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The public high schools with the most Black students in Kentucky

279 public high schools in Kentucky 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. Central High Magnet Career Academy leads the list at 926, against a median of 14 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
279
Kentucky
Top Black students
926
Median Black students
14
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · KENTUCKY
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% BlackBlack students
1Central High Magnet Career AcademyLouisville, KYJefferson County1,25673.7%926
2The Academy @ ShawneeLouisville, KYJefferson County1,05178.1%821
3Louisville Male HighLouisville, KYJefferson County1,76344.0%776
4Butler Traditional HighLouisville, KYJefferson County1,29058.4%753
5Pleasure Ridge Park HighLouisville, KYJefferson County1,77738.9%691
6Bryan Station High SchoolLexington, KYFayette County2,03032.0%650
7Iroquois HighLouisville, KYJefferson County1,30148.0%624
8Marion C. Moore SchoolLouisville, KYJefferson County1,89232.1%607
9Doss HighLouisville, KYJefferson County1,23546.9%579
10Ballard HighLouisville, KYJefferson County2,14825.1%538
11Frederick Douglass High SchoolLexington, KYFayette County1,77030.3%536
12Southern HighLouisville, KYJefferson County1,72529.4%508
13Tates Creek High SchoolLexington, KYFayette County1,72329.4%506
14Jeffersontown HighJeffersontown, KYJefferson County1,19642.1%503
15Fern Creek HighLouisville, KYJefferson County1,52532.7%499
16Seneca HighLouisville, KYJefferson County1,25533.5%421
17Henry Clay High SchoolLexington, KYFayette County1,93921.5%417
18Eastern HighMiddletown, KYJefferson County1,79022.6%405
19W.E.B. DuBois AcademyLouisville, KYJefferson County47784.1%401
20Christian County High SchoolHopkinsville, KYChristian County1,15334.4%397
21Waggener HighLouisville, KYJefferson County88841.8%371
22duPont Manual HighLouisville, KYJefferson County1,89919.0%360
23Paducah Tilghman High SchoolPaducah, KYPaducah Independent86041.2%354
24North Hardin High SchoolRadcliff, KYHardin County1,59320.6%329
25Hopkinsville High SchoolHopkinsville, KYChristian County96133.3%320
26Bowling Green High SchoolBowling Green, KYBowling Green Independent1,37722.5%310
27Lafayette High SchoolLexington, KYFayette County2,37012.7%300
28Atherton HighLouisville, KYJefferson County1,46618.5%271
29Valley HighLouisville, KYJefferson County85031.9%271
30Warren Central High SchoolBowling Green, KYWarren County1,07024.9%267
31Paul Laurence Dunbar High SchoolLexington, KYFayette County1,82813.7%250
32Western HighLouisville, KYJefferson County40959.2%242
33Carter G. Woodson AcademyLexington, KYFayette County31675.3%238
34Fairdale HighFairdale, KYJefferson County1,40516.2%228
35Newcomer AcademyLouisville, KYJefferson County57833.4%193
36Holmes High SchoolCovington, KYCovington Independent85521.5%184
37Owensboro High SchoolOwensboro, KYOwensboro Independent1,34213.2%177
38Henderson County High SchoolHenderson, KYHenderson County1,8529.2%170
39John Hardin High SchoolElizabethtown, KYHardin County86817.6%153
40Boone County High SchoolFlorence, KYBoone County1,25211.7%147
41Madison Central High SchoolRichmond, KYMadison County2,1076.6%139
42Franklin County High SchoolFrankfort, KYFranklin County99013.7%136
43Minor Daniels AcademyLouisville, KYJefferson County18472.8%134
44Madisonville North Hopkins High SchoolMadisonville, KYHopkins County1,02312.3%126
45STEAM AcademyLexington, KYFayette County45326.3%119
46Newport High SchoolNewport, KYNewport Independent52122.5%117
47Larry A. Ryle High SchoolUnion, KYBoone County2,0775.6%116
48Scott County High SchoolGeorgetown, KYScott County1,3928.1%113
49South Warren High SchoolBowling Green, KYWarren County1,5487.2%111
50Greenwood High SchoolBowling Green, KYWarren County1,4517.4%108
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