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

This ranking covers the most racially diverse public middle schools in Cook County, Illinois, drawn from 138 qualifying public middle schools. Old Orchard Jr High School leads the list at 75.6%, against a median of 50.7% 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

138

Cook County, Illinois

Top Diversity index

75.6%

Median Diversity index

50.7%

MOST DIVERSE · COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Old Orchard Jr High School	Skokie, IL	711	75.6%	33.3%(237)	15.3%(109)	17.2%(122)	27.6%(196)
2	Lincoln Jr High School	Skokie, IL	628	75.4%	26.1%(164)	12.1%(76)	18.1%(114)	35.2%(221)
3	Gemini Middle School	Niles, IL	1,111	75.1%	31.8%(353)	5.9%(66)	23.9%(265)	27.7%(308)
4	Chute Middle School	Evanston, IL	598	74.4%	28.8%(172)	28.9%(173)	28.3%(169)	5.7%(34)
5	Oliver McCracken Middle School	Skokie, IL	340	74.0%	32.6%(111)	10.0%(34)	14.1%(48)	32.1%(109)
6	Dwight D Eisenhower Junior High School	Hoffman Estates, IL	662	72.1%	28.9%(191)	8.9%(59)	37.0%(245)	22.4%(148)
7	Jane Addams Junior High School	Schaumburg, IL	695	71.8%	42.6%(296)	6.6%(46)	21.7%(151)	20.6%(143)
8	Arbor Park Middle School	Oak Forest, IL	520	71.5%	38.5%(200)	14.8%(77)	30.2%(157)	15.4%(80)
9	Chippewa Middle School	Des Plaines, IL	652	70.6%	40.3%(263)	6.0%(39)	29.3%(191)	20.3%(132)
10	Helen Keller Junior High School	Schaumburg, IL	617	70.3%	34.7%(214)	4.2%(26)	32.7%(202)	25.9%(160)
11	Central Middle School	Evergreen Park, IL	560	70.2%	32.0%(179)	27.5%(154)	34.3%(192)	1.4%(8)
12	Nichols Middle School	Evanston, IL	628	70.1%	45.1%(283)	15.4%(97)	23.3%(146)	4.0%(25)
13	Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School	Oak Park, IL	947	69.5%	45.7%(433)	19.8%(187)	17.9%(170)	2.5%(24)
14	Friendship Jr High School	Des Plaines, IL	633	69.3%	37.9%(240)	5.4%(34)	36.6%(232)	16.0%(101)
15	Field School	Northbrook, IL	333	69.1%	37.8%(126)	0.9%(3)	11.4%(38)	36.6%(122)
16	Holmes Jr High School	Mount Prospect, IL	459	68.7%	34.0%(156)	6.3%(29)	41.6%(191)	14.2%(65)
17	H H Conrady Jr High School	Hickory Hills, IL	1,047	68.6%	43.3%(453)	4.4%(46)	24.7%(259)	2.4%(25)
18	Westchester Middle School	Westchester, IL	324	68.5%	22.2%(72)	31.2%(101)	40.7%(132)	1.2%(4)
19	Margaret Mead Junior High School	Elk Grove Village, IL	702	68.4%	45.0%(316)	5.1%(36)	19.7%(138)	26.6%(187)
20	Marie Murphy School	Wilmette, IL	253	67.9%	45.9%(116)	1.6%(4)	14.2%(36)	28.5%(72)
21	Robert Frost Junior High School	Schaumburg, IL	737	67.4%	44.6%(329)	2.3%(17)	22.8%(168)	27.1%(200)
22	Walter R Sundling Middle School	Palatine, IL	679	66.1%	34.9%(237)	6.9%(47)	44.9%(305)	10.0%(68)
23	Lincoln Hall Middle School	Lincolnwood, IL	413	65.6%	43.3%(179)	6.3%(26)	3.4%(14)	38.0%(157)
