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The school districts with the most Black students

9,048 districts

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. Showing ranks 51 to 100.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudents% BlackBlack students
51Birmingham CityAL4320,95483.3%17,451
52Greenville 01SC8978,77621.8%17,190
53PINELLASFL15187,95519.2%16,912
54ST. LUCIEFL5349,30834.3%16,898
55Prince William County Public SchoolsVA9590,24218.7%16,866
56Chesterfield County Public SchoolsVA6564,19426.2%16,832
57Muscogee CountyGA5430,09155.7%16,771
58Bibb CountyGA3521,33476.5%16,315
59Charles County Public SchoolsMD3828,16257.6%16,210
60Jackson Public SchoolsMS4519,76579.4%15,693
61Jefferson ParishLA7446,79032.6%15,258
62Winston Salem / Forsyth County SchoolsNC7951,74529.0%15,005
63Virginia Beach City Public SchoolsVA8264,73123.1%14,954
64DeSoto County School DistrictMS3934,93442.6%14,872
65KATY ISDTX7896,11115.5%14,855
66Norfolk City Public SchoolsVA4426,80755.2%14,797
67Douglas CountyGA3525,52157.4%14,658
68KILLEEN ISDTX5542,88333.8%14,500
69Howard County Public SchoolsMD7757,56525.1%14,432
70Richland 01SC4721,81465.5%14,295
71LEEFL116102,52413.6%13,971
72Charleston 01SC8152,00926.8%13,945
73Newport News City Public SchoolsVA4025,88252.6%13,618
74ST. LOUIS CITYMO6217,93374.8%13,405
75HAZELWOODMO3116,32182.1%13,398
76BostonMA10946,43728.7%13,335
77ARLINGTON ISDTX7553,39425.0%13,330
78LEONFL5131,57942.1%13,310
79HUMBLE ISDTX5048,50227.3%13,238
80FORT WORTH ISDTX13670,61218.5%13,063
81Houston CountyGA3830,93941.4%12,820
82ESCAMBIAFL6636,79534.2%12,579
83Newark Public School DistrictNJ6541,50230.2%12,527
84Chesapeake City Public SchoolsVA4540,60730.8%12,520
85OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLSNE9452,52423.3%12,261
86SPRING ISDTX4233,67836.4%12,243
87LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICTAR4022,32054.7%12,202
88MANSFIELD ISDTX4735,35434.5%12,185
89BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY6129,42541.1%12,099
90Lafayette ParishLA4429,39640.6%11,936
91Richmond City Public SchoolsVA4720,96256.3%11,795
92ALDINE ISDTX7656,41920.8%11,729
93Newton CountyGA2218,67262.7%11,703
94Denver Public SchoolsCO19890,47112.9%11,663
95NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17NY4916,99068.4%11,616
96Dougherty CountyGA2213,24187.2%11,548
97Hampton City Public SchoolsVA3019,47259.0%11,486
98Durham Public SchoolsNC5531,79736.1%11,476
99Pitt County SchoolsNC4024,47046.8%11,449
100BREVARDFL10973,58715.5%11,398

By state

55 states
Alaska 21Alabama 143Arkansas 206Arizona 149California 578Colorado 91Connecticut 130District of Columbia 16Delaware 17Florida 70Georgia 172Guam 1Hawaii 1Iowa 229Idaho 64Illinois 505Indiana 283Kansas 154Kentucky 158Louisiana 69Massachusetts 230Maryland 24Maine 84Michigan 451Minnesota 254Missouri 279Northern Mariana Islands 1Mississippi 136Montana 50North Carolina 116North Dakota 34Nebraska 88New Hampshire 73New Jersey 371New Mexico 45Nevada 15New York 567Ohio 568Oklahoma 218Oregon 115Pennsylvania 472Puerto Rico 1Rhode Island 37South Carolina 75South Dakota 39Tennessee 134Texas 742Utah 53Virginia 130US Virgin Islands 2Vermont 45Washington 175Wisconsin 278West Virginia 55Wyoming 34

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