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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 201 to 250.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
201Western Line SchoolsMS41,7391,10763.7%
202Florence 03SC82,7671,75963.6%
203NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16NY235,1753,28763.5%
204Bamberg 03SC61,8171,15263.4%
205Caddo ParishLA5732,64920,65463.3%
206Richland 02SC3228,84118,11362.8%
207Newton CountyGA2218,67211,70362.7%
208Burke CountyGA53,8412,40462.6%
209Dayton CityOH2612,1187,59062.6%
210Penn Hills SDPA32,9031,81562.5%
211Mt Healthy CityOH62,7891,74162.4%
212Salem City School DistrictNJ31,25278162.4%
213Vicksburg Warren School DistrictMS146,6104,12462.4%
214Butler CountyAL62,6991,67962.2%
215South Lake SchoolsMI41,38586262.2%
216Louisville Municipal School DistrictMS62,4131,48961.7%
217Two Rivers PCSDC31,02263061.6%
218Cleveland MunicipalOH9333,06520,31361.4%
219Washington County SchoolsNC51,31780961.4%
220BrocktonMA2415,2809,35361.2%
221Thomasville CityGA52,6221,59360.8%
222BEAUMONT ISDTX2616,3369,91060.7%
223Ferndale Public SchoolsMI63,1021,88460.7%
224Lansing SD 158IL52,5471,54760.7%
225Woodland Hills SDPA53,1281,89860.7%
226Zachary Community School DistrictLA75,4943,33460.7%
227St. James ParishLA63,1941,93460.6%
228Kosciusko School DistrictMS51,9731,19460.5%
229Dothan CityAL168,2204,94660.2%
230MSD Pike TownshipIN1310,6746,40460.0%
231CENTER 58MO72,3391,40259.9%
232Phenix CityAL117,1984,31459.9%
233Leake County School DistrictMS52,4081,43559.6%
234Crisp CountyGA53,3111,96259.3%
235Red River ParishLA51,24373559.1%
236Tennessee Public Charter School CommissionTN176,9794,12359.1%
237Hampton City Public SchoolsVA3019,47211,48659.0%
238Carman-Ainsworth Community SchoolsMI93,5002,06358.9%
239Pickens CountyAL62,2101,30158.9%
240NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICTAR147,7114,53758.8%
241MARION SCHOOL DISTRICTAR63,8882,28058.6%
242McDuffie CountyGA63,0881,81158.6%
243TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICTAR83,8302,23858.4%
244MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICTNY166,6543,87658.3%
245DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICTAR41,03960257.9%
246Cincinnati Public SchoolsOH6533,84419,54657.8%
247Hopewell City Public SchoolsVA63,9492,28457.8%
248Calhoun 01SC31,46584657.7%
249Charles County Public SchoolsMD3828,16216,21057.6%
250Marlboro 01SC73,3801,94757.6%

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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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