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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 601 to 650.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
601ESCAMBIAFL6636,79512,57934.2%
602Smyrna School DistrictDE85,8872,01634.2%
603Wayne County Public SchoolsNC3317,1505,86134.2%
604Woodbury City Public School DistrictNJ41,70958534.2%
605Chesterfield 01SC166,8722,34534.1%
606Cumberland County Public SchoolsVA31,27843634.1%
607SIKESTON R-6MO73,2771,11834.1%
608CROSSETT SCHOOL DISTRICTAR31,62055034.0%
609Greene County SchoolsNC62,69991834.0%
610Bremen CHSD 228IL44,8851,65533.9%
611Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsNC186145,01448,94633.8%
612KILLEEN ISDTX5542,88314,50033.8%
613Sheffield CityAL41,02934833.8%
614Thomas CountyGA75,8181,96633.8%
615EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLMN21,53251733.7%
616Florence 02SC21,11437533.7%
617West Orange Public SchoolsNJ136,6162,23233.7%
618Atlantic City School DistrictNJ116,3392,12833.6%
619Licking Heights LocalOH75,2321,75633.6%
620MARSHALL ISDTX84,9571,66733.6%
621NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13NY4219,1516,44333.6%
622Liberty LocalOH41,12237633.5%
623CAPE GIRARDEAU 63MO84,3101,43933.4%
624VALLEY STREAM 30 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,45748733.4%
625HAMILTONFL51,61853933.3%
626Scott County School DistrictMS83,9891,32833.3%
627ELMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY63,3871,12433.2%
628Erie City SDPA1510,4733,47333.2%
629Aiken 01SC4022,9167,58333.1%
630Waverly Community SchoolsMI62,82293333.1%
631Wilcox CountyGA31,12637333.1%
632Cook CountyGA42,97998233.0%
633HARDING INDEPENDENCE (CHARTER)OK31,05534833.0%
634Amory School DistrictMS41,46148132.9%
635Buckingham County Public SchoolsVA51,86861432.9%
636Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5IL51,28642332.9%
637Rome CityGA86,3572,09032.9%
638BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTMS85,6991,87232.8%
639Clinton City SchoolsNC53,01598532.7%
640Glynn CountyGA1712,7504,16932.7%
641West Feliciana ParishLA42,14570232.7%
642Butts CountyGA53,4971,13932.6%
643CLEVELAND HILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,36444532.6%
644Jefferson ParishLA7446,79015,25832.6%
645Lexington 02SC128,4652,75932.6%
646Abbeville 60SC82,74689332.5%
647Oxford School DistrictMS74,7631,54832.5%
648Tate County School DistrictMS52,00465232.5%
649Newberry 01SC135,7141,85232.4%
650Rahway Public School DistrictNJ64,0901,32632.4%

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54 states
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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