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

19 public high schools in Knox County, Tennessee 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. Austin East High/Magnet leads the list at 491, against a median of 53 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
19
Knox County, Tennessee
Top Black students
491
Median Black students
53
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% BlackBlack students
1Austin East High/MagnetKnoxville, TNKnox County66374.1%491
2Fulton High SchoolKnoxville, TNKnox County93331.6%295
3West High SchoolKnoxville, TNKnox County1,47419.9%294
4Central High SchoolKnoxville, TNKnox County1,26518.9%239
5Bearden High SchoolKnoxville, TNKnox County1,96310.0%196
6South Doyle High SchoolKnoxville, TNKnox County92513.5%125
7Karns High SchoolKnoxville, TNKnox County1,3657.8%106
8Powell High SchoolPowell, TNKnox County1,2538.1%102
9Hardin Valley AcademyKnoxville, TNKnox County1,9165.3%102
10Career Magnet AcademyKnoxville, TNKnox County35914.8%53
11Farragut High SchoolKnoxville, TNKnox County2,0732.5%51
12Carter High SchoolStrawberry Plains, TNKnox County7496.5%49
13Gibbs High SchoolCorryton, TNKnox County1,0293.6%37
14Richard Yoakley SchoolKnoxville, TNKnox County8134.6%28
15L N STEM AcademyKnoxville, TNKnox County5884.8%28
16Halls High SchoolKnoxville, TNKnox County1,2361.9%24
17Dr. Paul L. Kelley Volunteer AcademyKnoxville, TNKnox County9524.2%23
18Ridgedale Alternative SchoolKnoxville, TNKnox County5022.0%11
19Tennessee School for the Deaf High SchoolKnoxville, TNTennessee Schools for the Deaf4522.2%10
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