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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 101 to 150.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
101Voyageur AcademyMI21,3131,01577.3%
102Park Forest SD 163IL61,5241,17677.2%
103NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18NY3411,0628,52877.1%
104Hertford County SchoolsNC72,3671,82076.9%
105Prairie-Hills ESD 144IL92,4731,90276.9%
106North College Hill CityOH41,4281,09676.8%
107Ecorse Public SchoolsMI61,15088276.7%
108Valdosta CityGA88,2476,32276.7%
109Bibb CountyGA3521,33416,31576.5%
110East Orange School DistrictNJ198,3486,37776.4%
111Hazlehurst City School DistrictMS31,3201,00576.1%
112Marion 10SC93,6332,76076.0%
113River Rouge School District of the City ofMI53,0842,31575.1%
114Brookwood SD 167IL41,09882375.0%
115Center City PCSDC61,4461,08575.0%
116Greenville Public School DistrictMS113,3852,53574.9%
117Macon CountyGA31,04778474.9%
118ST. LOUIS CITYMO6217,93313,40574.8%
119South Euclid-Lyndhurst CityOH63,2022,39574.8%
120Bessemer CityAL73,0122,24874.6%
121Sumter CountyGA53,5602,65374.5%
122Brunswick County Public SchoolsVA51,3691,01874.4%
123Montgomery CountyAL5126,95820,06674.4%
124Sunnybrook SD 171IL21,02576274.3%
125CCSD 168IL31,24392274.2%
126Greensville County Public SchoolsVA32,0171,48873.8%
127UNIVERSITY CITYMO72,8532,10073.6%
128Choctaw CountyAL41,02574873.0%
129Clarksdale Municipal School DistrictMS71,8571,35372.9%
130St. John the Baptist ParishLA105,0393,64672.4%
131MS Achievement SD Of Humphreys CountyMS31,13081171.8%
132Flint School District of the City ofMI112,5411,82371.7%
133Richmond CountyGA5230,57321,89971.6%
134Canton Public SchoolsMS83,4192,44171.4%
135Memphis-Shelby County SchoolsTN211111,97979,87571.3%
136Conecuh CountyAL71,34495671.1%
137LANCASTER ISDTX106,8224,83470.9%
138OrangeburgSC2710,4627,41370.9%
139Hale CountyAL62,1931,55170.7%
140Moss Point School DistrictMS41,6111,13670.5%
141CONFLUENCE ACADEMIESMO62,4601,72970.3%
142DESOTO ISDTX115,7084,00770.2%
143GADSDENFL164,6333,25370.2%
144Atlanta Public SchoolsGA8749,94534,95470.0%
145Coahoma County School DistrictMS51,00970670.0%
146Redford Union Schools District No. 1MI71,9951,39770.0%
147Romulus Community SchoolsMI72,0581,44070.0%
148Cleveland Heights-University Heights CityOH115,0633,53169.7%
149Baltimore City Public SchoolsMD15276,94653,43369.4%
150Portsmouth City Public SchoolsVA2212,9058,96169.4%

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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