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The most racially diverse public middle schools in Illinois

560 public middle schools in Illinois appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public middle schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Old Orchard Jr High School leads the list at 75.6%, against a median of 47.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

560

Illinois

Top Diversity index

75.6%

Median Diversity index

47.9%

MOST DIVERSE · 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	Thayer J Hill Middle School	Naperville, IL	828	75.1%	29.9%(248)	18.5%(153)	14.6%(121)	31.9%(264)
4	Gemini Middle School	Niles, IL	1,111	75.1%	31.8%(353)	5.9%(66)	23.9%(265)	27.7%(308)
5	John F Kennedy Middle School	Plainfield, IL	912	74.9%	36.3%(331)	17.4%(159)	25.0%(228)	15.3%(140)
6	Chute Middle School	Evanston, IL	598	74.4%	28.8%(172)	28.9%(173)	28.3%(169)	5.7%(34)
7	Fischer Middle School	Aurora, IL	861	74.2%	31.8%(274)	12.8%(110)	33.2%(286)	16.4%(141)
8	Oliver McCracken Middle School	Skokie, IL	340	74.0%	32.6%(111)	10.0%(34)	14.1%(48)	32.1%(109)
9	Bloomington Jr High School	Bloomington, IL	1,050	73.3%	38.0%(399)	23.9%(251)	20.4%(214)	2.1%(22)
10	Carl Sandburg Middle School	Freeport, IL	430	73.3%	35.6%(153)	27.7%(119)	19.3%(83)	1.2%(5)
11	Washington Jr High School	Rock Island, IL	529	73.2%	35.0%(185)	30.6%(162)	19.7%(104)	4.5%(24)
12	Glenview Middle School	East Moline, IL	1,092	72.9%	34.3%(375)	28.9%(316)	25.1%(274)	4.6%(50)
13	Bernard W Flinn Middle School	Rockford, IL	807	72.8%	36.6%(295)	24.0%(194)	27.0%(218)	5.7%(46)
14	J W Eater Jr High School	Rantoul, IL	477	72.6%	24.9%(119)	27.7%(132)	34.8%(166)	0.8%(4)
15	Urbana Middle School	Urbana, IL	877	72.4%	23.7%(208)	38.1%(334)	25.2%(221)	3.2%(28)
16	Eisenhower Middle School	Rockford, IL	963	72.3%	39.0%(376)	24.1%(232)	24.3%(234)	5.3%(51)
17	Franklin Middle School	Champaign, IL	665	72.2%	25.1%(167)	42.3%(281)	12.3%(82)	11.9%(79)
18	Dwight D Eisenhower Junior High School	Hoffman Estates, IL	662	72.1%	28.9%(191)	8.9%(59)	37.0%(245)	22.4%(148)
19	Edison Jr High School	Rock Island, IL	398	71.9%	36.2%(144)	34.9%(139)	9.8%(39)	11.3%(45)
20	Jane Addams Junior High School	Schaumburg, IL	695	71.8%	42.6%(296)	6.6%(46)	21.7%(151)	20.6%(143)
21	Arbor Park Middle School	Oak Forest, IL	520	71.5%	38.5%(200)	14.8%(77)	30.2%(157)	15.4%(80)
22	Hawthorn Middle School South	Vernon Hills, IL	609	71.5%	37.1%(226)	5.3%(32)	25.4%(155)	27.9%(170)
23	Freeport Middle School	Freeport, IL	515	71.5%	41.4%(213)	23.9%(123)	19.0%(98)	1.2%(6)
24	Huntley Middle School	Dekalb, IL	865	71.4%	34.9%(302)	26.7%(231)	29.5%(255)	1.3%(11)
25	Bednarcik Junior High School	Aurora, IL	535	71.4%	43.2%(231)	10.8%(58)	17.4%(93)	23.6%(126)
26	Abraham Lincoln Middle School	Rockford, IL	736	71.4%	15.3%(113)	41.0%(302)	28.9%(213)	5.0%(37)
27	Stratford Middle School	Bloomingdale, IL	520	71.3%	33.3%(173)	7.7%(40)	33.9%(176)	23.6%(123)
28	Westview Hills Middle School	Willowbrook, IL	455	71.2%	42.9%(195)	7.0%(32)	22.6%(103)	21.3%(97)
29	Edison Middle School	Champaign, IL	647	70.9%	34.3%(222)	38.2%(247)	13.0%(84)	7.4%(48)
30	Joseph Arthur Middle School	O Fallon, IL	299	70.7%	38.1%(114)	35.5%(106)	10.4%(31)	5.0%(15)
31	Clinton Rosette Middle School	DeKalb, IL	575	70.6%	26.3%(151)	25.9%(149)	39.1%(225)	1.6%(9)
32	Chippewa Middle School	Des Plaines, IL	652	70.6%	40.3%(263)	6.0%(39)	29.3%(191)	20.3%(132)
33	Woodrow Wilson Middle School	Moline, IL	860	70.5%	45.1%(388)	16.7%(144)	22.3%(192)	5.9%(51)
34	Aux Sable Middle School	Joliet, IL	844	70.4%	41.9%(354)	18.8%(159)	28.1%(237)	4.5%(38)
35	Helen Keller Junior High School	Schaumburg, IL	617	70.3%	34.7%(214)	4.2%(26)	32.7%(202)	25.9%(160)
36	Central Middle School	Evergreen Park, IL	560	70.2%	32.0%(179)	27.5%(154)	34.3%(192)	1.4%(8)
37	Woodland Middle School	Gurnee, IL	1,541	70.2%	36.1%(556)	9.5%(147)	38.1%(587)	10.2%(157)
38	Nichols Middle School	Evanston, IL	628	70.1%	45.1%(283)	15.4%(97)	23.3%(146)	4.0%(25)
39	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Springfield, IL	709	69.9%	33.4%(237)	40.6%(288)	6.8%(48)	6.3%(45)
40	Columbia Central School	Steger, IL	646	69.6%	18.1%(117)	31.6%(204)	40.3%(260)	0.3%(2)
41	Jay Stream Middle School	Carol Stream, IL	572	69.5%	39.7%(227)	6.1%(35)	29.9%(171)	23.3%(133)
42	Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School	Oak Park, IL	947	69.5%	45.7%(433)	19.8%(187)	17.9%(170)	2.5%(24)
43	Brooks Middle School	Bolingbrook, IL	850	69.4%	13.3%(113)	30.4%(258)	43.3%(368)	7.7%(65)
44	Park West School	Round Lake, IL	321	69.4%	45.8%(147)	9.7%(31)	25.6%(82)	12.8%(41)
45	Liberty Leadership Middle School	Peoria, IL	350	69.3%	22.3%(78)	45.4%(159)	20.6%(72)	2.3%(8)
46	Friendship Jr High School	Des Plaines, IL	633	69.3%	37.9%(240)	5.4%(34)	36.6%(232)	16.0%(101)
47	Spring Wood Middle School	Hanover Park, IL	420	69.3%	33.8%(142)	10.7%(45)	41.4%(174)	8.8%(37)
48	Glenside Middle School	Glendale Heights, IL	732	69.2%	24.6%(180)	6.4%(47)	43.4%(318)	23.2%(170)
49	Field School	Northbrook, IL	333	69.1%	37.8%(126)	0.9%(3)	11.4%(38)	36.6%(122)
50	Indian Trail Middle School	Plainfield, IL	520	69.0%	40.6%(211)	17.9%(93)	33.1%(172)	3.1%(16)

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