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

This ranking covers the most racially diverse public middle schools in Lake County, Illinois, drawn from 44 qualifying public middle schools. Hawthorn Middle School South leads the list at 71.5%, against a median of 52.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lake County, Illinois

Top Diversity index

71.5%

Median Diversity index

52.5%

MOST DIVERSE · LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Hawthorn Middle School South	Vernon Hills, IL	609	71.5%	37.1%(226)	5.3%(32)	25.4%(155)	27.9%(170)
2	Woodland Middle School	Gurnee, IL	1,541	70.2%	36.1%(556)	9.5%(147)	38.1%(587)	10.2%(157)
3	Park West School	Round Lake, IL	321	69.4%	45.8%(147)	9.7%(31)	25.6%(82)	12.8%(41)
4	Viking School	Gurnee, IL	461	68.4%	19.1%(88)	23.4%(108)	46.9%(216)	3.7%(17)
5	Hawthorn Middle School North	Vernon Hills, IL	627	68.2%	46.1%(289)	4.5%(28)	21.5%(135)	23.8%(149)
6	North Prairie Jr High	Winthrop Harbor, IL	240	63.4%	50.4%(121)	10.0%(24)	31.3%(75)	2.5%(6)
7	Big Hollow Middle School	Ingleside, IL	744	62.6%	50.9%(379)	6.5%(48)	32.5%(242)	4.0%(30)
8	Woodlawn Middle School	Long Grove, IL	632	62.0%	49.8%(315)	3.6%(23)	7.8%(49)	34.8%(220)
9	Frederick School	Grayslake, IL	667	61.4%	52.8%(352)	5.4%(36)	31.6%(211)	4.0%(27)
10	Peter J Palombi School	Lake Villa, IL	844	61.3%	48.9%(413)	4.3%(36)	37.3%(315)	1.4%(12)
11	Grayslake Middle School	Grayslake, IL	641	61.2%	52.3%(335)	5.6%(36)	32.6%(209)	4.1%(26)
12	Northwood Middle School	Highland Park, IL	540	59.9%	45.9%(248)	1.5%(8)	43.0%(232)	3.0%(16)
13	Aptakisic Junior High School	Buffalo Grove, IL	940	58.3%	31.3%(294)	2.1%(20)	5.5%(52)	56.0%(526)
14	Twin Groves Middle School	Buffalo Grove, IL	625	57.9%	37.4%(234)	1.6%(10)	5.1%(32)	52.6%(329)
15	Carl Sandburg Middle School	Mundelein, IL	529	57.2%	33.1%(175)	3.6%(19)	56.1%(297)	3.0%(16)
16	Matthews Middle School	Island Lake, IL	451	57.1%	54.3%(245)	1.8%(8)	36.1%(163)	3.5%(16)
17	Gavin South Middle School	Ingleside, IL	325	56.7%	55.4%(180)	4.3%(14)	35.1%(114)	0.6%(2)
18	Daniel Wright Jr High School	Lincolnshire, IL	720	56.3%	38.6%(278)	1.7%(12)	2.5%(18)	53.5%(385)
19	Millburn Middle School	Lindenhurst, IL	388	55.6%	63.9%(248)	6.4%(25)	11.6%(45)	11.9%(46)
20	Beach Park Middle School	Beach Park, IL	715	55.0%	9.5%(68)	19.9%(142)	63.1%(451)	1.5%(11)
21	Stanton School	Fox Lake, IL	255	54.8%	58.4%(149)	1.6%(4)	32.5%(83)	0.4%(1)
22	Zion Central Middle School	Zion, IL	330	53.0%	6.7%(22)	25.8%(85)	63.0%(208)	0.0%(0)
23	Fremont Jr High/Middle School	Mundelein, IL	692	51.9%	66.3%(459)	2.8%(19)	16.9%(117)	10.1%(70)
24	Antioch Upper Grade School	Antioch, IL	875	51.8%	65.9%(577)	4.7%(41)	20.0%(175)	2.1%(18)
25	Neal Math Science Academy	North Chicago, IL	601	51.7%	2.2%(13)	33.6%(202)	60.7%(365)	0.8%(5)
26	Shiloh Park Middle School	Zion, IL	358	49.7%	2.5%(9)	27.6%(99)	65.1%(233)	0.0%(0)
27	West Oak Middle School	Mundelein, IL	280	49.5%	20.0%(56)	3.9%(11)	67.9%(190)	5.0%(14)
28	Wauconda Middle School	Wauconda, IL	506	49.4%	65.2%(330)	1.2%(6)	28.1%(142)	3.2%(16)
29	Lake Zurich Middle - N Campus	Hawthorn Woods, IL	697	48.4%	69.9%(487)	2.6%(18)	10.2%(71)	12.6%(88)
30	Lake Bluff Middle School	Lake Bluff, IL	305	45.8%	71.5%(218)	1.0%(3)	15.4%(47)	7.2%(22)
31	Jack Benny Middle School	Waukegan, IL	475	41.8%	4.0%(19)	9.9%(47)	75.2%(357)	7.2%(34)
32	Highland Middle School	Libertyville, IL	701	38.2%	77.6%(544)	2.0%(14)	9.3%(65)	5.0%(35)
33	Round Lake Middle School	Round Lake Heights, IL	783	38.0%	11.1%(87)	7.8%(61)	77.5%(607)	0.3%(2)
34	Magee Middle School	Round Lake, IL	642	35.6%	9.2%(59)	7.6%(49)	79.3%(509)	0.9%(6)
35	John R Lewis Middle School	Waukegan, IL	721	35.6%	3.6%(26)	14.0%(101)	78.9%(569)	1.3%(9)
36	Lake Zurich Middle - S Campus	Lake Zurich, IL	599	34.3%	80.3%(481)	1.0%(6)	6.2%(37)	8.7%(52)
37	Edgewood Middle School	Highland Park, IL	663	32.0%	81.9%(543)	2.7%(18)	6.6%(44)	4.1%(27)
38	Edith M Smith Middle School	Waukegan, IL	493	31.8%	3.9%(19)	10.8%(53)	81.7%(403)	0.6%(3)
39	Alan B Shepard Middle School	Deerfield, IL	476	31.2%	82.3%(392)	0.8%(4)	7.3%(35)	3.6%(17)
40	Charles J Caruso Middle School	Deerfield, IL	440	30.6%	82.7%(364)	0.5%(2)	5.7%(25)	5.7%(25)
41	Miguel Juarez Middle School	Waukegan, IL	651	29.3%	2.1%(14)	10.1%(66)	83.4%(543)	1.5%(10)
42	Deer Path Middle School East	Lake Forest, IL	375	28.2%	84.3%(316)	1.1%(4)	4.5%(17)	3.2%(12)
43	Deer Path Middle School West	Lake Forest, IL	361	27.8%	84.5%(305)	0.6%(2)	3.3%(12)	5.0%(18)
44	Robert E Abbott Middle School	Waukegan, IL	585	19.6%	2.4%(14)	6.3%(37)	89.4%(523)	0.7%(4)

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