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The public schools with the most Black students in Richland County, South Carolina

97 public schools in Richland County, South 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. Westwood High leads the list at 1,378, against a median of 319 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Richland County, South Carolina

Top Black students

1,378

Median Black students

319

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · RICHLAND COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Westwood High	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	1,743	79.1%	1,378
2	Ridge View High	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	1,631	79.6%	1,298
3	Spring Valley High	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	2,230	54.2%	1,209
4	Blythewood High	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	2,164	52.9%	1,144
5	Lower Richland High	Hopkins, SC	Richland 01	1,218	81.2%	989
6	Richland Northeast High	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	1,340	64.0%	857
7	Muller Road Middle	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	1,242	59.3%	736
8	E. L. Wright Middle	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	1,275	57.6%	735
9	Summit Parkway Middle	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	1,229	59.5%	731
10	Kelly Mill Middle	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	979	68.2%	668
11	Dutch Fork High	Irmo, SC	Lexington 05	1,703	37.5%	639
12	W.J. Keenan High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	675	90.4%	610
13	Longleaf Middle	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	796	76.5%	609
14	Columbia High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	681	85.0%	579
15	Killian Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	699	81.4%	569
16	Dent Middle	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	1,059	53.5%	566
17	Dreher High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	1,144	49.0%	560
18	Rice Creek Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	718	74.9%	538
19	A. C. Flora High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	1,328	39.4%	523
20	St. Andrews Middle	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	627	83.4%	523
21	Sandlapper Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	671	77.0%	517
22	Pontiac Elementary	Elgin, SC	Richland 02	880	57.2%	503
23	North Springs Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	659	73.8%	486
24	Blythewood Middle	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	872	54.6%	476
25	Caughman Road Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	715	65.2%	466
26	Eau Claire High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	542	80.8%	438
27	Watkins-Nance Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	499	86.6%	432
28	Bethel-Hanberry Elementary	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	711	60.5%	430
29	Jackson Creek Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	551	77.3%	426
30	Hand Middle	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	755	51.4%	388
31	Hopkins Middle	Hopkins, SC	Richland 01	458	84.5%	387
32	Joseph Keels Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	465	82.6%	384
33	Clear Dot Charter School	Columbia, SC	Charter Institute at Erskine	474	80.8%	383
34	L. B. Nelson Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	541	70.2%	380
35	W. G. Sanders Middle	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	503	74.8%	376
36	Sandel Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	479	78.3%	375
37	Bridge Creek Elementary	Elgin, SC	Richland 02	564	66.3%	374
38	Langford Elementary	Blythewood, SC	Richland 02	631	58.8%	371
39	Pine Grove Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	501	73.7%	369
40	Forest Lake Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	652	55.7%	363
41	H. B. Rhame Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	418	86.6%	362
42	Meadowfield Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	615	58.7%	361
43	Windsor Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	579	61.8%	358
44	Horrell Hill Elementary	Hopkins, SC	Richland 01	565	62.1%	351
45	Polo Road Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 02	665	51.9%	345
46	Southeast Middle	Hopkins, SC	Richland 01	462	72.1%	333
47	Crayton Middle	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	952	34.7%	330
48	A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	358	90.8%	325
49	Mill Creek Elementary	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	353	90.4%	319
50	C. A. Johnson High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	344	92.7%	319

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