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The school districts with the highest share of Black students

6,948 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%. Showing ranks 501 to 550.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
501Northampton County Public SchoolsVA41,30050438.8%
502ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY168,5093,29638.7%
503Russell CountyAL73,8501,49038.7%
504SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO.MO103,5761,38338.7%
505Senatobia Municipal School DistrictMS31,75467838.7%
506Northwest LocalOH128,2603,18638.6%
507DeSoto ParishLA94,9231,89538.5%
508PORT ARTHUR ISDTX138,0413,09538.5%
509Roanoke City Public SchoolsVA2413,8115,31838.5%
510Telfair CountyGA41,54359238.4%
511Evangeline ParishLA135,3262,04138.3%
512MSD Wayne TownshipIN1716,0946,16238.3%
513Champaign CUSD 4IL1810,5984,04938.2%
514East Allegheny SDPA21,39953438.2%
515Neptune Township School DistrictNJ73,3741,28938.2%
516BROWARDFL325243,59192,76438.1%
517Indianapolis Public SchoolsIN4921,0558,01738.1%
518Steel Valley SDPA41,40953638.0%
519Brandywine School DistrictDE1610,3493,92037.9%
520Dorchester 04SC72,56697337.9%
521McIntosh CountyGA31,39452937.9%
522Bulloch CountyGA1510,9994,16237.8%
523RED OAK ISDTX86,6962,53037.8%
524Ware CountyGA95,9202,23637.8%
525Battle Creek Public SchoolsMI133,7961,43137.7%
526Accomack County Public SchoolsVA114,6231,73837.6%
527Evans CountyGA41,74265537.6%
528Roanoke CityAL31,35551037.6%
529Burlington Township School DistrictNJ43,5721,32937.2%
530Kalamazoo Public SchoolsMI2612,2274,55037.2%
531Lowndes County School DistrictMS85,2611,95937.2%
532Chickasaw County School DistrictMS52,19781637.1%
533Caswell County SchoolsNC62,09877637.0%
534MONTICELLO SCHOOL DISTRICTAR41,60259337.0%
535Princeton CityOH115,9272,19137.0%
536Thomasville City SchoolsNC42,14979537.0%
537Lansing Public School DistrictMI2610,0483,70836.9%
538Laurens 56SC62,70799936.9%
539Edgefield 01SC73,0691,12836.8%
540South Bend Community School CorpIN2913,5855,00236.8%
541St. Mary ParishLA217,1532,63536.8%
542Marion County School DistrictMS72,02874536.7%
543Northumberland County Public SchoolsVA31,16242636.7%
544Tift CountyGA117,4712,74336.7%
545DAINGERFIELD-LONE STAR ISDTX41,02637636.6%
546Elbert CountyGA53,0071,09936.5%
547Millington Municipal SchoolsTN32,58794136.4%
548SPRING ISDTX4233,67812,24336.4%
549Richmond County SchoolsNC156,5042,36136.3%
550Treutlen CountyGA21,02037036.3%

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Alaska 17Alabama 129Arkansas 122Arizona 124California 531Colorado 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 300New Mexico 37Nevada 12New York 428Ohio 430Oklahoma 134Oregon 94Pennsylvania 382Puerto Rico 1Rhode Island 32South Carolina 72South Dakota 23Tennessee 124Texas 563Utah 49Virginia 117US Virgin Islands 2Vermont 29Washington 147Wisconsin 180West Virginia 49Wyoming 24

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