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

117 districts

Virginia 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	Petersburg City Public Schools	VA	7	4,582	3,744	81.7%
2	Brunswick County Public Schools	VA	5	1,369	1,018	74.4%
3	Greensville County Public Schools	VA	3	2,017	1,488	73.8%
4	Portsmouth City Public Schools	VA	22	12,905	8,961	69.4%
5	Danville City Public Schools	VA	13	5,564	3,788	68.1%
6	Franklin City Public Schools	VA	3	1,279	858	67.1%
7	Sussex County Public Schools	VA	3	1,047	695	66.4%
8	Hampton City Public Schools	VA	30	19,472	11,486	59.0%
9	Hopewell City Public Schools	VA	6	3,949	2,284	57.8%
10	Martinsville City Public Schools	VA	5	1,793	1,031	57.5%
11	Richmond City Public Schools	VA	47	20,962	11,795	56.3%
12	Norfolk City Public Schools	VA	44	26,807	14,797	55.2%
13	Prince Edward County Public Schools	VA	3	1,845	1,019	55.2%
14	Suffolk City Public Schools	VA	19	14,565	7,967	54.7%
15	Essex County Public Schools	VA	3	1,092	592	54.2%
16	Newport News City Public Schools	VA	40	25,882	13,618	52.6%
17	Lancaster County Public Schools	VA	3	1,018	522	51.3%
18	Lynchburg City Public Schools	VA	16	7,657	3,731	48.7%
19	Nottoway County Public Schools	VA	5	1,792	777	43.4%
20	Halifax County Public Schools	VA	10	4,496	1,856	41.3%
21	Mecklenburg County Public Schools	VA	6	3,907	1,606	41.1%
22	Southampton County Public Schools	VA	6	2,363	919	38.9%
23	Northampton County Public Schools	VA	4	1,300	504	38.8%
24	Roanoke City Public Schools	VA	24	13,811	5,318	38.5%
25	Accomack County Public Schools	VA	11	4,623	1,738	37.6%
26	Northumberland County Public Schools	VA	3	1,162	426	36.7%
27	Westmoreland County Public Schools	VA	4	1,574	561	35.6%
28	Henrico County Public Schools	VA	69	51,044	17,766	34.8%
29	Cumberland County Public Schools	VA	3	1,278	436	34.1%
30	Buckingham County Public Schools	VA	5	1,868	614	32.9%
31	Dinwiddie County Public Schools	VA	7	4,147	1,328	32.0%
32	Chesapeake City Public Schools	VA	45	40,607	12,520	30.8%
33	Fredericksburg City Public Schools	VA	5	3,629	1,108	30.5%
34	Lunenburg County Public Schools	VA	4	1,577	477	30.2%
35	Prince George County Public Schools	VA	7	6,220	1,868	30.0%
36	Colonial Heights City Public Schools	VA	5	2,971	791	26.6%
37	Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	65	64,194	16,832	26.2%
38	Caroline County Public Schools	VA	5	4,600	1,177	25.6%
39	Charlottesville City Public Schools	VA	9	4,439	1,129	25.4%
40	Isle of Wight County Public Schools	VA	9	5,519	1,352	24.5%
41	Charlotte County Public Schools	VA	5	1,707	408	23.9%
42	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	VA	18	7,830	1,866	23.8%
43	Alexandria City Public Schools	VA	18	16,575	3,895	23.5%
44	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	VA	82	64,731	14,954	23.1%
45	Henry County Public Schools	VA	13	6,916	1,564	22.6%
46	Stafford County Public Schools	VA	32	31,812	7,061	22.2%
47	Richmond County Public Schools	VA	2	1,398	293	21.0%
48	Appomattox County Public Schools	VA	4	2,421	498	20.6%
49	Amherst County Public Schools	VA	9	3,900	767	19.7%
50	Spotsylvania County Public Schools	VA	29	24,036	4,677	19.5%

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