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The public high schools with the most Black students in California

1,763 public high schools in California appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's) leads the list at 691, against a median of 18 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

1,763

California

Top Black students

691

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's)	San Francisco, CA	Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's) District	3,447	20.1%	691
2	King/Drew Medical Magnet High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,381	47.4%	654
3	Lancaster High	Lancaster, CA	Antelope Valley Union High	2,688	22.9%	617
4	Eastside High	Lancaster, CA	Antelope Valley Union High	2,631	22.1%	582
5	Oakland Technical High	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	1,812	31.4%	568
6	Polytechnic High	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	3,890	14.5%	563
7	Pittsburg Senior High	Pittsburg, CA	Pittsburg Unified	3,403	16.5%	562
8	Alexander Hamilton Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	2,055	24.8%	509
9	Deer Valley High	Antioch, CA	Antioch Unified	1,812	27.8%	504
10	Etiwanda High	Etiwanda, CA	Chaffey Joint Union High	3,446	13.9%	478
11	Inderkum High	Sacramento, CA	Natomas Unified	2,194	21.4%	469
12	Antelope Valley High	Lancaster, CA	Antelope Valley Union High	1,498	29.7%	445
13	Crawford High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	1,318	33.8%	445
14	WESM Health/Sports Medicine	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	589	75.4%	444
15	Highland High	Palmdale, CA	Antelope Valley Union High	2,706	16.4%	443
16	Rancho Cucamonga High	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	Chaffey Joint Union High	3,221	13.7%	442
17	Lakewood High	Lakewood, CA	Long Beach Unified	2,305	19.2%	442
18	Options For Youth - Duarte Inc	Pasadena, CA	Options For Youth - Duarte Inc District	3,369	12.9%	436
19	Silverado High	Victorville, CA	Victor Valley Union High	2,165	19.8%	429
20	Rancho Verde High	Moreno Valley, CA	Val Verde Unified	2,101	20.3%	426
21	Adelanto High	Adelanto, CA	Victor Valley Union High	2,247	18.7%	421
22	Eleanor Roosevelt High	Eastvale, CA	Corona-Norco Unified	4,353	9.3%	406
23	Wilson High	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	3,349	11.9%	399
24	Mayfair High	Lakewood, CA	Bellflower Unified	2,422	15.3%	371
25	Berkeley High	Berkeley, CA	Berkeley Unified	3,218	11.2%	361
26	Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	853	42.3%	361
27	Quartz Hill High	Quartz Hill, CA	Antelope Valley Union High	3,175	11.2%	357
28	Monterey Trail High	Elk Grove, CA	Elk Grove Unified	2,263	15.6%	352
29	Victor Valley High	Victorville, CA	Victor Valley Union High	2,255	15.3%	345
30	Bakersfield High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	3,069	10.9%	335
31	Gardena Senior High	Gardena, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,343	24.9%	335
32	Jordan High	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	2,272	14.6%	331
33	Leuzinger High	Lawndale, CA	Centinela Valley Union High	1,981	16.5%	327
34	Antioch High	Antioch, CA	Antioch Unified	1,776	18.3%	325
35	Oakland High	Oakland, CA	Oakland Unified	1,579	20.5%	324
36	Lawndale High	Lawndale, CA	Centinela Valley Union High	1,403	22.9%	322
37	Lincoln High	Stockton, CA	Lincoln Unified	2,801	11.5%	321
38	Palmdale High	Palmdale, CA	Antelope Valley Union High	2,208	14.4%	317
39	Grant Union High	Sacramento, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	1,987	15.7%	311
40	John F. Kennedy High	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	1,652	18.8%	310
41	William J. (Pete) Knight High	Palmdale, CA	Antelope Valley Union High	2,349	13.2%	309
42	Jesse M. Bethel High	Vallejo, CA	Vallejo City Unified	1,418	21.7%	308
43	Canyon Springs High	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	2,251	13.6%	307
44	San Leandro High	San Leandro, CA	San Leandro Unified	2,510	12.2%	307
45	Bear Creek High	Stockton, CA	Lodi Unified	1,925	15.6%	300
46	University High School Charter	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,385	21.4%	296
47	Crenshaw Sci Tech Engr Math and Med Magnet	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	503	58.6%	295
48	Inglewood High	Inglewood, CA	Inglewood Unified	757	38.6%	292
49	Laguna Creek High	Elk Grove, CA	Elk Grove Unified	2,142	13.5%	289
50	Lincoln High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	1,487	19.4%	288

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