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Missouri: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

99 counties

Missouri 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 19.7%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Jackson CountyMO222105,71470.5%
2St. Louis CountyMO265134,60164.7%
3Boone CountyMO5324,54758.6%
4Pemiscot CountyMO152,86558.1%
5Saline CountyMO183,54357.0%
6Clay CountyMO7541,55355.7%
7McDonald CountyMO113,86754.6%
8Dunklin CountyMO194,86454.6%
9Pulaski CountyMO219,88453.7%
10Platte CountyMO3217,61253.6%
11Buchanan CountyMO2911,82553.3%
12Cole CountyMO2310,31251.6%
13Mississippi CountyMO61,73049.6%
14New Madrid CountyMO122,66449.4%
15Newton CountyMO229,56749.3%
16Jasper CountyMO4721,17749.1%
17Pettis CountyMO196,82047.1%
18Cape Girardeau CountyMO2511,02546.1%
19St. Louis cityMO10129,94145.9%
20Scott CountyMO215,99944.4%
21St. Charles CountyMO8659,31444.4%
22Cass CountyMO4317,09342.6%
23Greene CountyMO9342,42341.7%
24Barry CountyMO184,97441.2%
25Taney CountyMO217,94639.5%
26Audrain CountyMO93,24339.5%
27Lawrence CountyMO237,27137.4%
28Butler CountyMO196,43536.6%
29Johnson CountyMO228,05835.8%
30Adair CountyMO82,72433.1%
31Warren CountyMO125,04532.8%
32Callaway CountyMO225,39631.6%
33Cooper CountyMO142,42530.3%
34Randolph CountyMO153,37529.2%
35Marion CountyMO144,72428.3%
36Phelps CountyMO136,21728.2%
37Pike CountyMO122,42427.2%
38Jefferson CountyMO6736,21625.8%
39Christian CountyMO3216,17525.3%
40Moniteau CountyMO112,22324.2%
41Shannon CountyMO81,68723.3%
42Lafayette CountyMO185,06422.7%
43Monroe CountyMO101,52022.5%
44Camden CountyMO154,83122.3%
45Perry CountyMO52,21622.0%
46Stone CountyMO143,40621.3%
47Howard CountyMO71,37320.8%
48Lincoln CountyMO219,36720.4%
49Laclede CountyMO105,76320.2%
50Barton CountyMO91,59319.7%

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