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Tennessee: the school districts with the highest share of Black students

124 districts

Tennessee 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.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
1Memphis-Shelby County SchoolsTN211111,97979,87571.3%
2Haywood CountyTN72,4221,63067.3%
3Humboldt City SchoolsTN31,04467965.0%
4Tennessee Public Charter School CommissionTN176,9794,12359.1%
5Fayette County Public SchoolsTN72,9091,65757.0%
6Hardeman County SchoolsTN93,1571,68953.5%
7Madison CountyTN2513,0176,94153.3%
8Lauderdale CountyTN73,2771,35741.4%
9DyersburgTN42,5851,03840.2%
10Millington Municipal SchoolsTN32,58794136.4%
11Davidson CountyTN16081,53228,14334.5%
12FayettevilleTN31,08034732.1%
13Union CityTN31,64745327.5%
14BartlettTN108,8342,40227.2%
15MurfreesboroTN139,3422,37425.4%
16Montgomery CountyTN4640,24310,04825.0%
17TrentonTN41,37232523.7%
18Hamilton CountyTN8245,98110,87423.6%
19Tipton CountyTN149,9752,31623.2%
20MilanTN42,02645822.6%
21Achievement School DistrictTN155,3091,04819.7%
22Rutherford CountyTN5352,1279,01517.3%
23LebanonTN74,62879817.2%
24Maury CountyTN2413,0982,11016.1%
25ParisTN31,53822914.9%
26Union CountyTN115,51480714.6%
27ColliervilleTN109,3531,32514.2%
28Johnson CountyTN84,95267613.7%
29ArlingtonTN44,40358413.3%
30Knox CountyTN9360,1857,72012.8%
31LakelandTN22,53831712.5%
32AlcoaTN42,27027212.0%
33Crockett CountyTN51,96923712.0%
34Chester CountyTN62,80133211.9%
35Lewis CountyTN73,73144511.9%
36Giles CountyTN83,59541111.4%
37Huntingdon Special School DistrictTN41,36415211.1%
38ClevelandTN95,89063010.7%
39GermantownTN76,05364610.7%
40McKenzieTN31,29613910.7%
41Sumner CountyTN5330,7193,15510.3%
42Oak RidgeTN85,07851110.1%
43Weakley CountyTN103,9933919.8%
44Gibson Co Sp DistTN93,8283509.1%
45Franklin SSDTN83,1612688.5%
46Wilson CountyTN2520,7031,7268.3%
47Robertson CountyTN2311,2679218.2%
48Johnson CityTN117,8186288.0%
49Trousdale CountyTN31,4111037.3%
50TullahomaTN83,6322637.2%

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