Crete-Monee Middle School	University Park, IL	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	1,002	59.3%	594
2	Prairie-Hills Junior High School	Markham, IL	Prairie-Hills ESD 144	766	76.9%	589
3	Parker Junior High School	Flossmoor, IL	Flossmoor SD 161	822	69.1%	568
4	Mason/Clark Middle Sch	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	540	94.6%	511
5	Memorial Jr High School	Lansing, IL	Lansing SD 158	854	59.4%	507
6	Wirth/Parks Middle School	Cahokia, IL	Cahokia CUSD 187	571	88.3%	504
7	Colin Powell Middle Sch	Matteson, IL	ESD 159	564	81.4%	459
8	West Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	793	51.1%	405
9	Heritage Middle School	Lansing, IL	Sunnybrook SD 171	500	77.8%	389
10	James Hart School	Homewood, IL	Homewood SD 153	681	57.0%	388
11	O W Huth Middle School	Matteson, IL	Matteson ESD 162	421	87.7%	369
12	South View Upper Elem School	Danville, IL	Danville CCSD 118	664	54.4%	361
13	North Ridge Middle School	Danville, IL	Danville CCSD 118	740	48.0%	355
14	Alton Middle School	Alton, IL	Alton CUSD 11	1,220	29.0%	354
15	East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	359	98.6%	354
16	Michelle Obama Sch of Technology	Park Forest, IL	Park Forest SD 163	428	82.2%	352
17	Urbana Middle School	Urbana, IL	Urbana SD 116	877	38.1%	334
18	Jefferson Middle School	Champaign, IL	Champaign CUSD 4	711	46.7%	332
19	Irving Middle School	Maywood, IL	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89	515	62.9%	324
20	Glenview Middle School	East Moline, IL	East Moline SD 37	1,092	28.9%	316
21	Abraham Lincoln Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	736	41.0%	302
22	Coolidge Middle School	Phoenix, IL	South Holland SD 151	460	64.8%	298
23	Jefferson Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	517	56.1%	290
24	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	709	40.6%	288
25	Barack Obama Sch of Ldership	Chicago Heights, IL	Park Forest SD 163	367	77.1%	283
26	Whiteside Middle School	Belleville, IL	Whiteside SD 115	475	59.4%	282
27	Franklin Middle School	Champaign, IL	Champaign CUSD 4	665	42.3%	281
28	Sterling Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	374	73.8%	276
29	Roosevelt Middle School	Bellwood, IL	Bellwood SD 88	614	44.0%	270
30	Rickover Jr High School	Sauk Village, IL	CCSD 168	371	72.8%	270
31	Chicago Heights Middle School	Chicago Hts, IL	Chicago Heights SD 170	872	30.6%	267
32	Brooks Middle School	Harvey, IL	Harvey SD 152	455	57.8%	263
33	U S Grant Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	498	52.6%	262
34	Washington Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	516	50.8%	262
35	Brooks Middle School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	850	30.4%	258
36	McKinley Jr High School	South Holland, IL	South Holland SD 150	287	89.2%	256
37	Bloomington Jr High School	Bloomington, IL	Bloomington SD 87	1,050	23.9%	251
38	Edison Middle School	Champaign, IL	Champaign CUSD 4	647	38.2%	247
39	Kennedy Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	393	62.6%	246
40	Sauk Elem School	Richton Park, IL	Matteson ESD 162	281	85.4%	240
41	Southwood Middle School	Country Club Hills, IL	Country Club Hills SD 160	283	84.5%	239
42	Creative Communications Acad	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	246	95.5%	235
43	Kankakee Junior High School	Kankakee, IL	Kankakee SD 111	501	46.7%	234
44	Calumet Elem School	Calumet Park, IL	Calumet Public SD 132	316	73.4%	232
45	Eisenhower Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	963	24.1%	232
46	Huntley Middle School	Dekalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	865	26.7%	231
47	West Jr High School	Belleville, IL	Belleville SD 118	364	62.4%	227
48	S T E M Academy	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	243	93.0%	226
49	Carbondale Middle School	Carbondale, IL	Carbondale ESD 95	457	48.4%	221
50	Harold B Dawson Middle School	West Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	331	66.8%	221

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