North Carolina: the school districts with the most Black students

116 districts

North Carolina 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.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	186	145,014	33.8%	48,946
2	Wake County Schools	NC	198	163,176	21.3%	34,710
3	Guilford County Schools	NC	123	68,535	41.6%	28,531
4	Cumberland County Schools	NC	86	49,002	46.5%	22,784
5	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	NC	79	51,745	29.0%	15,005
6	Durham Public Schools	NC	55	31,797	36.1%	11,476
7	Pitt County Schools	NC	40	24,470	46.8%	11,449
8	Cabarrus County Schools	NC	44	35,568	22.8%	8,106
9	Gaston County Schools	NC	56	30,995	25.4%	7,865
10	Johnston County Public Schools	NC	48	37,320	18.6%	6,925
11	Nash County Public Schools	NC	28	14,587	43.2%	6,299
12	Wayne County Public Schools	NC	33	17,150	34.2%	5,861
13	Alamance-Burlington Schools	NC	37	22,661	24.4%	5,531
14	Union County Public Schools	NC	52	41,272	12.3%	5,060
15	Harnett County Schools	NC	29	20,095	24.2%	4,869
16	Public Schools of Robeson County	NC	36	20,856	22.5%	4,691
17	Wilson County Schools	NC	25	10,451	41.8%	4,368
18	Onslow County Schools	NC	39	27,397	15.7%	4,298
19	Edgecombe County Public Schools	NC	19	6,310	65.5%	4,130
20	New Hanover County Schools	NC	42	24,791	16.0%	3,956
21	Lenoir County Public Schools	NC	17	8,331	46.5%	3,871
22	Cleveland County Schools	NC	28	14,504	26.5%	3,841
23	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	NC	32	17,683	19.8%	3,507
24	Vance County Schools	NC	16	5,205	64.9%	3,380
25	Craven County Board of Education	NC	26	12,152	25.0%	3,036
26	Hoke County Schools	NC	14	8,732	34.4%	3,007
27	Iredell-Statesville Schools	NC	38	21,017	14.3%	2,995
28	Scotland County Schools	NC	10	5,416	49.6%	2,685
29	Franklin County Schools	NC	16	7,978	30.6%	2,439
30	Rockingham County Schools	NC	23	11,114	21.5%	2,394
31	Richmond County Schools	NC	15	6,504	36.3%	2,361
32	Granville County Schools	NC	16	6,402	34.4%	2,204
33	Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools	NC	13	5,014	43.6%	2,187
34	Duplin County Schools	NC	13	9,822	19.9%	1,951
35	Brunswick County Schools	NC	20	13,561	13.9%	1,890
36	Hertford County Schools	NC	7	2,367	76.9%	1,820
37	Lee County Schools	NC	16	9,168	19.7%	1,802
38	Beaufort County Schools	NC	13	5,601	31.4%	1,756
39	Halifax County Schools	NC	11	2,150	78.3%	1,683
40	Moore County Schools	NC	23	13,085	12.6%	1,644
41	Buncombe County Schools	NC	45	22,452	7.2%	1,607
42	Anson County Schools	NC	9	2,924	54.9%	1,605
43	Columbus County Schools	NC	12	5,440	27.4%	1,492
44	Bertie County Schools	NC	7	1,819	77.6%	1,412
45	Kannapolis City Schools	NC	9	5,377	25.6%	1,379
46	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	NC	20	11,392	11.9%	1,356
47	Bladen County Schools	NC	12	3,928	34.3%	1,348
48	Martin County Schools	NC	10	3,382	39.7%	1,342
49	Person County Schools	NC	12	4,497	29.8%	1,339
50	Stanly County Schools	NC	23	8,743	14.9%	1,306

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