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The school districts with the most Native American students

7,880 districts

US public school districts ranked by the total number of American Indian or Alaska Native students enrolled, from federal NCES data. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify. The median ranked district is at 6.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudents% Native AmericanNative American students
1GALLUPNM3312,69862.2%7,896
2Public Schools of Robeson CountyNC3620,85636.7%7,650
3Anchorage School DistrictAK9240,58710.6%4,320
4ALBUQUERQUENM17174,0415.2%3,858
5CENTRALNM164,53983.7%3,800
6FARMINGTONNM2010,74535.1%3,771
7Lower Kuskokwim School DistrictAK293,86695.2%3,679
8Chinle Unified District (4158)AZ72,91099.1%2,884
9Mesa Unified District (4235)AZ8155,8214.1%2,292
10Flagstaff Unified District (4192)AZ168,59526.6%2,284
11Whiteriver Unified District (4394)AZ52,23197.4%2,172
12Rapid City Area School District 51-4SD2612,61016.9%2,134
13Lower Yukon School DistrictAK112,02796.5%1,957
14NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27NY6339,2095.0%1,944
15Todd County School District 66-1SD111,98093.9%1,859
16Page Unified School District #8 (4196)AZ62,26980.1%1,818
17Northwest Arctic Borough School DistrictAK131,94592.1%1,791
18EPIC CHARTER VIRTUAL SCHOOLOK228,5366.2%1,771
19Bering Strait School DistrictAK151,74596.2%1,679
20Window Rock Unified District (4154)AZ61,70598.2%1,674
21Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1SD61,69695.5%1,620
22San Juan DistrictUT112,87354.2%1,558
23BELCOURT 7ND41,51898.6%1,496
24Kayenta Unified School District #27 (4396)AZ41,54494.9%1,465
25RED LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTMN91,51996.4%1,464
26Tucson Unified District (4403)AZ8840,3163.6%1,454
27NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28NY5036,3404.0%1,450
28GRANTSNM123,05647.3%1,447
29North Slope Borough School DistrictAK111,85377.3%1,433
30San Carlos Unified District (4210)AZ41,43898.8%1,421
31Matanuska-Susitna Borough School DistrictAK4919,4957.0%1,374
32Tuba City Unified School District #15 (4197)AZ61,38197.8%1,351
33TULSAOK6933,6173.9%1,312
34BROKEN ARROWOK2719,9836.3%1,253
35BERNALILLONM112,76144.9%1,241
36TAHLEQUAHOK63,71232.5%1,208
37Browning ElemMT71,28093.7%1,199
38Bemidji Public School DistrictMN144,72225.1%1,186
39Sioux Falls School District 49-5SD4425,0604.6%1,165
40Fairbanks North Star Borough School DistrictAK3412,2149.0%1,101
41Minneapolis Public School DistrictMN8629,9283.6%1,078
42Holbrook Unified District (4389)AZ51,80658.8%1,062
43PALM BEACHFL233191,5050.6%1,056
44Galena City School DistrictAK48,16812.9%1,053
45CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLSMN41,11994.0%1,052
46Billings ElemMT2911,3779.0%1,026
47Chicago Public Schools Dist 299IL622324,3960.3%1,015
48Pinon Unified District (4390)AZ31,01997.4%992
49BISMARCK 1ND2614,0867.0%987
50Madison CountyAL2820,6914.6%959

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Alaska 24Alabama 125Arkansas 187Arizona 155California 562Colorado 89Connecticut 111District of Columbia 13Delaware 16Florida 69Georgia 147Guam 1Hawaii 1Iowa 170Idaho 64Illinois 377Indiana 238Kansas 147Kentucky 126Louisiana 63Massachusetts 207Maryland 23Maine 82Michigan 408Minnesota 219Missouri 235Northern Mariana Islands 1Mississippi 90Montana 54North Carolina 113North Dakota 35Nebraska 81New Hampshire 59New Jersey 299New Mexico 48Nevada 15New York 448Ohio 393Oklahoma 224Oregon 117Pennsylvania 375Puerto Rico 1Rhode Island 35South Carolina 73South Dakota 49Tennessee 125Texas 669Utah 53Virginia 122US Virgin Islands 2Vermont 33Washington 180Wisconsin 250West Virginia 43Wyoming 34

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