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The public schools with the most Black students in Durham County, North Carolina

66 public schools in Durham County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the public schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Hillside High leads the list at 859, against a median of 167 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

Durham County, North Carolina

Top Black students

859

Median Black students

167

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Hillside High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,433	59.9%	859
2	C E Jordan High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	2,189	29.8%	653
3	Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,384	45.1%	624
4	Riverside High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,900	28.1%	534
5	Northern High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,281	38.9%	498
6	Research Triangle Charter	Durham, NC	Research Triangle Charter	710	64.7%	459
7	Durham School of the Arts	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	1,764	24.8%	437
8	Sandy Ridge Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	589	52.6%	310
9	George L Carrington Middle	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	771	37.7%	291
10	Neal Middle	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	706	39.8%	281
11	Spring Valley Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	543	50.3%	273
12	Pearsontown Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	765	35.6%	272
13	Parkwood Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	491	55.2%	271
14	Lowe's Grove Middle	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	564	47.7%	269
15	James E Shepard Middle	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	423	62.2%	263
16	Brogden Middle	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	753	33.6%	253
17	Rogers-Herr Middle	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	660	37.9%	250
18	Kestrel Heights School	Durham, NC	Kestrel Heights School	421	58.0%	244
19	Sherwood Githens Middle	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	878	27.1%	238
20	Eno Valley Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	440	48.9%	215
21	The Institute Development Young Leaders	Durham, NC	The Institute for the Development of You	419	51.1%	214
22	J D Clement Early College HS	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	380	56.3%	214
23	Murray-Massenburg Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	517	41.2%	213
24	Bethesda Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	442	47.3%	209
25	Southwest Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	639	31.9%	204
26	Durham Charter School	Durham, NC	Durham Charter School	1,010	18.3%	185
27	Hillandale Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	586	31.6%	185
28	W G Pearson Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	319	57.7%	184
29	Lucas Middle	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	400	45.5%	182
30	KIPP Durham College Preparatory	Durham, NC	KIPP Durham College Preparatory	380	47.4%	180
31	Merrick-Moore Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	445	39.3%	175
32	The School for Creative Studies	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	350	48.9%	171
33	Community School of Digital & Visual Art	Durham, NC	Community School of Digital and Visual A	204	83.3%	170
34	Oak Grove Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	395	41.5%	164
35	Maureen Joy Charter School	Durham, NC	Maureen Joy Charter	631	25.0%	158
36	Lyons Farm Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	608	25.5%	155
37	Forest View Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	662	22.5%	149
38	R N Harris Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	313	46.6%	146
39	Durham School of Technology	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	219	66.7%	146
40	Y E Smith Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	358	40.5%	145
41	Holt Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	587	24.5%	144
42	Burton Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	293	46.4%	136
43	Glenn Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	455	29.4%	134
44	Central Park School For Children	Durham, NC	Central Park School For Children	585	22.7%	133
45	Eastway Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	331	38.7%	128
46	Creekside Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	554	22.4%	124
47	City of Medicine Academy	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	329	36.8%	121
48	Lakewood Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	439	27.1%	119
49	Fayetteville Street Elementary	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	261	45.6%	119
50	Discovery Charter	Bahama, NC	Discovery Charter School	453	25.2%	114

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