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The most racially diverse public high schools in Cook County, Illinois

Across Cook County, Illinois, 180 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Young Magnet High School leads the list at 76.9%, against a median of 42.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

180

Cook County, Illinois

Top Diversity index

76.9%

Median Diversity index

42.1%

MOST DIVERSE · COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Young Magnet High School	Chicago, IL	2,223	76.9%	23.8%(529)	18.7%(415)	27.8%(617)	24.6%(548)
2	Lincoln Park High School	Chicago, IL	2,214	75.5%	30.5%(676)	22.0%(487)	29.2%(646)	12.4%(275)
3	Jones College Prep High School	Chicago, IL	1,954	74.6%	28.4%(554)	12.9%(253)	34.2%(668)	19.6%(382)
4	Payton College Preparatory High School	Chicago, IL	1,260	74.4%	31.8%(400)	9.7%(122)	26.1%(329)	27.4%(345)
5	Northside College Preparatory High School	Chicago, IL	1,061	73.4%	35.1%(372)	6.0%(64)	28.4%(301)	23.4%(248)
6	Hoffman Estates High School	Hoffman Estates, IL	2,185	73.4%	27.7%(606)	9.9%(217)	37.4%(816)	19.4%(423)
7	Niles North High School	Skokie, IL	1,999	73.2%	35.0%(699)	10.3%(205)	17.2%(344)	32.0%(640)
8	Sullivan High School	Chicago, IL	762	73.2%	15.8%(120)	31.0%(236)	36.4%(277)	11.4%(87)
9	Senn High School	Chicago, IL	1,571	73.1%	18.2%(286)	23.9%(375)	39.7%(623)	14.2%(223)
10	Niles West High School	Skokie, IL	2,646	71.8%	36.7%(971)	7.1%(188)	17.4%(460)	33.0%(873)
11	Maine East High School	Park Ridge, IL	1,921	71.2%	35.2%(677)	5.4%(104)	25.0%(480)	31.3%(601)
12	Evanston Twp High School	Evanston, IL	3,560	70.4%	43.3%(1,542)	23.2%(825)	20.5%(731)	4.3%(155)
13	Evergreen Park High School	Evergreen Park, IL	941	69.3%	33.4%(314)	31.2%(294)	31.1%(293)	0.7%(7)
14	J B Conant High School	Hoffman Estates, IL	2,633	68.9%	42.8%(1,127)	3.3%(86)	19.8%(522)	29.1%(765)
15	Lane Technical High School	Chicago, IL	4,604	68.8%	40.9%(1,884)	7.4%(341)	35.4%(1,631)	10.8%(495)
16	A B Shepard High School (Campus)	Palos Heights, IL	1,916	68.7%	37.1%(710)	24.6%(471)	33.6%(644)	1.3%(24)
17	Schaumburg High School	Schaumburg, IL	2,416	68.6%	45.1%(1,089)	4.2%(102)	26.8%(647)	18.7%(451)
18	H L Richards High School(Campus)	Oak Lawn, IL	1,702	68.4%	39.8%(677)	21.6%(368)	32.8%(559)	2.2%(38)
19	Tinley Park High School	Tinley Park, IL	1,042	68.3%	42.9%(447)	24.5%(255)	26.8%(279)	3.4%(35)
20	Mather High School	Chicago, IL	1,777	67.2%	12.8%(228)	15.0%(267)	49.6%(881)	20.7%(368)
21	Wm Fremd High School	Palatine, IL	2,689	66.6%	45.4%(1,222)	4.1%(111)	13.4%(360)	32.5%(873)
22	Oak Park & River Forest High School	Oak Park, IL	3,307	66.0%	50.8%(1,680)	17.0%(561)	16.1%(534)	3.2%(105)
23	Oak Forest High School	Oak Forest, IL	1,329	65.5%	47.5%(632)	11.2%(149)	31.9%(424)	5.6%(74)
