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The most racially diverse public high schools in Illinois

Across Illinois, 537 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 35.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

537

Illinois

Top Diversity index

76.9%

Median Diversity index

35.9%

MOST DIVERSE · 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	Plainfield East High School	Plainfield, IL	1,825	75.4%	34.7%(634)	19.9%(363)	25.4%(463)	12.7%(231)
4	Jones College Prep High School	Chicago, IL	1,954	74.6%	28.4%(554)	12.9%(253)	34.2%(668)	19.6%(382)
5	Payton College Preparatory High School	Chicago, IL	1,260	74.4%	31.8%(400)	9.7%(122)	26.1%(329)	27.4%(345)
6	Rockford East High School	Rockford, IL	1,719	74.2%	26.6%(458)	30.3%(521)	29.5%(507)	5.2%(89)
7	Waubonsie Valley High School	Aurora, IL	2,849	74.1%	33.0%(941)	10.6%(303)	19.5%(555)	31.3%(893)
8	Central High School	Champaign, IL	1,666	73.7%	37.8%(630)	26.0%(433)	19.3%(321)	9.4%(156)
9	Metea Valley High School	Aurora, IL	2,766	73.4%	28.7%(795)	15.2%(420)	13.7%(378)	37.2%(1,030)
10	Urbana High School	Urbana, IL	1,176	73.4%	26.8%(315)	35.0%(412)	24.2%(285)	4.7%(55)
11	Northside College Preparatory High School	Chicago, IL	1,061	73.4%	35.1%(372)	6.0%(64)	28.4%(301)	23.4%(248)
12	Hoffman Estates High School	Hoffman Estates, IL	2,185	73.4%	27.7%(606)	9.9%(217)	37.4%(816)	19.4%(423)
13	Niles North High School	Skokie, IL	1,999	73.2%	35.0%(699)	10.3%(205)	17.2%(344)	32.0%(640)
14	Sullivan High School	Chicago, IL	762	73.2%	15.8%(120)	31.0%(236)	36.4%(277)	11.4%(87)
15	Rock Island High School	Rock Island, IL	1,812	73.1%	34.6%(627)	32.8%(594)	17.1%(309)	7.4%(134)
16	Senn High School	Chicago, IL	1,571	73.1%	18.2%(286)	23.9%(375)	39.7%(623)	14.2%(223)
17	Richwoods High School	Peoria, IL	1,685	72.5%	33.9%(571)	34.5%(581)	15.3%(257)	2.8%(47)
18	Guilford High School	Rockford, IL	2,216	72.4%	35.3%(783)	28.9%(641)	24.5%(542)	3.3%(72)
19	Rantoul Twp High School	Rantoul, IL	901	72.3%	33.7%(304)	23.4%(211)	31.0%(279)	0.4%(4)
20	Niles West High School	Skokie, IL	2,646	71.8%	36.7%(971)	7.1%(188)	17.4%(460)	33.0%(873)
21	Bloomington High School	Bloomington, IL	1,369	71.5%	41.8%(572)	21.8%(298)	21.8%(298)	2.2%(30)
22	Maine East High School	Park Ridge, IL	1,921	71.2%	35.2%(677)	5.4%(104)	25.0%(480)	31.3%(601)
23	Warren Township High School	Gurnee, IL	3,537	70.7%	32.3%(1,144)	15.2%(536)	39.4%(1,395)	9.3%(328)
24	Centennial High School	Champaign, IL	1,476	70.6%	26.3%(388)	44.1%(651)	12.9%(191)	7.7%(113)
25	Auburn High School	Rockford, IL	1,957	70.4%	25.9%(506)	42.9%(840)	19.3%(377)	3.8%(75)
26	Evanston Twp High School	Evanston, IL	3,560	70.4%	43.3%(1,542)	23.2%(825)	20.5%(731)	4.3%(155)
27	St Anne Comm High School	Saint Anne, IL	206	70.3%	34.5%	23.3%	34.5%	0.0%
28	Glenbard North High School	Carol Stream, IL	2,079	70.3%	32.7%(680)	6.3%(131)	37.7%(783)	20.8%(433)
29	DeKalb High School	Dekalb, IL	2,134	70.2%	34.4%(733)	23.8%(508)	34.5%(736)	1.3%(27)
30	St Anne Comm High School	Saint Anne, IL	206	70.1%	34.0%(70)	23.8%(49)	35.0%(72)	0.5%(1)
31	Evergreen Park High School	Evergreen Park, IL	941	69.3%	33.4%(314)	31.2%(294)	31.1%(293)	0.7%(7)
32	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)
33	Freeport High School	Freeport, IL	1,165	68.8%	46.0%(536)	24.3%(283)	14.2%(165)	0.9%(11)
34	Lane Technical High School	Chicago, IL	4,604	68.8%	40.9%(1,884)	7.4%(341)	35.4%(1,631)	10.8%(495)
35	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)
36	Plainfield South High School	Plainfield, IL	2,323	68.7%	41.6%(966)	19.6%(455)	31.5%(731)	2.7%(63)
37	Schaumburg High School	Schaumburg, IL	2,416	68.6%	45.1%(1,089)	4.2%(102)	26.8%(647)	18.7%(451)
38	United Twp High School	East Moline, IL	1,862	68.5%	44.0%(819)	21.2%(395)	27.2%(507)	2.6%(48)
39	Bolingbrook High School	Bolingbrook, IL	3,298	68.4%	14.5%(477)	25.5%(840)	47.1%(1,553)	7.0%(232)
40	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)
41	South Elgin High School	South Elgin, IL	2,665	68.4%	38.3%(1,020)	5.5%(147)	38.7%(1,031)	12.2%(326)
42	Tinley Park High School	Tinley Park, IL	1,042	68.3%	42.9%(447)	24.5%(255)	26.8%(279)	3.4%(35)
43	Oswego East High School	Oswego, IL	2,758	68.2%	48.8%(1,345)	11.8%(326)	21.4%(591)	12.8%(352)
44	Glenbard East High School	Lombard, IL	2,311	68.2%	36.4%(840)	9.4%(218)	40.5%(936)	11.2%(258)
45	Hinsdale South High School	Darien, IL	1,370	68.1%	49.4%(677)	18.0%(246)	17.4%(238)	10.1%(138)
46	Danville High School	Danville, IL	1,253	67.9%	34.5%(432)	42.1%(528)	11.9%(149)	0.6%(8)
47	Bartlett High School	Bartlett, IL	2,037	67.6%	37.5%(764)	3.2%(66)	39.5%(805)	15.8%(321)
48	Carbondale Comm High School	Carbondale, IL	1,023	67.5%	45.5%(466)	30.3%(310)	10.8%(110)	2.9%(30)
49	Willowbrook High School	Villa Park, IL	1,983	67.2%	40.5%(803)	8.6%(171)	38.4%(762)	8.3%(165)
50	Mather High School	Chicago, IL	1,777	67.2%	12.8%(228)	15.0%(267)	49.6%(881)	20.7%(368)

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