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The public middle schools with the most Black students in Des Moines, Iowa

11 public middle schools in Des Moines, Iowa appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Callanan Middle School leads the list at 213, against a median of 104 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
11
Des Moines, Iowa
Top Black students
213
Median Black students
104
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · DES MOINES, IOWA
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% BlackBlack students
1Callanan Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District55338.5%213
2Meredith Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District66230.2%200
3Harding Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District60329.5%178
4McCombs Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District67022.8%153
5Weeks Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District68817.6%121
6Merrill Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District65715.8%104
7Hiatt Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District48820.5%100
8Goodrell Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District51118.0%92
9Hoyt Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District45518.5%84
10Brody Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District64112.8%82
11Woodside Middle SchoolDes Moines, IASaydel Comm School District3961.5%6
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