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The school districts with the highest share of Black students

6,937 districts

US public school districts ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify. The median ranked district is at 3.0%.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
1Chandler Park AcademyMI32,0192,01099.6%
2Detroit Service Learning AcademyMI31,5041,49699.5%
3Lincoln-King Adams-Young AcademyMI31,6091,59799.3%
4Detroit Academy of Arts and SciencesMI21,0331,02599.2%
5University Preparatory Art & DesignMI21,2441,22898.7%
6University Preparatory Academy (PSAD)MI41,8481,82398.6%
7Metro Schools CharterMN41,5351,51098.4%
8Holmes County ConsolidatedMS72,3002,25598.0%
9University Preparatory Science and Math (PSAD)MI31,4411,41197.9%
10Wilcox CountyAL51,1471,11296.9%
11KIPP DC PCSDC207,3727,12796.7%
12RIVERVIEW GARDENSMO135,1164,94396.6%
13Selma CityAL82,3012,20495.8%
14JENNINGSMO72,2692,17195.7%
15Friendship PCSDC154,3784,18695.6%
16East St Louis SD 189IL104,6464,42995.3%
17Detroit Edison Public School AcademyMI21,3201,25795.2%
18Lowndes CountyAL71,1091,05595.1%
19East Cleveland City School DistrictOH61,1771,11694.8%
20FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSASAR71,3501,27894.7%
21FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTAR52,0781,96494.5%
22Madison ParishLA51,1331,06994.4%
23KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLSMO62,0691,95294.3%
24UNIVERSITY ACADEMYMO31,1111,04494.0%
25Higher Ground AcademyMN31,1631,09293.9%
26Fairfield CityAL41,3481,26593.8%
27Warrensville Heights CityOH41,9021,78593.8%
28Oak Park School District of the City ofMI72,9862,79293.5%
29Sunflower County Consolidated School DistrictMS112,8072,62493.5%
30Dolton SD 149IL82,1922,04793.4%
31Jackson Public SchoolsMS3516,87015,69393.0%
32Columbus Municipal School DistrictMS73,0112,78592.5%
33PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICTAR72,8962,68092.5%
34Orleans ParishLA62,3222,14392.3%
35MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo CityMS31,8241,67992.1%
36Benton Harbor Area SchoolsMI61,2271,12291.4%
37Meridian Public SchoolsMS94,3853,99591.1%
38Dolton SD 148IL102,0771,88790.9%
39KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLSAR51,2311,11690.7%
40Lee 01SC51,2751,14790.0%
41Rocketship Education DC PCSDC31,1971,07589.8%
42DC Prep PCSDC62,1811,95389.5%
43NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVEMO72,4402,17589.1%
44McComb School DistrictMS62,1211,88889.0%
45Cahokia CUSD 187IL82,9912,65088.6%
46Maple Heights CityOH53,0242,67488.4%
47Westwood Heights SchoolsMI51,1851,04788.4%
48Natchez-Adams School DistrictMS62,5542,25488.3%
49Gary Community School CorpIN104,3833,86388.1%
50Matteson ESD 162IL72,4052,11888.1%

By state

54 states
Alaska 17Alabama 129Arkansas 122Arizona 124California 532Colorado 70Connecticut 111District of Columbia 11Delaware 17Florida 70Georgia 160Guam 1Hawaii 1Iowa 123Idaho 51Illinois 345Indiana 236Kansas 87Kentucky 137Louisiana 65Massachusetts 209Maryland 24Maine 60Michigan 331Minnesota 155Missouri 175Mississippi 109Montana 29North Carolina 114North Dakota 14Nebraska 45New Hampshire 46New Jersey 301New Mexico 37Nevada 12New York 428Ohio 419Oklahoma 134Oregon 94Pennsylvania 382Puerto Rico 1Rhode Island 32South Carolina 72South Dakota 23Tennessee 124Texas 562Utah 49Virginia 117US Virgin Islands 2Vermont 28Washington 147Wisconsin 180West Virginia 49Wyoming 24

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