North Carolina: the school districts with the highest share of Black students

114 districts

North Carolina 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	Northampton County Schools	NC	6	1,251	996	79.6%
2	Halifax County Schools	NC	11	2,150	1,683	78.3%
3	Bertie County Schools	NC	7	1,819	1,412	77.6%
4	Hertford County Schools	NC	7	2,367	1,820	76.9%
5	Warren County Schools	NC	6	1,547	1,051	67.9%
6	Edgecombe County Public Schools	NC	19	6,310	4,130	65.5%
7	Vance County Schools	NC	16	5,205	3,380	64.9%
8	Washington County Schools	NC	5	1,317	809	61.4%
9	Anson County Schools	NC	9	2,924	1,605	54.9%
10	Scotland County Schools	NC	10	5,416	2,685	49.6%
11	Pitt County Schools	NC	40	24,470	11,449	46.8%
12	Cumberland County Schools	NC	86	49,002	22,784	46.5%
13	Lenoir County Public Schools	NC	17	8,331	3,871	46.5%
14	Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools	NC	13	5,014	2,187	43.6%
15	Nash County Public Schools	NC	28	14,587	6,299	43.2%
16	Wilson County Schools	NC	25	10,451	4,368	41.8%
17	Guilford County Schools	NC	123	68,535	28,531	41.6%
18	Edenton-Chowan Schools	NC	4	1,767	730	41.3%
19	Martin County Schools	NC	10	3,382	1,342	39.7%
20	Whiteville City Schools	NC	5	2,042	809	39.6%
21	Caswell County Schools	NC	6	2,098	776	37.0%
22	Thomasville City Schools	NC	4	2,149	795	37.0%
23	Richmond County Schools	NC	15	6,504	2,361	36.3%
24	Durham Public Schools	NC	55	31,797	11,476	36.1%
25	Granville County Schools	NC	16	6,402	2,204	34.4%
26	Hoke County Schools	NC	14	8,732	3,007	34.4%
27	Bladen County Schools	NC	12	3,928	1,348	34.3%
28	Wayne County Public Schools	NC	33	17,150	5,861	34.2%
29	Greene County Schools	NC	6	2,699	918	34.0%
30	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	186	145,014	48,946	33.8%
31	Clinton City Schools	NC	5	3,015	985	32.7%
32	Beaufort County Schools	NC	13	5,601	1,756	31.4%
33	Lexington City Schools	NC	7	2,953	918	31.1%
34	Franklin County Schools	NC	16	7,978	2,439	30.6%
35	Roanoke Rapids City Schools	NC	5	2,744	822	30.0%
36	Person County Schools	NC	12	4,497	1,339	29.8%
37	Jones County Schools	NC	5	1,016	297	29.2%
38	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	NC	79	51,745	15,005	29.0%
39	Columbus County Schools	NC	12	5,440	1,492	27.4%
40	Cleveland County Schools	NC	28	14,504	3,841	26.5%
41	Gates County Schools	NC	5	1,410	372	26.4%
42	Kannapolis City Schools	NC	9	5,377	1,379	25.6%
43	Gaston County Schools	NC	56	30,995	7,865	25.4%
44	Craven County Board of Education	NC	26	12,152	3,036	25.0%
45	Alamance-Burlington Schools	NC	37	22,661	5,531	24.4%
46	Harnett County Schools	NC	29	20,095	4,869	24.2%
47	Cabarrus County Schools	NC	44	35,568	8,106	22.8%
48	Public Schools of Robeson County	NC	36	20,856	4,691	22.5%
49	Perquimans County Schools	NC	4	1,786	385	21.6%
50	Rockingham County Schools	NC	23	11,114	2,394	21.5%

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