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The public schools with the highest share of Black students in Virginia

1,836 public schools in Virginia appear in this ranking of the public 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. An Achievable Dream Middle and High School Oak Avenue Comple leads the list at 96.1%, against a median of 13.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

1,836

Virginia

Top % Black

96.1%

Median % Black

13.4%

MOST BLACK · VIRGINIA

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	An Achievable Dream Middle and High School Oak Avenue Comple	Highland Springs, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	129	—	96.1%
2	Ruffner School	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	576	531	92.2%
3	Martin Luther King Jr. Middle	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	500	459	91.8%
4	George F. Baker Elementary	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	462	416	90.0%
5	P.B. Young Sr. Elementary	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	241	217	90.0%
6	Glen Lea Elementary	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	461	415	90.0%
7	Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	417	375	89.9%
8	Woodville Elementary	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	217	193	88.9%
9	George W. Carver Elementary	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	404	359	88.9%
10	Harvie Elementary	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	497	440	88.5%
11	Henry Marsh III Elementary	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	512	453	88.5%
12	Fairfield Court Elementary	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	222	196	88.3%
13	Richard Bowling Elementary	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	492	432	87.8%
14	St. Helena Elementary	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	229	201	87.8%
15	R.I.S.E Academy at the John M. Langston Campus	Danville, VA	Danville City Public Schools	163	143	87.7%
16	I.C. Norcom High	Portsmouth, VA	Portsmouth City Public Schools	1,009	883	87.5%
17	Southside STEM Academy at Campostella	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	686	600	87.5%
18	Jacox Elementary	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	596	521	87.4%
19	Frances W. McClenney Elementary	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	302	264	87.4%
20	Berkley/Campostella Early Childhood Education Center	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	165	144	87.3%
21	Overby-Sheppard Elementary	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	256	223	87.1%
22	Fairfield Middle	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	936	815	87.1%
23	Chesterfield Elementary	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	325	280	86.2%
24	Douglass Park Elementary	Portsmouth, VA	Portsmouth City Public Schools	510	436	85.5%
25	Armstrong High	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	709	606	85.5%
26	Cool Spring Elementary	Petersburg, VA	Petersburg City Public Schools	540	461	85.4%
27	Newsome Park Elementary	Newport News, VA	Newport News City Public Schools	386	329	85.2%
28	Highland Springs Elementary	Highland Springs, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	469	399	85.1%
29	Westview Early Childhood Education Center	Petersburg, VA	Petersburg City Public Schools	418	354	84.7%
30	Walnut Hill Elementary	Petersburg, VA	Petersburg City Public Schools	574	486	84.7%
31	Ingleside Elementary	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	574	485	84.5%
32	G.L.H. Johnson Elementary	Danville, VA	Danville City Public Schools	571	480	84.1%
33	Joseph P. King Jr. Middle	Franklin, VA	Franklin City Public Schools	155	—	83.9%
34	Achievable Dream Middle/High	Newport News, VA	Newport News City Public Schools	498	417	83.7%
35	Brighton Elementary	Portsmouth, VA	Portsmouth City Public Schools	483	401	83.0%
36	Arthur Ashe Jr. Elementary	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	425	352	82.8%
37	Vernon Johns Middle	Petersburg, VA	Petersburg City Public Schools	949	785	82.7%
38	Jacob L. Adams Elementary	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	453	372	82.1%
39	Achievable Dream Academy	Newport News, VA	Newport News City Public Schools	641	526	82.1%
40	Laburnum Elementary	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	466	382	82.0%
41	Petersburg High	Petersburg, VA	Petersburg City Public Schools	1,215	991	81.6%
42	Huntington Middle	Newport News, VA	Newport News City Public Schools	292	238	81.5%
43	Discovery STEM Academy	Newport News, VA	Newport News City Public Schools	561	457	81.5%
44	John Marshall Early Childhood Center	Newport News, VA	Newport News City Public Schools	213	173	81.2%
45	Thomas H. Henderson Middle	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	430	346	80.5%
46	Lakeview Elementary	Portsmouth, VA	Portsmouth City Public Schools	439	353	80.4%
47	John Rolfe Middle	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	874	698	79.9%
48	Thurgood Marshall Elementary	Chesapeake, VA	Chesapeake City Public Schools	395	313	79.2%
49	Totaro Elementary	Lawrenceville, VA	Brunswick County Public Schools	295	233	79.0%
50	Brunswick High	Lawrenceville, VA	Brunswick County Public Schools	404	319	79.0%

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