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

532 districts

California 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.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
1Inglewood UnifiedCA166,7272,03830.3%
2Mojave UnifiedCA62,90277826.8%
3Lancaster ElementaryCA2313,7653,58426.0%
4Antioch UnifiedCA2515,1113,41622.6%
5Eastside Union ElementaryCA63,03268122.5%
6Vallejo City UnifiedCA209,6381,90619.8%
7Journey DistrictCA21,18722819.2%
8Oakland UnifiedCA8433,9736,47219.1%
9HawthorneCA116,9041,28818.7%
10Natomas UnifiedCA2014,9022,76818.6%
11Barstow UnifiedCA136,1181,10718.1%
12Adelanto ElementaryCA157,6601,31517.2%
13Cucamonga ElementaryCA42,35739816.9%
14Antelope Valley Union HighCA1321,2023,54516.7%
15Centinela Valley Union HighCA55,35186216.1%
16Victor ElementaryCA1812,3031,96215.9%
17Victor Valley Union HighCA1111,5321,82815.9%
18Pittsburg UnifiedCA1310,6331,62615.3%
19Palmdale ElementaryCA2917,9412,46513.7%
20Compton UnifiedCA3616,3042,21313.6%
21Robla ElementaryCA51,89224813.1%
22Travis UnifiedCA85,39270213.0%
23John Swett UnifiedCA41,19715512.9%
24Bellflower UnifiedCA159,5731,18512.4%
25Fairfield-Suisun UnifiedCA3120,5052,53612.4%
26Center Joint UnifiedCA84,59355612.1%
27Long Beach UnifiedCA8262,2557,48612.0%
28Central ElementaryCA74,31751211.9%
29Moreno Valley UnifiedCA3831,0013,61311.7%
30Twin Rivers UnifiedCA4424,7702,85011.5%
31Wiseburn UnifiedCA52,53629111.5%
32Lincoln UnifiedCA138,72198611.3%
33Berkeley UnifiedCA179,1161,02211.2%
34Lemon GroveCA83,04834211.2%
35Westside Union ElementaryCA129,0781,01311.2%
36West Contra Costa UnifiedCA5225,1332,76411.0%
37Sacramento City UnifiedCA7337,6573,98410.6%
38Val Verde UnifiedCA2219,0652,00610.5%
39San Leandro UnifiedCA138,83491710.4%
40Culver City UnifiedCA86,58167010.2%
41Liberty Union HighCA58,20381910.0%
42Elk Grove UnifiedCA6763,2326,2529.9%
43Oakley Union ElementaryCA95,1194969.7%
44Pasadena UnifiedCA2313,6391,3209.7%
45Southern Kern UnifiedCA63,6363299.0%
46Lawndale ElementaryCA84,3143778.7%
47Palo Verde UnifiedCA52,6102188.4%
48Brentwood UnionCA129,9328238.3%
49Silver Valley UnifiedCA82,1831788.2%
50San Bernardino City UnifiedCA7244,0803,5838.1%

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