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The public schools with the highest share of Black students in Lorain County, Ohio

Across Lorain County, Ohio, 82 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. New Beginnings leads the list at 40.0%, against a median of 3.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lorain County, Ohio

Top % Black

40.0%

Median % Black

3.8%

MOST BLACK · LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black
1	New Beginnings	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	125	40.0%(50)
2	Hamilton Elementary School	Elyria, OH	Elyria City Schools	437	31.4%(137)
3	Longfellow Middle School	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	398	30.9%(123)
4	Frank Jacinto Elementary	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	307	30.3%(93)
5	Lorain Preparatory Academy	Lorain, OH	Lorain Preparatory Academy	416	29.3%(122)
6	General Johnnie Wilson Middle School	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	439	28.7%(126)
7	Lorain High School	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	1,773	26.6%(472)
8	Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Middle	Lorain, OH	Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Middle	102	26.5%(27)
9	Constellation Schools: Elyria Community	Elyria, OH	Constellation Schools: Elyria Community	409	26.4%(108)
10	Southview Middle School	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	423	25.1%(106)
11	Stevan Dohanos Elementary School	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	301	24.3%(73)
12	Westwood Middle School	Elyria, OH	Elyria City Schools	480	23.8%(114)
13	Hawthorne Elementary School	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	218	23.4%(51)
14	Garfield Elementary School	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	259	23.2%(60)
15	Lorain Bilingual Preparatory Academy	Lorain, OH	Lorain Bilingual Preparatory Academy	248	22.6%(56)
16	Black River Career Prep High School	Elyria, OH	Black River Career Prep High School	182	22.5%(41)
17	Admiral King Elementary School	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	278	22.3%(62)
18	Washington Elementary School	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	287	21.6%(62)
19	Lorain Preparatory High School	Lorain, OH	Lorain Preparatory High School	109	20.2%(22)
20	Toni Wofford Morrison ES	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	324	20.1%(65)
21	Elyria High School	Elyria, OH	Elyria City Schools	1,540	19.9%(307)
22	Palm Elementary School	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	295	19.7%(58)
23	Larkmoor Elementary School	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	432	19.0%(82)
24	Westwood Elementary School	Elyria, OH	Elyria City Schools	441	18.1%(80)
25	Langston Middle School	Oberlin, OH	Oberlin City Schools	184	16.9%(31)
26	Durling Middle School	Lorain, OH	Clearview Local	448	16.3%(73)
27	Oberlin High School	Oberlin, OH	Oberlin City Schools	218	16.1%(35)
28	Oberlin Elementary School	Oberlin, OH	Oberlin City Schools	356	16.0%(57)
29	Eastern Heights Middle School	Elyria, OH	Elyria City Schools	549	15.8%(87)
30	Ely Elementary School	Elyria, OH	Elyria City Schools	462	15.4%(71)
31	Sheffield Academy	Sheffield Village, OH	Sheffield Academy	188	14.9%(28)
32	Northwood Middle School	Elyria, OH	Elyria City Schools	599	14.7%(88)
33	Clearview High School	Lorain, OH	Clearview Local	333	14.4%(48)
34	Elyria Early Childhood Center	Elyria, OH	Elyria City Schools	302	12.6%(38)
35	Vincent Elementary School	Lorain, OH	Clearview Local	456	12.3%(56)
36	Helen Steiner Rice ES	Lorain, OH	Lorain City	291	12.0%(35)
37	Eastern Heights Elementary School	Elyria, OH	Elyria City Schools	559	10.6%(59)
38	Northwood Elementary School	Elyria, OH	Elyria City Schools	333	8.4%(28)
39	William R Burton	Oberlin, OH	Lorain County JVS	1,194	6.5%(77)
40	Avon Heritage Elementary School	Avon, OH	Avon Local	977	4.4%(43)
41	Avon Middle School	Avon, OH	Avon Local	976	4.0%(39)
42	Forestlawn Early Learning Center	Sheffield Lake, OH	Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City	163	3.7%(6)
43	Amherst Junior High School	Amherst, OH	Amherst Exempted Village	859	3.5%(30)
44	Midview East Intermediate School	Grafton, OH	Midview Local	435	3.5%(15)
45	Midview North Elementary School	Grafton, OH	Midview Local	517	3.3%(17)
46	Avon East Elementary School	Avon, OH	Avon Local	539	3.1%(17)
47	Ranger High Tech Academy	North Ridgeville, OH	North Ridgeville City	259	3.1%(8)
48	Walter G. Nord Middle School	Amherst, OH	Amherst Exempted Village	556	3.1%(17)
49	Midview Middle School	Grafton, OH	Midview Local	427	3.0%(13)
50	Midview High School	Grafton, OH	Midview Local	727	3.0%(22)

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