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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 51 to 100.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
51Tunica School DistrictMS51,5981,39487.2%
52City of Baker School DistrictLA41,00086886.8%
53Southfield Public School DistrictMI134,6924,07286.8%
54Williamsburg 01SC102,7942,41586.4%
55North PanolaMS41,10394986.0%
56Westfield Charter AcademyMI21,5641,34385.9%
57Hinds County School DistrictMS84,9404,23585.7%
58South Pike School DistrictMS51,4611,24985.5%
59Dublin CityGA52,3702,01585.0%
60Mitchell CountyGA41,2031,02084.8%
61Anniston CityAL51,8211,54284.7%
62Metro Schools CharterMN51,7901,51084.4%
63Claiborne County Public SchoolsMS31,13595484.1%
64FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-IIMO238,8097,41184.1%
65Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School DistrictMS123,7183,12183.9%
66William Penn SDPA114,4993,77483.9%
67Harper Woods The School District of the City ofMI63,0412,53683.4%
68Birmingham CityAL4320,95417,45183.3%
69Euclid CityOH84,4643,71383.2%
70Fairfield 01SC72,1031,75083.2%
71Garfield Heights City SchoolsOH52,5812,13882.8%
72Saint Thomas - Saint John School DistrictVI105,2654,35582.7%
73Trotwood-Madison CityOH62,5292,08082.2%
74HAZELWOODMO3116,32113,39882.1%
75Jefferson County School DistrictMS31,08388681.8%
76Chester-Upland SDPA73,0392,48281.7%
77Petersburg City Public SchoolsVA74,5823,74481.7%
78City of Monroe School DistrictLA198,0336,54981.5%
79BLYTHEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICTAR51,2951,05381.3%
80MILLWOODOK31,03884481.3%
81Eastpointe Community SchoolsMI82,1141,71781.2%
82Macon CountyAL61,9071,54481.0%
83WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICTAR94,5113,65481.0%
84Early CountyGA31,4821,19880.8%
85Laurel School DistrictMS62,6202,11680.8%
86Northampton County SchoolsNC61,25199679.6%
87West Point Consolidated School DistrictMS62,5282,01179.5%
88Jackson Public SchoolsMS4519,76515,69379.4%
89Detroit Public Schools Community DistrictMI10348,44838,39979.3%
90ESD 159IL51,6531,31179.3%
91Dallas CountyAL112,2831,79978.8%
92HattiesburgMS83,9183,07878.6%
93Bedford CityOH72,8872,26078.3%
94Halifax County SchoolsNC112,1501,68378.3%
95South Redford School DistrictMI72,7532,15578.3%
96Bullock CountyAL31,3271,03778.1%
97KIPP: ENDEAVOR ACADEMYMO21,04781878.1%
98Southeast Delco SDPA63,8552,99577.7%
99Bertie County SchoolsNC71,8191,41277.6%
100Thornton Twp HSD 205IL34,5093,49477.5%

By state

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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