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The public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Kentucky

This ranking covers the public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Kentucky, drawn from 230 qualifying public high schools. W.E.B. DuBois Academy leads the list at 84.1%, against a median of 2.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

230

Kentucky

Top % Black

84.1%

Median % Black

2.9%

MOST BLACK · KENTUCKY

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	W.E.B. DuBois Academy	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	477	401	84.1%
2	The Academy @ Shawnee	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	1,051	821	78.1%
3	Carter G. Woodson Academy	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	316	238	75.3%
4	Central High Magnet Career Academy	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	1,256	926	73.7%
5	Minor Daniels Academy	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	184	134	72.8%
6	Western High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	409	242	59.2%
7	Butler Traditional High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	1,290	753	58.4%
8	Liberty High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	100	52	52.0%
9	Bluegrass Learning Academy	Hopkinsville, KY	Christian County	130	67	51.5%
10	Iroquois High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	1,301	624	48.0%
11	Doss High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	1,235	579	46.9%
12	Louisville Male High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	1,763	776	44.0%
13	Jeffersontown High	Jeffersontown, KY	Jefferson County	1,196	503	42.1%
14	Waggener High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	888	371	41.8%
15	Paducah Tilghman High School	Paducah, KY	Paducah Independent	860	354	41.2%
16	GEO International High School	Bowling Green, KY	Warren County	148	60	40.5%
17	Pleasure Ridge Park High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	1,777	691	38.9%
18	Martin L King Acad for Excellence Alt	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	164	62	37.8%
19	Christian County High School	Hopkinsville, KY	Christian County	1,153	397	34.4%
20	Seneca High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	1,255	421	33.5%
21	Newcomer Academy	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	578	193	33.4%
22	Hopkinsville High School	Hopkinsville, KY	Christian County	961	320	33.3%
23	Fulton County High School	Hickman, KY	Fulton County	174	57	32.8%
24	Fern Creek High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	1,525	499	32.7%
25	Marion C. Moore School	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	1,892	607	32.1%
26	Bryan Station High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	2,030	650	32.0%
27	Valley High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	850	271	31.9%
28	Frederick Douglass High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	1,770	536	30.3%
29	Southern High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	1,725	508	29.4%
30	Tates Creek High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	1,723	506	29.4%
31	Opportunity Middle College	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	102	29	28.4%
32	STEAM Academy	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	453	119	26.3%
33	Success Academy	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	401	105	26.2%
34	The Phoenix School of Discovery	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	383	99	25.9%
35	Ballard High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	2,148	538	25.1%
36	Warren Central High School	Bowling Green, KY	Warren County	1,070	267	24.9%
37	Fayette County Learning Center	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	191	46	24.1%
38	Eastern High	Middletown, KY	Jefferson County	1,790	405	22.6%
39	Bowling Green High School	Bowling Green, KY	Bowling Green Independent	1,377	310	22.5%
40	Newport High School	Newport, KY	Newport Independent	521	117	22.5%
41	Paris High School	Paris, KY	Paris Independent	267	59	22.1%
42	Holmes High School	Covington, KY	Covington Independent	855	184	21.5%
43	Henry Clay High School	Lexington, KY	Fayette County	1,939	417	21.5%
44	North Hardin High School	Radcliff, KY	Hardin County	1,593	329	20.6%
45	duPont Manual High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	1,899	360	19.0%
46	Atherton High	Louisville, KY	Jefferson County	1,466	271	18.5%
47	Caverna High School	Horse Cave, KY	Caverna Independent	209	37	17.7%
48	John Hardin High School	Elizabethtown, KY	Hardin County	868	153	17.6%
49	Russellville High School	Russellville, KY	Russellville Independent	304	52	17.1%
50	Danville High School	Danville, KY	Danville Independent	492	83	16.9%

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