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The most racially diverse public middle schools in Chicago, Illinois

7 public middle schools in Chicago, Illinois appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public middle schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School leads the list at 32.1%, against a median of 4.7% 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

Chicago, Illinois

Top Diversity index

32.1%

Median Diversity index

4.7%

MOST DIVERSE · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School	Chicago, IL	243	32.1%	4.1%(10)	4.1%(10)	81.9%(199)	6.2%(15)
2	Northwest Middle School	Chicago, IL	532	10.2%	2.3%(12)	2.1%(11)	94.7%(504)	0.4%(2)
3	Shields Middle School	Chicago, IL	330	5.4%	0.6%(2)	1.5%(5)	97.3%(321)	0.0%(0)
4	Richardson Middle School	Chicago, IL	844	4.7%	1.3%(11)	0.8%(7)	97.6%(824)	0.1%(1)
5	Hernandez Middle School	Chicago, IL	720	4.4%	0.6%(4)	1.4%(10)	97.8%(704)	0.0%(0)
6	Madero Middle School	Chicago, IL	231	4.3%	1.3%(3)	0.4%(1)	97.8%(226)	0.0%(0)
7	Gary Elementary School	Chicago, IL	711	3.3%	0.7%(5)	0.3%(2)	98.3%(699)	0.3%(2)

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