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Illinois is the #4 largest school system in the United States, serving 2,082,216 students across 4,362 public schools. There are 128 Blue Ribbon Schools, 104 magnet schools, 50 charter schools, and 144 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(IL) School Average
% American Indian	n/a
% Asian	4%
% Hispanic	22%
% Black	19%
% White	51%
Unknown	4%

Illinois Public Schools by County

County	# High	# Middle	# Elementary
1. Adams County	7	5	16
2. Alexander County	5	1	3
3. Bond County	2	2	4
4. Boone County	4	4	11
5. Brown County	1	1	1
6. Bureau County	8	5	19
7. Calhoun County	2	-	2
8. Carroll County	3	4	4
9. Cass County	4	3	6
10. Champaign County	16	13	40
11. Christian County	8	8	13
12. Clark County	3	3	4
13. Clay County	4	4	6
14. Clinton County	3	4	11
15. Coles County	10	6	9
16. Cook County	247	218	989
17. Crawford County	6	2	5
18. Cumberland County	2	3	2
19. Dekalb County	12	10	25
20. Dewitt County	2	3	5
21. Douglas County	5	3	7
22. Dupage County	36	60	176
23. Edgar County	8	5	9
24. Edwards County	1	-	2
25. Effingham County	7	4	11
26. Fayette County	7	4	5
27. Ford County	2	3	5
28. Franklin County	6	5	9
29. Fulton County	11	9	12
30. Gallatin County	1	1	1
31. Greene County	3	3	4
32. Grundy County	7	6	13
33. Hamilton County	1	-	3
34. Hancock County	6	3	7
35. Hardin County	1	1	1
36. Henderson County	1	1	2
37. Henry County	12	7	16
38. Iroquois County	8	8	12
39. Jackson County	7	8	13
40. Jasper County	1	1	3
41. Jefferson County	8	5	16
42. Jersey County	4	1	7
43. Jo Daviess County	12	9	11
44. Johnson County	4	-	6
45. Kane County	22	28	88
46. Kankakee County	12	10	28
47. Kendall County	10	11	25
48. Knox County	8	7	13
49. La Salle County	13	9	33
50. Lake County	34	53	141
51. Lawrence County	3	2	2
52. Lee County	5	4	7
53. Livingston County	7	4	12
54. Logan County	4	2	12
55. Macon County	15	10	29
56. Macoupin County	10	9	12
57. Madison County	15	19	54
58. Marion County	11	10	21
59. Marshall County	4	2	6
60. Mason County	3	2	5
61. Massac County	3	1	6
62. Mcdonough County	8	6	8
63. Mchenry County	20	24	51
64. Mclean County	14	10	33
65. Menard County	4	3	5
66. Mercer County	2	4	5
67. Monroe County	3	4	5
68. Montgomery County	4	5	9
69. Morgan County	10	7	19
70. Moultrie County	3	1	4
71. Ogle County	8	8	17
72. Peoria County	23	29	40
73. Perry County	3	3	5
74. Piatt County	4	6	4
75. Pike County	5	3	7
76. Pope County	1	-	1
77. Pulaski County	5	2	4
78. Putnam County	1	1	2
79. Randolph County	9	4	10
80. Richland County	5	5	5
81. Rock Island County	11	10	36
82. Saint Clair County	23	27	67
83. Saline County	7	5	7
84. Sangamon County	18	22	40
85. Schuyler County	1	1	2
86. Scott County	2	1	2
87. Shelby County	5	4	7
88. Stark County	1	2	2
89. Stephenson County	7	6	13
90. Tazewell County	11	16	32
91. Union County	7	6	7
92. Vermilion County	13	13	22
93. Wabash County	1	1	3
94. Warren County	4	3	3
95. Washington County	3	2	8
96. Wayne County	3	2	8
97. White County	8	6	10
98. Whiteside County	8	7	19
99. Will County	31	53	121
100. Williamson County	7	6	15
101. Winnebago County	20	23	66
102. Woodford County	6	3	9

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