Missouri: the counties with the highest share of Black students

101 counties

Missouri public school districts ranked by the share of public school students who are Black or African American. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	St. Louis city	MO	101	29,941	21,443	71.6%
2	Pemiscot County	MO	15	2,865	1,049	36.6%
3	St. Louis County	MO	265	134,601	46,454	34.5%
4	Jackson County	MO	222	105,714	31,063	29.4%
5	Mississippi County	MO	6	1,730	469	27.1%
6	New Madrid County	MO	12	2,664	628	23.6%
7	Scott County	MO	21	5,999	1,071	17.9%
8	Dunklin County	MO	19	4,864	850	17.5%
9	Boone County	MO	53	24,547	4,190	17.1%
10	Cole County	MO	23	10,312	1,645	16.0%
11	Cape Girardeau County	MO	25	11,025	1,637	14.8%
12	Platte County	MO	32	17,612	2,293	13.0%
13	Clay County	MO	75	41,553	4,720	11.4%
14	Pulaski County	MO	21	9,884	1,066	10.8%
15	Adair County	MO	8	2,724	262	9.6%
16	Butler County	MO	19	6,435	585	9.1%
17	St. Charles County	MO	86	59,314	5,276	8.9%
18	Cass County	MO	43	17,093	1,334	7.8%
19	Greene County	MO	93	42,423	2,760	6.5%
20	Marion County	MO	14	4,724	300	6.4%
21	Audrain County	MO	9	3,243	194	6.0%
22	Buchanan County	MO	29	11,825	673	5.7%
23	Callaway County	MO	22	5,396	298	5.5%
24	Cooper County	MO	14	2,425	131	5.4%
25	Jefferson County	MO	67	36,216	1,631	4.5%
26	Pike County	MO	12	2,424	107	4.4%
27	Johnson County	MO	22	8,058	294	3.6%
28	Warren County	MO	12	5,045	179	3.5%
29	Phelps County	MO	13	6,217	213	3.4%
30	Howard County	MO	7	1,373	44	3.2%
31	Pettis County	MO	19	6,820	217	3.2%
32	Randolph County	MO	15	3,375	103	3.1%
33	Lewis County	MO	4	1,416	38	2.7%
34	Saline County	MO	18	3,543	94	2.7%
35	Monroe County	MO	10	1,520	40	2.6%
36	Jasper County	MO	47	21,177	464	2.2%
37	Macon County	MO	12	2,015	43	2.1%
38	Taney County	MO	21	7,946	166	2.1%
39	Lafayette County	MO	18	5,064	99	2.0%
40	Lincoln County	MO	21	9,367	166	1.8%
41	Henry County	MO	13	2,878	49	1.7%
42	Iron County	MO	8	1,669	22	1.3%
43	St. Clair County	MO	7	1,338	18	1.3%
44	St. Francois County	MO	23	9,962	133	1.3%
45	Madison County	MO	6	2,011	24	1.2%
46	Polk County	MO	20	4,965	62	1.2%
47	Vernon County	MO	12	2,938	34	1.2%
48	Miller County	MO	15	5,092	57	1.1%
49	Newton County	MO	22	9,567	106	1.1%
50	Ray County	MO	12	3,423	37	1.1%

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