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Pennsylvania: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

64 counties

Pennsylvania 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 29.1%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Dauphin CountyPA7372,71868.6%
2Philadelphia CountyPA303182,00567.8%
3Monroe CountyPA2920,75267.7%
4Delaware CountyPA10974,66367.0%
5Lehigh CountyPA8356,98465.2%
6Montgomery CountyPA160115,30263.1%
7Northampton CountyPA6038,31660.5%
8Luzerne CountyPA6545,20960.4%
9Chester CountyPA11083,46860.1%
10Berks CountyPA9562,37559.0%
11Allegheny CountyPA275141,39257.9%
12Lackawanna CountyPA4727,00656.3%
13Lancaster CountyPA11462,71955.8%
14Cumberland CountyPA5733,04454.5%
15Lebanon CountyPA3218,80454.5%
16York CountyPA10964,24253.5%
17Erie CountyPA6735,73850.2%
18Pike CountyPA148,61549.3%
19Bucks CountyPA12281,95648.9%
20Franklin CountyPA4121,43246.3%
21Beaver CountyPA5231,22243.1%
22Schuylkill CountyPA3418,25941.4%
23Adams CountyPA2612,83137.6%
24Lycoming CountyPA3014,28835.6%
25Carbon CountyPA188,11134.7%
26Northumberland CountyPA2110,38634.3%
27Lawrence CountyPA2511,01534.0%
28Mercer CountyPA3412,81533.9%
29Cambria CountyPA3715,78933.5%
30Union CountyPA103,81131.2%
31Washington CountyPA5426,07930.2%
32Montour CountyPA62,22129.8%
33Centre CountyPA3313,67428.4%
34Westmoreland CountyPA8441,30227.1%
35Fayette CountyPA3915,34026.4%
36Juniata CountyPA52,23426.1%
37Wayne CountyPA114,37225.2%
38Columbia CountyPA197,50123.1%
39Blair CountyPA3215,69220.9%
40Clinton CountyPA103,87919.5%
41Mifflin CountyPA114,77419.0%
42Perry CountyPA155,51218.6%
43Crawford CountyPA269,15618.6%
44Butler CountyPA3924,61617.0%
45Huntingdon CountyPA174,45416.9%
46Venango CountyPA155,70416.6%
47Indiana CountyPA228,47016.1%
48Fulton CountyPA81,95814.8%
49Susquehanna CountyPA155,72814.6%
50Bradford CountyPA198,39214.1%

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