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The public K-12 schools with the most Black students in California

150 public K-12 schools in California appear in this ranking of the public K-12 schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. San Bernardino County Special Education leads the list at 250, against a median of 7 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

150

California

Top Black students

250

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	San Bernardino County Special Education	San Bernardino, CA	San Bernardino County Office of Education	1,860	13.4%	250
2	Foshay Learning Center	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,530	12.7%	194
3	California Innovative Career Academy	Sacramento, CA	California Innovative Career Academy District	1,729	9.3%	160
4	San Joaquin County Community	Stockton, CA	San Joaquin County Office of Education	1,021	14.6%	149
5	Independent Study Sojourner Truth	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	481	28.1%	135
6	City of Angels	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,058	10.4%	110
7	San Joaquin County Special Education	Stockton, CA	San Joaquin County Office of Education	904	9.2%	83
8	Las Flores High (Alternative)	Sacramento, CA	Elk Grove Unified	532	12.0%	64
9	Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies	Reseda, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,712	3.6%	61
10	Keema School for Independent Study	Sacramento, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	529	11.3%	60
11	Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	842	6.5%	55
12	Prospects High (Alternative)	Antioch, CA	Antioch Unified	304	17.8%	54
13	San Diego County Community	San Diego, CA	San Diego County Office of Education	510	10.2%	52
14	Solano County Special Education	Fairfield, CA	Solano County Office of Education	368	13.3%	49
15	Kern County Juvenile Court	Bakersfield, CA	Kern County Office of Education	191	23.6%	45
16	Merced County Special Education	Merced, CA	Merced County Office of Education	942	4.7%	44
17	Kern County Community	Bakersfield, CA	Kern County Office of Education	325	12.3%	40
18	Capital City Independent Study	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	258	14.7%	38
19	San Bernardino Co Juve Detention and Assessment Center	San Bernardino, CA	San Bernardino County Office of Education	113	32.7%	37
20	Logan Memorial Educational Campus	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	1,467	2.3%	34
21	Santa Clara County Special Education	San Jose, CA	Santa Clara County Office of Education	771	4.4%	34
22	Marlton	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	135	24.4%	33
23	New Open World Academy K-12	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	911	3.5%	32
24	ACCESS County Community	Costa Mesa, CA	Orange County Department of Education	1,315	2.4%	32
25	San Diego County Court	San Diego, CA	San Diego County Office of Education	219	14.6%	32
26	Berenece Carlson Home Hospital	North Hollywood, CA	Los Angeles Unified	381	7.9%	30
27	Riley/New Dawn	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	142	21.1%	30
28	Alameda County Juvenile Hall/Court	San Leandro, CA	Alameda County Office of Education	56	51.8%	29
29	Alice M. Worsley	Fresno, CA	Fresno County Office of Education	79	35.4%	28
30	Shadow Ridge	Hesperia, CA	Hesperia Unified	378	7.1%	27
31	CCCOE Special Education Programs	Antioch, CA	Contra Costa County Office of Education	116	23.3%	27
32	Riverside County Special Education	Riverside, CA	Riverside County Office of Education	584	4.5%	26
33	Foundations Academy	Mather, CA	Sacramento County Office of Education	171	15.2%	26
34	Stanislaus County Special Education	Modesto, CA	Stanislaus County Office of Education	462	5.6%	26
35	Jessie Baker	Elk Grove, CA	Elk Grove Unified	170	14.1%	24
36	Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori	Hayward, CA	Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori District	643	3.6%	23
37	Kern County Special Education	Bakersfield, CA	Kern County Office of Education	387	5.9%	23
38	Desert Learning Academy	Palm Springs, CA	Palm Springs Unified	317	6.9%	22
39	Riverside County Juvenile Court	Riverside, CA	Riverside County Office of Education	104	21.1%	22
40	Central Unified Alternative/Opportunity	Fresno, CA	Central Unified	260	7.7%	20
41	Kings County Special Education	Hanford, CA	Kings County Office of Education	393	5.1%	20
42	UCLA Community K-12	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	887	2.1%	19
43	Floyd I. Marchus	Concord, CA	Contra Costa County Office of Education	50	38.0%	19
44	Murrieta Canyon Academy	Murrieta, CA	Murrieta Valley Unified	296	6.1%	18
45	ACCESS Juvenile Hall	Costa Mesa, CA	Orange County Department of Education	186	9.7%	18
46	Fresno County Special Education	Fresno, CA	Fresno County Office of Education	597	2.9%	17
47	Marin County Special Education	San Rafael, CA	Marin County Office of Education	215	7.9%	17
48	Monarch	San Diego, CA	San Diego County Office of Education	225	7.6%	17
49	California School for the Deaf-Fremont	Fremont, CA	California School for the Deaf-Fremont (State Special Schl)	279	5.7%	16
50	Oak Park Independent	Oak Park, CA	Oak Park Unified	189	8.5%	16

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