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The public high schools with the most Black students in Nashville, Tennessee

Across Nashville, Tennessee, 28 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. McGavock High leads the list at 651, against a median of 185 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
28
Nashville, Tennessee
Top Black students
651
Median Black students
185
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% BlackBlack students
1McGavock HighNashville, TNDavidson County1,84435.3%651
2Hunters Lane HighNashville, TNDavidson County1,41441.6%588
3Hillsboro HighNashville, TNDavidson County1,22447.8%585
4Stratford STEM Magnet SchoolNashville, TNDavidson County81062.0%502
5James Lawson High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson County1,39334.1%475
6Pearl-Cohn HighNashville, TNDavidson County52688.2%464
7Martin Luther King Jr SchoolNashville, TNDavidson County1,28032.0%410
8East Nashville Magnet High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson County43291.4%395
9Maplewood HighNashville, TNDavidson County70056.0%392
10John Overton HighNashville, TNDavidson County1,94219.3%374
11RePublic High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson County58748.7%286
12KIPP Nashville Collegiate High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson County43858.0%254
13Valor Flagship AcademyNashville, TNDavidson County1,40217.9%251
14Nashville School Of The ArtsNashville, TNDavidson County54837.0%203
15Glencliff High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson County1,01316.5%167
16W. A. Bass Adult ProgramNashville, TNDavidson County30947.9%148
17Hume - Fogg HighNashville, TNDavidson County88516.2%143
18Lead AcademyNashville, TNDavidson County48729.4%143
19LEAD SoutheastNashville, TNDavidson County83313.1%109
20STEM Prep High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson County50521.2%107
21KIPP Antioch Global High SchoolNashville, TNTennessee Public Charter School Commission25735.0%90
22Nashville Big Picture High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson County12569.6%87
23Early College High SchoolNashville, TNDavidson County17449.4%86
24W.A. Bass Alternative Learning CenterNashville, TNDavidson County6872.1%49
25Johnson Alternative Learning CenterNashville, TNDavidson County7454.0%40
26The Academy at Opry MillsNashville, TNDavidson County3246.9%15
27Transitions at BassNashville, TNDavidson County1883.3%15
28The Academy at Old CockrillNashville, TNDavidson County2450.0%12
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