24	Chicago HS for the Arts	Chicago, IL	578	65.5%	16.3%(94)	38.6%(223)	41.0%(237)	1.2%(7)
25	Maine West High School	Des Plaines, IL	1,857	64.8%	37.3%(693)	3.2%(59)	44.5%(826)	11.3%(210)
26	Amundsen High School	Chicago, IL	1,507	64.5%	45.2%(681)	6.6%(99)	37.5%(565)	6.4%(96)
27	Chicago Math & Sci Elementary Charter	Chicago, IL	623	64.3%	4.5%(28)	44.9%(280)	37.6%(234)	10.9%(68)
28	Taft High School	Chicago, IL	4,487	63.4%	39.4%(1,768)	3.0%(134)	45.0%(2,017)	7.5%(335)
29	Von Steuben Metro Science High School	Chicago, IL	1,698	63.0%	17.8%(302)	8.5%(145)	55.4%(940)	15.4%(262)
30	Glenbrook South High School	Glenview, IL	2,923	62.7%	54.0%(1,577)	1.8%(53)	15.9%(466)	23.1%(675)
31	Chicago HS for Agricult Sciences	Chicago, IL	827	62.5%	21.2%(175)	51.8%(428)	24.8%(205)	0.7%(6)
32	Rolling Meadows High School	Rolling Meadows, IL	1,956	62.4%	45.1%(882)	3.7%(72)	40.5%(793)	7.2%(140)
33	Palatine High School	Palatine, IL	2,535	62.3%	31.4%(797)	5.9%(150)	51.6%(1,309)	7.1%(180)
34	Ogden Int High School	Chicago, IL	519	62.0%	11.6%(60)	47.4%(246)	37.6%(195)	1.5%(8)
35	Elk Grove High School	Elk Grove Village, IL	1,906	61.1%	36.5%(696)	2.0%(38)	49.5%(944)	8.3%(159)
36	Buffalo Grove High School	Buffalo Grove, IL	2,021	60.7%	53.4%(1,080)	2.0%(41)	30.8%(623)	10.3%(208)
37	Disney II Magnet High School	Chicago, IL	738	60.5%	17.8%(131)	18.7%(138)	57.2%(422)	3.3%(24)
38	Wells Community Academy High School	Chicago, IL	398	60.4%	9.8%(39)	37.9%(151)	49.3%(196)	1.0%(4)
39	CICS - Northtown Campus	Chicago, IL	878	60.2%	13.6%(119)	7.3%(64)	58.4%(513)	18.1%(159)
40	Intrinsic 2 Charter High School	Chicago, IL	734	60.0%	2.7%(20)	45.1%(331)	43.9%(322)	5.2%(38)
41	Riverside Brookfield Twp High School	Riverside, IL	1,663	60.0%	45.3%(754)	4.6%(77)	43.7%(726)	1.8%(30)
42	Oak Lawn Comm High School	Oak Lawn, IL	1,867	59.7%	46.4%(867)	7.1%(132)	42.6%(795)	1.8%(33)
43	Argo Community High School	Summit, IL	1,817	59.5%	31.4%(570)	11.4%(207)	54.0%(981)	1.6%(30)
44	Westinghouse High School	Chicago, IL	1,230	59.4%	2.7%(33)	47.1%(580)	42.3%(520)	6.2%(76)
45	Streamwood High School	Streamwood, IL	1,890	58.9%	19.3%(364)	8.6%(163)	60.0%(1,133)	8.2%(155)
46	Noble St Chtr-UIC College Prep	Chicago, IL	957	57.1%	1.5%(14)	46.9%(449)	45.4%(434)	5.1%(49)
47	Noble St Chtr-Muchin College Prep	Chicago, IL	909	55.7%	1.3%(12)	48.6%(442)	45.2%(411)	4.4%(40)
48	Bloom Trail High School	Chicago Heights, IL	1,218	55.6%	10.1%(123)	60.1%(732)	26.9%(328)	0.3%(3)
49	Tilden Career Communty Academy High School	Chicago, IL	288	55.0%	7.3%(21)	30.9%(89)	59.0%(170)	1.0%(3)
50	Noble St Chtr-The Noble Academy	Chicago, IL	415	55.0%	1.4%(6)	51.1%(212)	43.4%(180)	1.9%(8)

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