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Virginia: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

115 counties

Virginia 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 55.4%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Fredericksburg cityVA53,62976.9%
2Prince William CountyVA9489,59174.2%
3Fairfax cityVA45,33474.1%
4Fairfax CountyVA196174,47573.9%
5Henrico CountyVA7051,75373.6%
6Stafford CountyVA3231,81273.5%
7Charlottesville cityVA115,15073.3%
8Loudoun CountyVA9881,48672.6%
9Alexandria cityVA1816,57572.3%
10Roanoke cityVA2514,39271.5%
11Virginia Beach cityVA8264,73171.2%
12Spotsylvania CountyVA2924,03671.1%
13Arlington CountyVA3627,95070.9%
14Chesterfield CountyVA6564,19470.2%
15Chesapeake cityVA4540,60769.8%
16Colonial Heights cityVA52,97169.4%
17Northampton CountyVA41,30069.3%
18Waynesboro cityVA73,04369.2%
19Williamsburg cityVA31,65668.9%
20Prince George CountyVA76,22068.9%
21Accomack CountyVA114,62368.1%
22Culpeper CountyVA118,38167.8%
23Westmoreland CountyVA62,16767.6%
24Caroline CountyVA54,60066.9%
25Winchester cityVA85,23566.3%
26Henry CountyVA136,91666.1%
27Nottoway CountyVA51,79265.9%
28Lunenburg CountyVA41,57765.9%
29York CountyVA1913,10565.6%
30Lynchburg cityVA167,65765.5%
31Newport News cityVA4025,88264.8%
32James City CountyVA139,71564.8%
33Northumberland CountyVA31,16263.4%
34Dinwiddie CountyVA74,14763.3%
35Mecklenburg CountyVA63,90762.8%
36Norfolk cityVA4426,80762.6%
37Essex CountyVA31,09262.3%
38Albemarle CountyVA2213,43861.9%
39Harrisonburg cityVA116,93461.6%
40Suffolk cityVA1914,56561.5%
41Cumberland CountyVA31,27861.4%
42Halifax CountyVA104,49661.1%
43Orange CountyVA95,07460.9%
44Buckingham CountyVA51,86860.5%
45Hopewell cityVA63,94960.4%
46Martinsville cityVA51,79360.2%
47Richmond cityVA4620,25359.9%
48King George CountyVA54,59159.2%
49Lancaster CountyVA31,01859.1%
50Hampton cityVA3019,47259.1%

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