24	Haven Middle School	Evanston, IL	660	65.3%	53.3%(352)	17.3%(114)	13.2%(87)	4.8%(32)
25	Eastview Middle School	Bartlett, IL	757	65.2%	51.3%(388)	3.0%(23)	21.9%(166)	18.5%(140)
26	Geo T Wilkins Jr High School	Justice, IL	508	65.2%	46.5%(236)	17.7%(90)	31.7%(161)	2.2%(11)
27	Prairie Jr High School	Alsip, IL	303	64.9%	32.0%(97)	15.5%(47)	47.2%(143)	2.3%(7)
28	Jack Hille Middle School	Oak Forest, IL	490	64.6%	47.8%(234)	9.0%(44)	33.7%(165)	3.9%(19)
29	Golf Middle School	Morton Grove, IL	306	64.5%	47.1%(144)	4.6%(14)	10.5%(32)	34.6%(106)
30	Nathan Hale Middle School	Crestwood, IL	334	63.7%	24.9%(83)	22.5%(75)	50.0%(167)	1.8%(6)
31	Plum Grove Middle School	Rolling Meadows, IL	1,128	63.5%	48.2%(544)	3.1%(35)	9.1%(103)	34.8%(393)
32	Maple School	Northbrook, IL	451	63.4%	45.9%(207)	1.1%(5)	6.7%(30)	37.9%(171)
33	Percy Julian Middle School	Oak Park, IL	927	63.3%	54.6%(506)	14.6%(135)	14.9%(138)	2.8%(26)
34	River Trails Middle School	Mount Prospect, IL	508	63.0%	53.4%(271)	2.8%(14)	16.1%(82)	23.8%(121)
35	Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps	Barrington, IL	980	62.9%	53.6%(525)	1.6%(16)	18.8%(184)	21.5%(211)
36	Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School	Oak Lawn, IL	1,090	62.4%	36.9%(402)	9.6%(105)	47.9%(522)	2.7%(29)
37	Attea Middle School	Glenview, IL	714	62.0%	54.6%(390)	1.5%(11)	15.1%(108)	23.5%(168)
38	Central Middle School	Tinley Park, IL	725	61.7%	56.3%(408)	10.2%(74)	20.7%(150)	1.5%(11)
39	Carl Sandburg Middle School	Rolling Meadows, IL	468	61.4%	38.3%(179)	2.8%(13)	48.3%(226)	6.6%(31)
40	Simmons Middle School	Oak Lawn, IL	725	61.3%	48.1%(349)	5.8%(42)	38.6%(280)	4.1%(30)
41	James Hart School	Homewood, IL	681	60.6%	20.6%(140)	57.0%(388)	14.7%(100)	0.1%(1)
42	Jack London Middle School	Wheeling, IL	628	59.9%	29.9%(188)	2.4%(15)	54.9%(345)	8.9%(56)
43	Grove Jr High School	Elk Grove Village, IL	741	59.8%	39.8%(295)	1.9%(14)	49.0%(363)	4.3%(32)
44	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Hoffman Est, IL	621	59.5%	55.1%(342)	2.9%(18)	6.4%(40)	30.8%(191)
45	Algonquin Middle School	Des Plaines, IL	597	58.5%	25.6%(153)	2.7%(16)	58.0%(346)	10.9%(65)
46	Wm F Gurrie Middle School	La Grange, IL	278	58.1%	53.6%(149)	1.8%(5)	35.6%(99)	3.2%(9)
47	Lincoln Middle School	Schiller Park, IL	474	58.0%	42.2%(200)	1.3%(6)	49.0%(232)	4.8%(23)
48	Elden D Finley Jr High School	Chicago Ridge, IL	405	57.9%	58.5%(237)	6.7%(27)	26.7%(108)	1.7%(7)
49	Canton Middle School	Streamwood, IL	531	57.0%	20.9%(111)	7.2%(38)	61.2%(325)	7.9%(42)
50	Cooper Middle School	Buffalo Grove, IL	732	57.0%	60.1%(440)	2.5%(18)	23.9%(175)	10.3%(75)

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