Arkansas: the school districts with the highest share of Black students

122 districts

Arkansas 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.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSAS	AR	7	1,350	1,278	94.7%
2	FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	5	2,078	1,964	94.5%
3	PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	7	2,896	2,680	92.5%
4	KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	AR	5	1,231	1,116	90.7%
5	WATSON CHAPEL SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	4	1,552	1,365	88.0%
6	BLYTHEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	5	1,295	1,053	81.3%
7	WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	9	4,511	3,654	81.0%
8	CAMDEN FAIRVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	5	1,995	1,335	66.9%
9	ESTEM PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL	AR	5	2,638	1,700	64.4%
10	NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	14	7,711	4,537	58.8%
11	MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	6	3,888	2,280	58.6%
12	TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	8	3,830	2,238	58.4%
13	DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	4	1,039	602	57.9%
14	MAGNOLIA SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	5	2,505	1,380	55.1%
15	NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	8	3,910	2,145	54.9%
16	LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	40	22,320	12,202	54.7%
17	JACKSONVILLE NORTH PULASKI SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	7	4,360	2,369	54.3%
18	JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	10	6,762	3,194	47.2%
19	EL DORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	6	3,921	1,841	47.0%
20	PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	26	12,586	5,653	44.9%
21	HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	6	2,212	956	43.2%
22	STUTTGART SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	4	1,584	677	42.7%
23	MCGEHEE SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	3	1,121	471	42.0%
24	MONTICELLO SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	4	1,602	593	37.0%
25	HOT SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	6	3,576	1,247	34.9%
26	WARREN SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	4	1,440	499	34.7%
27	CROSSETT SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	3	1,620	550	34.0%
28	WYNNE SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	4	2,382	738	31.0%
29	LISA ACADEMY	AR	13	4,292	1,326	30.9%
30	CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	16	10,212	3,103	30.4%
31	GOSNELL SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	2	1,215	368	30.3%
32	ARKADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	4	2,285	669	29.3%
33	WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	6	3,046	841	27.6%
34	MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	4	1,876	497	26.5%
35	RIVERCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	3	1,205	311	25.8%
36	ASHDOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	3	1,281	316	24.7%
37	DREW CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	3	1,262	300	23.8%
38	ACADEMICS PLUS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS	AR	4	1,993	452	22.7%
39	LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	4	1,524	336	22.0%
40	BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	12	9,827	2,142	21.8%
41	NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	4	1,786	368	20.6%
42	ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY	AR	3	5,269	1,004	19.1%
43	HAMBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	5	1,697	317	18.7%
44	SOUTH CONWAY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	5	2,332	407	17.5%
45	STAR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	3	1,460	253	17.3%
46	SMACKOVER NORPHLET SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	3	1,208	182	15.1%
47	TRUMANN SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	4	1,507	200	13.3%
48	DEWITT SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	3	1,153	150	13.0%
49	EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	6	1,280	159	12.4%
50	BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT	AR	8	5,806	648	11.2%

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