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

This ranking covers the public schools with the most Black students in Shelby County, Tennessee, drawn from 253 qualifying public schools. Whitehaven High leads the list at 1,418, against a median of 314 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

253

Shelby County, Tennessee

Top Black students

1,418

Median Black students

314

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Whitehaven High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,509	94.0%	1,418
2	Germantown High	Germantown, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,719	80.4%	1,382
3	Southwind High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,675	81.0%	1,356
4	Cordova High School	Cordova, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	2,251	59.0%	1,329
5	Dexter School	Cordova, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,509	74.8%	1,128
6	Central High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,331	83.0%	1,105
7	Snowden Elementary/Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,384	73.4%	1,016
8	White Station High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	2,046	46.7%	956
9	Bartlett High School	Bartlett, TN	Bartlett	2,782	31.4%	873
10	Macon-Hall Elementary	Cordova, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,070	78.2%	837
11	Early Childhood Programs	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	938	88.9%	834
12	Trezevant High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	883	92.9%	820
13	Craigmont High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	968	83.8%	811
14	Belle Forest Community School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,027	77.8%	799
15	Downtown Elementary	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	784	91.3%	716
16	Highland Oaks Elementary	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	821	86.6%	711
17	Westhaven Elementary	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	740	95.5%	707
18	Holmes Road Elementary	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	708	95.1%	673
19	Overton High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,417	47.1%	668
20	Alcy Elementary	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	775	85.4%	662
21	Riverwood Elementary School	Cordova, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	985	67.1%	661
22	Geeter School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	709	93.1%	660
23	Havenview Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	696	92.8%	646
24	Lowrance Elementary/Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	787	81.3%	640
25	Cornerstone Prep Denver Campus	Memphis, TN	Tennessee Public Charter School Commission	657	96.3%	633
26	Soulsville Charter School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	651	96.9%	631
27	Hamilton School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	677	89.5%	606
28	Memphis Academy Of Science Engineering Middle/High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	667	89.8%	599
29	Hickory Ridge Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	805	74.2%	597
30	Raleigh-Egypt High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	725	81.1%	588
31	Germanshire Elementary	Germantown, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	725	80.3%	582
32	A. Maceo Walker Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	641	90.2%	578
33	Hamilton High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	628	91.6%	575
34	Chimneyrock Elementary School	Cordova, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	874	65.3%	571
35	Journey Coleman K-8	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	629	90.5%	569
36	Robert R. Church Elementary	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	596	95.0%	566
37	Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	692	81.7%	565
38	Cordova Elementary	Cordova, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	814	69.2%	563
39	Bolton High	Arlington, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	661	84.9%	561
40	Ridgeway High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	695	80.3%	558
41	Ross Elementary	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	665	83.6%	556
42	Bellevue Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	625	88.0%	550
43	Melrose High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	645	85.0%	548
44	Lucie E. Campbell Elementary	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	600	91.3%	548
45	Kate Bond Middle School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,002	54.7%	548
46	Collierville High School	Collierville, TN	Collierville	2,946	18.4%	541
47	Kirby High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	699	76.8%	537
48	Colonial Middle	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,034	51.2%	529
49	Shelby Oaks Elementary	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	751	68.8%	517
50	Ford Road Elementary	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	536	95.7%	513

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