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District rankings · Most Black (count)

New York: the school districts with the most Black students

567 districts

New York 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.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudents% BlackBlack students
1BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY6129,42541.1%12,099
2NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17NY4916,99068.4%11,616
3NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29NY4621,81751.7%11,286
4ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY5125,94939.1%10,147
5NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11NY6230,13831.9%9,612
6SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY3118,60850.9%9,477
7NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18NY3411,06277.1%8,528
8NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27NY6339,20919.8%7,771
9NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2NY11954,59913.4%7,303
10NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22NY4030,20723.0%6,938
11NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19NY5318,61935.3%6,580
12NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13NY4219,15133.6%6,443
13NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31NY7456,57710.8%6,100
14NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28NY5036,34016.4%5,976
15NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9NY7023,78625.0%5,948
16NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10NY8340,45914.0%5,681
17NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23NY287,25764.8%4,701
18NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8NY5221,62118.9%4,078
19MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICTNY166,65458.3%3,876
20NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21NY4033,61011.3%3,786
21YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY4224,37615.0%3,652
22NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7NY4113,62526.3%3,586
23NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12NY4715,70521.8%3,423
24ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY168,50938.7%3,296
25NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16NY235,17563.5%3,287
26NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5NY287,76141.8%3,247
27NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3NY4419,47816.6%3,226
28NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15NY5125,92511.8%3,066
29NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14NY3815,28818.9%2,892
30NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26NY3429,2039.7%2,829
31NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY116,62534.3%2,275
32UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY139,07525.1%2,275
33NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4NY3011,31619.5%2,211
34SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY158,94823.9%2,139
35NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30NY5335,3375.9%2,096
36BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY74,30948.1%2,074
37NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY1210,76218.6%2,002
38UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY85,99531.9%1,915
39NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY109,83718.3%1,803
40GREECE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY179,93517.3%1,718
41NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25NY4633,7045.1%1,707
42EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY)NY1410,42415.6%1,627
43LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY78,78718.1%1,588
44POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY73,72442.3%1,574
45SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTNY57,72719.9%1,541
46MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY67,17620.8%1,494
47WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY99,38615.1%1,416
48VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTNY44,54730.7%1,396
49NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6NY4517,4157.8%1,365
50BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY1717,8447.3%1,298

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