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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 251 to 300.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudents% BlackBlack students
251Rankin County School DistrictMS2718,19626.6%4,844
252LANCASTER ISDTX106,82270.9%4,834
253Lexington 05SC2217,05327.7%4,728
254Kansas CityKS4321,53821.8%4,701
255NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23NY287,25764.8%4,701
256Public Schools of Robeson CountyNC3620,85622.5%4,691
257Spotsylvania County Public SchoolsVA2924,03619.5%4,677
258DUNCANVILLE ISDTX1711,56239.8%4,606
259WorcesterMA4724,77818.5%4,589
260TYLER ISDTX2618,70824.5%4,583
261Kalamazoo Public SchoolsMI2612,22737.2%4,550
262NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICTAR147,71158.8%4,537
263MSD Washington TownshipIN1411,56039.2%4,532
264Iberia ParishLA2311,03741.0%4,529
265Madison Metropolitan School DistrictWI5325,15518.0%4,528
266Hartford School DistrictCT4115,75428.1%4,432
267East St Louis SD 189IL104,64695.3%4,429
268Darlington 01SC188,79350.3%4,424
269Wilson County SchoolsNC2510,45141.8%4,368
270NORTHWEST ISDTX3732,09813.6%4,364
271GRAND PRAIRIE ISDTX4027,24016.0%4,357
272Saint Thomas - Saint John School DistrictVI105,26582.7%4,355
273ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGANMN3629,22414.9%4,351
274AUSTIN ISDTX12372,2726.0%4,342
275Phenix CityAL117,19859.9%4,314
276Onslow County SchoolsNC3927,39715.7%4,298
277SpringfieldMA6623,67018.0%4,262
278Hinds County School DistrictMS84,94085.7%4,235
279PUTNAM CITYOK2618,83622.4%4,214
280Friendship PCSDC154,37895.6%4,186
281Glynn CountyGA1712,75032.7%4,169
282Bulloch CountyGA1510,99937.8%4,162
283Edgecombe County Public SchoolsNC196,31065.5%4,130
284Vicksburg Warren School DistrictMS146,61062.4%4,124
285Tennessee Public Charter School CommissionTN176,97959.1%4,123
286COLUMBIA 93MO3418,64021.9%4,087
287BAYFL4727,49414.8%4,082
288NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8NY5221,62118.9%4,078
289Grand Rapids Public SchoolsMI5013,90329.3%4,077
290CEDAR HILL ISDTX126,25365.2%4,076
291Elizabeth Public SchoolsNJ3727,58014.8%4,074
292Southfield Public School DistrictMI134,69286.8%4,072
293Champaign CUSD 4IL1810,59838.2%4,049
294Pickerington LocalOH1611,72934.4%4,036
295Westerville CityOH2414,58927.6%4,033
296DESOTO ISDTX115,70870.2%4,007
297Trenton Public School DistrictNJ2513,54929.5%4,001
298Meridian Public SchoolsMS94,38591.1%3,995
299Sacramento City UnifiedCA7337,65710.6%3,984
300Decatur SD 61IL157,84050.8%3,980

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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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