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California: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

55 counties

California counties ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two public school students picked at random from the county belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 56.6%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Sacramento CountyCA382259,34276.6%
2Contra Costa CountyCA273167,42374.1%
3Alameda CountyCA373210,51173.5%
4San Francisco CountyCA12456,50573.5%
5Solano CountyCA10460,76571.9%
6San Mateo CountyCA16982,40371.7%
7Sutter CountyCA4323,78468.9%
8Inyo CountyCA192,53968.9%
9Santa Clara CountyCA401230,05968.6%
10Yuba CountyCA4116,04568.0%
11Del Norte CountyCA144,00367.6%
12Yolo CountyCA6229,82066.8%
13Orange CountyCA630430,45866.5%
14San Diego CountyCA749467,43766.2%
15Humboldt CountyCA9117,31965.2%
16Placer CountyCA11870,59065.0%
17San Joaquin CountyCA243153,02664.4%
18Butte CountyCA8729,73063.7%
19Mendocino CountyCA6312,73863.3%
20Siskiyou CountyCA436,05962.9%
21Marin CountyCA7129,86762.1%
22Lake CountyCA3810,16761.9%
23Sonoma CountyCA17063,38960.6%
24San Luis Obispo CountyCA8233,33959.2%
25Napa CountyCA4018,55757.5%
26Tehama CountyCA4010,94857.0%
27Santa Cruz CountyCA7936,31656.6%
28Shasta CountyCA9026,63956.6%
29Glenn CountyCA216,25256.5%
30Mariposa CountyCA151,89356.5%
31Ventura CountyCA228147,84156.2%
32El Dorado CountyCA6734,70655.8%
33Lassen CountyCA223,75755.3%
34Los Angeles CountyCA2,1741,265,90754.0%
35Amador CountyCA144,05053.7%
36Mono CountyCA111,44653.5%
37Fresno CountyCA352206,07252.3%
38Plumas CountyCA132,04952.1%
39Stanislaus CountyCA184106,47752.1%
40Riverside CountyCA513424,87252.0%
41Trinity CountyCA171,46150.8%
42Calaveras CountyCA225,26150.6%
43San Bernardino CountyCA563393,64849.5%
44Nevada CountyCA4113,56149.2%
45Tuolumne CountyCA255,72448.7%
46Kern CountyCA271197,43148.5%
47Santa Barbara CountyCA12066,19142.3%
48Kings CountyCA6328,74242.3%
49Merced CountyCA10759,45638.2%
50Madera CountyCA7632,25137.7%

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