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The public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Durham County, North Carolina

14 public high schools in Durham County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the highest share of Black students, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Durham School of Technology leads the list at 66.7%, against a median of 37.8% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Durham County, North Carolina

Top % Black

66.7%

Median % Black

37.8%

MOST BLACK · DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black
1	Durham School of Technology	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	219	66.7%(146)
2	Hillside High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,433	59.9%(859)
3	J D Clement Early College HS	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	380	56.3%(214)
4	Durham's Performance Learning Center	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	122	50.0%(61)
5	The School for Creative Studies	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	350	48.9%(171)
6	Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,384	45.1%(624)
7	Northern High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,281	38.9%(498)
8	City of Medicine Academy	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	329	36.8%(121)
9	C E Jordan High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	2,189	29.8%(653)
10	Riverside High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,900	28.1%(534)
11	Middle College HS @ DTCC	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	164	28.1%(46)
12	Discovery Charter	Bahama, NC	Discovery Charter School	453	25.2%(114)
13	Durham School of the Arts	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,764	24.8%(437)
14	Research Triangle High School	Durham, NC	Research Triangle High School	572	15.7%(90)

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Racial and ethnic enrollment shares are factual figures reported by each school to the federal government (NCES). This list describes the composition of student bodies and is not an evaluation or endorsement of any school.

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