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Tennessee: the school districts with the most Black students

134 districts

Tennessee 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
1Memphis-Shelby County SchoolsTN211111,97971.3%79,875
2Davidson CountyTN16081,53234.5%28,143
3Hamilton CountyTN8245,98123.6%10,874
4Montgomery CountyTN4640,24325.0%10,048
5Rutherford CountyTN5352,12717.3%9,015
6Knox CountyTN9360,18512.8%7,720
7Madison CountyTN2513,01753.3%6,941
8Tennessee Public Charter School CommissionTN176,97959.1%4,123
9Sumner CountyTN5330,71910.3%3,155
10BartlettTN108,83427.2%2,402
11MurfreesboroTN139,34225.4%2,374
12Tipton CountyTN149,97523.2%2,316
13Maury CountyTN2413,09816.1%2,110
14Wilson CountyTN2520,7038.3%1,726
15Hardeman County SchoolsTN93,15753.5%1,689
16Fayette County Public SchoolsTN72,90957.0%1,657
17Haywood CountyTN72,42267.3%1,630
18Williamson CountyTN5241,5933.3%1,375
19Lauderdale CountyTN73,27741.4%1,357
20ColliervilleTN109,35314.2%1,325
21Achievement School DistrictTN155,30919.7%1,048
22DyersburgTN42,58540.2%1,038
23Millington Municipal SchoolsTN32,58736.4%941
24Robertson CountyTN2311,2678.2%921
25Union CountyTN115,51414.6%807
26LebanonTN74,62817.2%798
27Humboldt City SchoolsTN31,04465.0%679
28Johnson CountyTN84,95213.7%676
29GermantownTN76,05310.7%646
30ClevelandTN95,89010.7%630
31Bedford CountyTN159,0427.0%629
32Johnson CityTN117,8188.0%628
33ArlingtonTN44,40313.3%584
34Oak RidgeTN85,07810.1%511
35MilanTN42,02622.6%458
36Union CityTN31,64727.5%453
37Lewis CountyTN73,73111.9%445
38Giles CountyTN83,59511.4%411
39Weakley CountyTN103,9939.8%391
40University SchoolsTN395736.8%352
41Gibson Co Sp DistTN93,8289.1%350
42FayettevilleTN31,08032.1%347
43KingsportTN127,6584.5%344
44Chester CountyTN62,80111.9%332
45TrentonTN41,37223.7%325
46LakelandTN22,53812.5%317
47Putnam CountyTN2211,7762.6%311
48Marshall CountyTN105,3225.7%302
49Hamblen CountyTN1810,3002.8%289
50AlcoaTN42,27012.0%272

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