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North Carolina: the most racially diverse school districts

111 districts

North Carolina public school districts ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random from the district belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify. The median ranked district is at 61.5%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Hoke County SchoolsNC148,73275.1%
2Public Schools of Robeson CountyNC3620,85674.8%
3Cabarrus County SchoolsNC4435,56874.5%
4Hickory City SchoolsNC93,73574.1%
5Wake County SchoolsNC198163,17672.8%
6Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsNC186145,01472.4%
7Alamance-Burlington SchoolsNC3722,66171.8%
8Winston Salem / Forsyth County SchoolsNC7951,74571.7%
9Newton Conover City SchoolsNC72,65471.6%
10Bladen County SchoolsNC123,92871.1%
11Guilford County SchoolsNC12368,53571.0%
12Franklin County SchoolsNC167,97870.7%
13Harnett County SchoolsNC2920,09570.6%
14Lexington City SchoolsNC72,95370.5%
15Richmond County SchoolsNC156,50470.4%
16Wayne County Public SchoolsNC3317,15070.4%
17Granville County SchoolsNC166,40270.3%
18Durham Public SchoolsNC5531,79770.3%
19Chapel Hill-Carrboro City SchoolsNC2011,39269.9%
20Kannapolis City SchoolsNC95,37769.9%
21Craven County Board of EducationNC2612,15269.7%
22Cumberland County SchoolsNC8649,00269.1%
23Montgomery County SchoolsNC113,58768.8%
24Wilson County SchoolsNC2510,45168.8%
25Gaston County SchoolsNC5630,99568.7%
26Clinton City SchoolsNC53,01568.6%
27Greene County SchoolsNC62,69968.5%
28Thomasville City SchoolsNC42,14968.1%
29Beaufort County SchoolsNC135,60168.0%
30Johnston County Public SchoolsNC4837,32067.6%
31Scotland County SchoolsNC105,41667.5%
32Lee County SchoolsNC169,16867.3%
33Whiteville City SchoolsNC52,04267.0%
34Rowan-Salisbury SchoolsNC3217,68367.0%
35Jones County SchoolsNC51,01666.6%
36Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public SchoolsNC135,01466.5%
37Orange County SchoolsNC136,98266.5%
38Nash County Public SchoolsNC2814,58766.3%
39Pitt County SchoolsNC4024,47066.2%
40Lenoir County Public SchoolsNC178,33166.0%
41Person County SchoolsNC124,49766.0%
42Union County Public SchoolsNC5241,27265.9%
43Columbus County SchoolsNC125,44065.7%
44Pine Springs Preparatory AcademyNC23,81065.5%
45Sampson County SchoolsNC187,98665.2%
46Duplin County SchoolsNC139,82265.1%
47Caswell County SchoolsNC62,09864.6%
48Edenton-Chowan SchoolsNC41,76764.1%
49Chatham County SchoolsNC218,98763.8%
50Rockingham County SchoolsNC2311,11463.7%

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