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The public high schools with the most Black students in Tennessee

Across Tennessee, 363 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Whitehaven High leads the list at 1,418, against a median of 54 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

363

Tennessee

Top Black students

1,418

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · 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	Central High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,331	83.0%	1,105
6	White Station High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	2,046	46.7%	956
7	Bartlett High School	Bartlett, TN	Bartlett	2,782	31.4%	873
8	Trezevant High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	883	92.9%	820
9	Craigmont High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	968	83.8%	811
10	Cane Ridge High School	Antioch, TN	Davidson County	1,982	39.0%	772
11	Antioch High School	Antioch, TN	Davidson County	2,212	30.2%	669
12	Overton High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	1,417	47.1%	668
13	McGavock High	Nashville, TN	Davidson County	1,844	35.3%	651
14	Soulsville Charter School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	651	96.9%	631
15	Memphis Academy Of Science Engineering Middle/High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	667	89.8%	599
16	Raleigh-Egypt High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	725	81.1%	588
17	Hunters Lane High	Nashville, TN	Davidson County	1,414	41.6%	588
18	Hillsboro High	Nashville, TN	Davidson County	1,224	47.8%	585
19	Whites Creek High	Whites Creek, TN	Davidson County	730	79.0%	577
20	Hamilton High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	628	91.6%	575
21	Freedom Preparatory Academy Flagship	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	692	81.7%	565
22	Bolton High	Arlington, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	661	84.9%	561
23	Ridgeway High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	695	80.3%	558
24	West Creek High	Clarksville, TN	Montgomery County	1,600	34.4%	551
25	Melrose High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	645	85.0%	548
26	Lavergne High School	Lavergne, TN	Rutherford County	2,116	25.8%	545
27	Collierville High School	Collierville, TN	Collierville	2,946	18.4%	541
28	Kirby High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	699	76.8%	537
29	Northeast High	Clarksville, TN	Montgomery County	1,335	39.2%	523
30	North Side High School	Jackson, TN	Madison County	903	57.4%	518
31	Riverdale High School	Murfreesboro, TN	Rutherford County	2,275	22.6%	515
32	Haywood High School	Brownsville, TN	Haywood County	733	68.8%	504
33	Stratford STEM Magnet School	Nashville, TN	Davidson County	810	62.0%	502
34	Brainerd High School	Chattanooga, TN	Hamilton County	739	67.8%	501
35	Blackman High School	Murfreesboro, TN	Rutherford County	2,301	21.7%	499
36	Austin East High/Magnet	Knoxville, TN	Knox County	663	74.1%	491
37	Kenwood High	Clarksville, TN	Montgomery County	1,238	39.6%	490
38	James Lawson High School	Nashville, TN	Davidson County	1,393	34.1%	475
39	Oakland High School	Murfreesboro, TN	Rutherford County	1,872	25.1%	470
40	Pearl-Cohn High	Nashville, TN	Davidson County	526	88.2%	464
41	Millington Central Middle High School	Millington, TN	Millington Municipal Schools	1,193	37.5%	447
42	Hillcrest High School	Memphis, TN	Achievement School District	476	93.1%	443
43	Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School	Somerville, TN	Fayette County Public Schools	724	61.2%	443
44	Liberty Technology Magnet High School	Jackson, TN	Madison County	604	73.2%	442
45	Tyner Academy	Chattanooga, TN	Hamilton County	632	69.8%	441
46	Northwest High	Clarksville, TN	Montgomery County	1,441	30.1%	434
47	Central High School	Bolivar, TN	Hardeman County Schools	663	65.3%	433
48	Fairley High School	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	463	93.3%	432
49	Douglass High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	604	71.4%	431
50	Wooddale High	Memphis, TN	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	662	65.0%	430

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