Virginia: the counties with the highest share of Black students

118 counties

Virginia 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	Petersburg city	VA	7	4,582	3,744	81.7%
2	Brunswick County	VA	5	1,369	1,018	74.4%
3	Portsmouth city	VA	22	12,905	8,961	69.4%
4	Danville city	VA	13	5,564	3,788	68.1%
5	Franklin city	VA	3	1,279	858	67.1%
6	Sussex County	VA	3	1,047	695	66.4%
7	Hampton city	VA	30	19,472	11,486	59.0%
8	Hopewell city	VA	6	3,949	2,284	57.8%
9	Martinsville city	VA	5	1,793	1,031	57.5%
10	Norfolk city	VA	44	26,807	14,797	55.2%
11	Prince Edward County	VA	3	1,845	1,019	55.2%
12	Richmond city	VA	46	20,253	11,189	55.2%
13	Suffolk city	VA	19	14,565	7,967	54.7%
14	Essex County	VA	3	1,092	592	54.2%
15	Newport News city	VA	40	25,882	13,618	52.6%
16	Lancaster County	VA	3	1,018	522	51.3%
17	Lynchburg city	VA	16	7,657	3,731	48.7%
18	Nottoway County	VA	5	1,792	777	43.4%
19	Halifax County	VA	10	4,496	1,856	41.3%
20	Mecklenburg County	VA	6	3,907	1,606	41.1%
21	Southampton County	VA	6	2,363	919	38.9%
22	Northampton County	VA	4	1,300	504	38.8%
23	Accomack County	VA	11	4,623	1,738	37.6%
24	Roanoke city	VA	25	14,392	5,366	37.3%
25	Northumberland County	VA	3	1,162	426	36.7%
26	Henrico County	VA	70	51,753	18,372	35.5%
27	Cumberland County	VA	3	1,278	436	34.1%
28	Buckingham County	VA	5	1,868	614	32.9%
29	Dinwiddie County	VA	7	4,147	1,328	32.0%
30	Westmoreland County	VA	6	2,167	688	31.7%
31	Chesapeake city	VA	45	40,607	12,520	30.8%
32	Fredericksburg city	VA	5	3,629	1,108	30.5%
33	Lunenburg County	VA	4	1,577	477	30.2%
34	Prince George County	VA	7	6,220	1,868	30.0%
35	Colonial Heights city	VA	5	2,971	791	26.6%
36	Chesterfield County	VA	65	64,194	16,832	26.2%
37	Caroline County	VA	5	4,600	1,177	25.6%
38	Isle of Wight County	VA	9	5,519	1,352	24.5%
39	Charlottesville city	VA	11	5,150	1,247	24.2%
40	Charlotte County	VA	5	1,707	408	23.9%
41	Pittsylvania County	VA	18	7,830	1,866	23.8%
42	Alexandria city	VA	18	16,575	3,895	23.5%
43	Virginia Beach city	VA	82	64,731	14,954	23.1%
44	Henry County	VA	13	6,916	1,564	22.6%
45	Stafford County	VA	32	31,812	7,061	22.2%
46	Appomattox County	VA	4	2,421	498	20.6%
47	Amherst County	VA	9	3,900	767	19.7%
48	Spotsylvania County	VA	29	24,036	4,677	19.5%
49	Williamsburg city	VA	3	1,656	323	19.5%
50	Prince William County	VA	94	89,591	16,720	18.7%

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