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

209 districts

Massachusetts 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	Brockton	MA	24	15,280	9,353	61.2%
2	Randolph	MA	6	2,875	1,529	53.2%
3	Stoughton	MA	8	3,759	1,140	30.3%
4	Boston	MA	109	46,437	13,335	28.7%
5	Holbrook	MA	2	1,350	362	26.8%
6	Taunton	MA	13	8,311	2,197	26.4%
7	Cambridge	MA	17	7,027	1,631	23.2%
8	Malden	MA	7	6,354	1,308	20.6%
9	Worcester	MA	47	24,778	4,589	18.5%
10	Springfield	MA	66	23,670	4,262	18.0%
11	Dennis-Yarmouth	MA	6	3,054	493	16.1%
12	New Bedford	MA	24	12,505	1,870	15.0%
13	Fall River	MA	19	11,089	1,610	14.5%
14	Bridgewater-Raynham	MA	8	5,682	785	13.8%
15	Everett	MA	10	7,307	964	13.2%
16	Norwood	MA	9	3,575	469	13.1%
17	Canton	MA	6	3,314	429	12.9%
18	Pittsfield	MA	14	4,873	623	12.8%
19	Milton	MA	6	4,367	528	12.1%
20	Medford	MA	8	4,170	483	11.6%
21	Attleboro	MA	12	6,239	680	10.9%
22	Leominster	MA	13	6,193	623	10.1%
23	Amherst	MA	3	1,038	104	10.0%
24	Dedham	MA	7	2,668	263	9.9%
25	West Bridgewater	MA	4	1,357	135	9.9%
26	Barnstable	MA	9	4,680	451	9.6%
27	Quincy	MA	20	9,939	951	9.6%
28	Woburn	MA	10	4,520	432	9.6%
29	Foxborough	MA	5	2,504	233	9.3%
30	Easton	MA	4	3,360	309	9.2%
31	Dracut	MA	6	3,491	314	9.0%
32	Nantucket	MA	4	1,719	155	9.0%
33	Lincoln	MA	2	1,039	92	8.9%
34	Webster	MA	3	1,712	152	8.9%
35	Weymouth	MA	11	5,630	503	8.9%
36	Amherst-Pelham	MA	2	1,182	103	8.7%
37	Somerville	MA	11	4,952	425	8.6%
38	Waltham	MA	11	5,777	499	8.6%
39	Fitchburg	MA	8	5,234	444	8.5%
40	Lowell	MA	27	14,457	1,207	8.3%
41	Lynn	MA	27	16,364	1,309	8.0%
42	Monomoy Regional School District	MA	4	1,728	138	8.0%
43	Ayer Shirley School District	MA	4	1,723	135	7.8%
44	Burlington	MA	6	3,510	273	7.8%
45	Wareham	MA	4	1,916	148	7.7%
46	East Bridgewater	MA	3	2,013	153	7.6%
47	Bedford	MA	4	2,513	188	7.5%
48	Methuen	MA	6	6,464	483	7.5%
49	Leicester	MA	4	1,294	96	7.4%
50	Billerica	MA	8	4,972	352	7.1%

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