South Carolina: the school districts with the highest share of Black students

72 districts

South Carolina 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.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Lee 01	SC	5	1,275	1,147	90.0%
2	Williamsburg 01	SC	10	2,794	2,415	86.4%
3	Fairfield 01	SC	7	2,103	1,750	83.2%
4	Marion 10	SC	9	3,633	2,760	76.0%
5	Orangeburg	SC	27	10,462	7,413	70.9%
6	Richland 01	SC	47	21,814	14,295	65.5%
7	Hampton	SC	9	2,272	1,472	64.8%
8	Sumter 01	SC	24	13,871	8,836	63.7%
9	Florence 03	SC	8	2,767	1,759	63.6%
10	Bamberg 03	SC	6	1,817	1,152	63.4%
11	Richland 02	SC	32	28,841	18,113	62.8%
12	Calhoun 01	SC	3	1,465	846	57.7%
13	Marlboro 01	SC	7	3,380	1,947	57.6%
14	Florence 01	SC	23	15,861	8,535	53.8%
15	Barnwell	SC	9	3,123	1,654	53.0%
16	Clarendon 06	SC	10	4,368	2,305	52.8%
17	Darlington 01	SC	18	8,793	4,424	50.3%
18	Colleton 01	SC	8	4,539	2,215	48.8%
19	Dillon 04	SC	8	4,664	2,173	46.6%
20	Spartanburg 07	SC	10	7,624	3,274	42.9%
21	Chester 01	SC	11	4,523	1,936	42.8%
22	Greenwood 50	SC	13	8,477	3,518	41.5%
23	Georgetown 01	SC	19	8,208	3,366	41.0%
24	York 03	SC	24	16,034	6,287	39.2%
25	Dorchester 04	SC	7	2,566	973	37.9%
26	Laurens 56	SC	6	2,707	999	36.9%
27	Edgefield 01	SC	7	3,069	1,128	36.8%
28	Jasper 01	SC	4	2,901	1,017	35.1%
29	Union 01	SC	6	3,542	1,238	35.0%
30	Dillon 03	SC	3	1,492	519	34.8%
31	Chesterfield 01	SC	16	6,872	2,345	34.1%
32	Florence 02	SC	2	1,114	375	33.7%
33	Aiken 01	SC	40	22,916	7,583	33.1%
34	Lexington 02	SC	12	8,465	2,759	32.6%
35	Abbeville 60	SC	8	2,746	893	32.5%
36	Newberry 01	SC	13	5,714	1,852	32.4%
37	Anderson 05	SC	19	12,131	3,902	32.2%
38	SC Public Charter School District	SC	43	21,383	6,499	30.4%
39	Spartanburg 06	SC	14	11,714	3,555	30.3%
40	Dorchester 02	SC	25	25,928	7,250	28.0%
41	Florence 05	SC	3	1,143	318	27.8%
42	Lexington 05	SC	22	17,053	4,728	27.7%
43	Cherokee 01	SC	14	7,525	2,074	27.6%
44	Laurens 55	SC	9	4,984	1,366	27.4%
45	Berkeley 01	SC	47	39,543	10,772	27.2%
46	Lexington 03	SC	4	1,961	533	27.2%
47	Charleston 01	SC	81	52,009	13,945	26.8%
48	Kershaw 01	SC	16	11,135	2,933	26.3%
49	Beaufort 01	SC	32	21,050	4,909	23.3%
50	Lancaster 01	SC	22	15,417	3,546	23.0%

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