The school districts with the most Black students in the US

US public school districts ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled, from federal NCES data. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify. The median ranked district is at 51.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	IL	622	324,396	34.2%	110,833
2	BROWARD	FL	325	243,591	38.1%	92,764
3	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	TN	211	111,979	71.3%	79,875
4	Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	199	132,693	49.9%	66,160
5	Gwinnett County	GA	141	182,518	31.6%	57,721
6	MIAMI-DADE	FL	527	335,685	16.5%	55,382
7	PALM BEACH	FL	233	191,505	28.1%	53,827
8	Baltimore City Public Schools	MD	152	76,946	69.4%	53,433
9	DUVAL	FL	206	131,562	39.3%	51,744
10	DeKalb County	GA	131	92,088	54.5%	50,168
11	ORANGE	FL	272	207,778	23.7%	49,190
12	Philadelphia City SD	PA	220	116,230	42.2%	49,070
13	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	186	145,014	33.8%	48,946
14	Clark County	NV	375	301,622	15.9%	48,072
15	HILLSBOROUGH	FL	300	221,318	20.2%	44,790
16	Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	177	110,872	39.1%	43,366
17	Detroit Public Schools Community District	MI	103	48,448	79.3%	38,399
18	HOUSTON ISD	TX	273	176,727	20.8%	36,773
19	Fulton County	GA	107	87,563	40.9%	35,772
20	Atlanta Public Schools	GA	87	49,945	70.0%	34,954
21	Wake County Schools	NC	198	163,176	21.3%	34,710
22	Clayton County	GA	68	51,326	66.9%	34,360
23	Jefferson County	KY	167	95,124	36.1%	34,348
24	Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	208	159,181	21.5%	34,276
25	Milwaukee School District	WI	155	65,835	48.0%	31,625
26	Cobb County	GA	110	105,738	29.3%	31,004
27	Guilford County Schools	NC	123	68,535	41.6%	28,531
28	Los Angeles Unified	CA	784	406,887	7.0%	28,434
29	Davidson County	TN	160	81,532	34.5%	28,143
30	District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	117	52,030	53.8%	27,968
31	Henry County	GA	53	43,012	64.4%	27,706
32	East Baton Rouge Parish	LA	83	40,083	66.6%	26,705
33	DALLAS ISD	TX	240	140,630	18.9%	26,533
34	Mobile County	AL	85	49,946	50.2%	25,062
35	POLK	FL	163	116,552	21.4%	24,934
36	CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD	TX	92	117,927	20.6%	24,298
37	Columbus City Schools District	OH	115	46,249	50.9%	23,531
38	Cumberland County Schools	NC	86	49,002	46.5%	22,784
39	FORT BEND ISD	TX	83	79,663	27.9%	22,206
40	Richmond County	GA	52	30,573	71.6%	21,899
41	Caddo Parish	LA	57	32,649	63.3%	20,654
42	Cleveland Municipal	OH	93	33,065	61.4%	20,313
43	Montgomery County	AL	51	26,958	74.4%	20,066
44	Savannah-Chatham County	GA	58	36,355	54.5%	19,802
45	Cincinnati Public Schools	OH	65	33,844	57.8%	19,546
46	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	125	85,029	22.4%	19,074
47	Jefferson County	AL	55	35,444	51.4%	18,226
48	Richland 02	SC	32	28,841	62.8%	18,113
49	Henrico County Public Schools	VA	69	51,044	34.8%	17,766
50	Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	199	179,323	9.7%	17,464

The school districts with the most Black students

By state

Other district lists