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

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