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

342 public middle schools in Virginia appear in this ranking of the public middle 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. Ruffner School leads the list at 92.2%, against a median of 13.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

342

Virginia

Top % Black

92.2%

Median % Black

13.5%

MOST BLACK · VIRGINIA

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Ruffner School	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	576	531	92.2%
2	Martin Luther King Jr. Middle	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	500	459	91.8%
3	Fairfield Middle	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	936	815	87.1%
4	Joseph P. King Jr. Middle	Franklin, VA	Franklin City Public Schools	155	—	83.9%
5	Vernon Johns Middle	Petersburg, VA	Petersburg City Public Schools	949	785	82.7%
6	Huntington Middle	Newport News, VA	Newport News City Public Schools	292	238	81.5%
7	Thomas H. Henderson Middle	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	430	346	80.5%
8	John Rolfe Middle	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	874	698	79.9%
9	Cradock Middle	Portsmouth, VA	Portsmouth City Public Schools	516	395	76.5%
10	James S. Russell Middle	Lawrenceville, VA	Brunswick County Public Schools	288	216	75.0%
11	Dogwood Middle	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	371	278	74.9%
12	Westwood Middle	Danville, VA	Danville City Public Schools	642	466	72.6%
13	Edward W. Wyatt Middle	Emporia, VA	Greensville County Public Schools	448	325	72.5%
14	C. Alton Lindsay Middle	Hampton, VA	Hampton City Public Schools	612	441	72.1%
15	Crittenden Middle	Newport News, VA	Newport News City Public Schools	781	552	70.7%
16	John F. Kennedy Middle	Suffolk, VA	Suffolk City Public Schools	498	348	69.9%
17	Churchland Middle	Portsmouth, VA	Portsmouth City Public Schools	798	555	69.5%
18	King's Fork Middle	Suffolk, VA	Suffolk City Public Schools	986	670	68.0%
19	Lucille M. Brown Middle	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	605	411	67.9%
20	Cesar Tarrant Middle	Hampton, VA	Hampton City Public Schools	737	488	66.2%
21	Norview Middle	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	1,196	789	66.0%
22	Thomas Eaton Middle	Hampton, VA	Hampton City Public Schools	581	381	65.6%
23	Sussex Central Middle	Sussex, VA	Sussex County Public Schools	238	156	65.5%
24	William E. Waters Middle	Portsmouth, VA	Portsmouth City Public Schools	549	358	65.2%
25	Oscar Smith Middle	Chesapeake, VA	Chesapeake City Public Schools	967	621	64.2%
26	L. Douglas Wilder Middle	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	758	472	62.3%
27	Prince Edward Middle	Farmville, VA	Prince Edward County Public Schools	520	318	61.1%
28	Martinsville Middle	Martinsville, VA	Martinsville City Public Schools	387	236	61.0%
29	Elko Middle	Sandston, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	695	416	59.9%
30	Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle	Roanoke, VA	Roanoke City Public Schools	540	322	59.6%
31	Blair Middle	Norfolk, VA	Norfolk City Public Schools	1,141	676	59.3%
32	Albert Hill Middle	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	505	297	58.8%
33	Carter G. Woodson Middle	Hopewell, VA	Hopewell City Public Schools	803	469	58.4%
34	O. Trent Bonner Middle	Danville, VA	Danville City Public Schools	501	288	57.5%
35	Colonel Fred Cherry Middle	SUFFOLK, VA	Suffolk City Public Schools	736	408	55.4%
36	Sandusky Middle	Lynchburg, VA	Lynchburg City Public Schools	583	322	55.2%
37	Bayside Middle	Virginia Beach, VA	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	628	340	54.1%
38	Homer L. Hines Middle	Newport News, VA	Newport News City Public Schools	846	454	53.7%
39	James H. Cary Intermediate	Tappahannock, VA	Essex County Public Schools	299	157	52.5%
40	Bayside 6th Grade Campus	Virginia Beach, VA	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	329	172	52.3%
41	Indian River Middle	Chesapeake, VA	Chesapeake City Public Schools	743	388	52.2%
42	B.T. Washington Middle	Newport News, VA	Newport News City Public Schools	413	215	52.1%
43	Carver Middle	Chester, VA	Chesterfield County Public Schools	970	503	51.9%
44	Mary Passage Middle	Newport News, VA	Newport News City Public Schools	931	478	51.3%
45	Benjamin Syms Middle	Hampton, VA	Hampton City Public Schools	850	424	49.9%
46	Ella J. Fitzgerald Middle	Newport News, VA	Newport News City Public Schools	988	473	47.9%
47	Linkhorne Middle	Lynchburg, VA	Lynchburg City Public Schools	519	247	47.6%
48	Thomas C. Boushall Middle	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	621	292	47.0%
49	Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle for Innovation	Lynchburg, VA	Lynchburg City Public Schools	531	249	46.9%
50	Crestwood Middle	Chesapeake, VA	Chesapeake City Public Schools	557	260	46.7%

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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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