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The most racially diverse public schools in Whiteside County, Illinois

Across Whiteside County, Illinois, 22 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Sterling High School leads the list at 58.0%, against a median of 37.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Whiteside County, Illinois

Top Diversity index

58.0%

Median Diversity index

37.8%

MOST DIVERSE · WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Sterling High School	Sterling, IL	999	58.0%	52.6%(526)	2.3%(23)	37.1%(371)	1.4%(14)
2	Challand Middle School	Sterling, IL	726	56.5%	54.8%(398)	1.8%(13)	36.0%(261)	0.8%(6)
3	Lincoln Elementary School	Sterling, IL	277	56.3%	57.8%(160)	2.2%(6)	31.1%(86)	1.1%(3)
4	Jefferson Elementary School	Sterling, IL	450	56.1%	54.7%(246)	2.2%(10)	36.9%(166)	0.2%(1)
5	Rock Falls Middle School	Rock Falls, IL	246	56.1%	55.7%(137)	3.3%(8)	35.0%(86)	0.8%(2)
6	Franklin Elementary School	Sterling, IL	407	55.7%	57.3%(233)	2.5%(10)	32.9%(134)	1.0%(4)
7	Washington Elementary School	Sterling, IL	394	55.5%	57.1%(225)	1.8%(7)	33.5%(132)	0.8%(3)
8	Dillon Elementary School	Rock Falls, IL	278	55.1%	60.4%(168)	4.0%(11)	27.7%(77)	0.7%(2)
9	Merrill Elementary School	Rock Falls, IL	258	48.3%	65.1%(168)	1.2%(3)	30.2%(78)	0.4%(1)
10	Rock Falls Township High School	Rock Falls, IL	530	41.8%	73.8%(391)	1.7%(9)	18.5%(98)	0.4%(2)
11	East Coloma - Nelson Elementary School	Rock Falls, IL	214	41.5%	72.9%(156)	0.5%(1)	22.9%(49)	0.0%(0)
12	Montmorency CCSD #145	Rock Falls, IL	209	34.1%	79.4%(166)	0.5%(1)	16.3%(34)	0.0%(0)
13	Fulton Elementary School	Fulton, IL	421	25.6%	85.8%(361)	1.2%(5)	5.2%(22)	0.2%(1)
14	Morrison High School	Morrison, IL	294	25.6%	85.7%(252)	1.4%(4)	8.8%(26)	0.3%(1)
15	Morrison Jr High School	Morrison, IL	215	21.2%	88.4%(190)	0.9%(2)	8.4%(18)	0.5%(1)
16	Southside School	Morrison, IL	200	21.1%	88.5%(177)	1.5%(3)	7.0%(14)	0.5%(1)
17	Northside School	Morrison, IL	264	20.1%	89.0%(235)	1.5%(4)	7.6%(20)	0.0%(0)
18	Prophetstown High School	Prophetstown, IL	205	19.9%	89.3%(183)	1.5%(3)	2.9%(6)	0.0%(0)
19	River Bend Middle School	Fulton, IL	228	19.5%	89.5%(204)	0.9%(2)	3.5%(8)	0.4%(1)
20	Prophetstown Elementary School	Prophetstown, IL	229	18.6%	90.0%(206)	0.4%(1)	3.5%(8)	0.0%(0)
21	Fulton High School	Fulton, IL	284	16.5%	91.2%(259)	0.3%(1)	3.9%(11)	0.3%(1)
22	Erie Elementary School	Erie, IL	242	10.4%	94.6%(229)	0.8%(2)	2.1%(5)	0.0%(0)

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