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The public schools with the highest share of Black students in Kanawha County, West Virginia

Across Kanawha County, West Virginia, 63 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Piedmont Year-Round Education leads the list at 48.4%, against a median of 6.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Kanawha County, West Virginia

Top % Black

48.4%

Median % Black

6.0%

MOST BLACK · KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Piedmont Year-Round Education	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	279	135	48.4%
2	Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	453	169	37.3%
3	West Side Middle School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	374	135	36.1%
4	Edgewood Elementary	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	413	125	30.3%
5	Capital High School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	1,051	309	29.4%
6	Dunbar Primary Center	Dunbar, WV	Kanawha County Schools	271	60	22.1%
7	South Charleston High School	South Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	874	187	21.4%
8	Horace Mann Middle School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	385	82	21.3%
9	Richmond Elementary School	South Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	213	45	21.1%
10	Dunbar Middle School	Dunbar, WV	Kanawha County Schools	325	68	20.9%
11	Kanawha City Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	242	46	19.0%
12	Dunbar Intermediate Center	Dunbar, WV	Kanawha County Schools	232	44	19.0%
13	Grandview Elementary School	Charleston, WV	KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOLS	134	—	18.7%
14	KCS Alternative Learning	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	134	24	17.9%
15	Chamberlain Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	225	33	14.7%
16	Bridgeview Elementary School	South Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	417	58	13.9%
17	Weberwood Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	247	32	13.0%
18	South Charleston Middle School	South Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	354	43	12.2%
19	Montrose Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	224	26	11.6%
20	Ruffner Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	271	28	10.3%
21	Overbrook Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	375	38	10.1%
22	Cross Lanes Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	294	27	9.2%
23	Central Elementary School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	304	25	8.2%
24	Malden Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	160	13	8.1%
25	Alban Elementary School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	376	29	7.7%
26	George C. Weimer Elementary School	Saint Albans, WV	KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOLS	134	—	6.7%
27	Belle Elementary School	Belle, WV	Kanawha County Schools	255	17	6.7%
28	Kenna Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	180	12	6.7%
29	McKinley Middle School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	255	17	6.7%
30	Nitro High School	Nitro, WV	Kanawha County Schools	818	53	6.5%
31	John Adams Middle School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	740	46	6.2%
32	Riverside High School	Belle, WV	Kanawha County Schools	1,057	64	6.0%
33	George Washington High School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	1,145	69	6.0%
34	Anne Bailey Elementary School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	221	13	5.9%
35	Du Pont Middle School	Belle, WV	Kanawha County Schools	440	25	5.7%
36	Point Harmony Elementary School	Cross Lanes, WV	Kanawha County Schools	440	24	5.5%
37	Saint Albans High School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	882	46	5.2%
38	Andrew Jackson Middle School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	488	24	4.9%
39	Nitro Elementary School	Nitro, WV	Kanawha County Schools	377	18	4.8%
40	Lakewood Elementary School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	294	13	4.4%
41	Holz Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	304	13	4.3%
42	Marmet Elementary School	Marmet, WV	KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOLS	103	—	3.9%
43	Pratt Elementary School	Pratt, WV	Kanawha County Schools	148	5	3.4%
44	Alum Creek Elementary School	South Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	151	5	3.3%
45	Mary Ingles Elementary School	Tad, WV	Kanawha County Schools	143	4	2.8%
46	East Bank Middle School	East Bank, WV	Kanawha County Schools	227	6	2.6%
47	Shoals Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	191	5	2.6%
48	Hayes Middle School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	464	12	2.6%
49	Andrews Heights Elementary School	Tornado, WV	Kanawha County Schools	233	4	1.7%
50	Elk Elementary Center	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	475	7	1.5%

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