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The public schools with the most Black students in Washington

1,908 public schools in Washington 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. Garfield High School leads the list at 443, against a median of 11 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

1,908

Washington

Top Black students

443

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Garfield High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,507	29.4%	443
2	Rainier Beach High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	854	41.2%	352
3	Franklin High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,277	26.3%	336
4	Kentridge High School	Kent, WA	Kent School District	2,186	13.6%	298
5	Mount Rainier High School	Des Moines, WA	Highline School District	1,846	15.9%	294
6	Federal Way High School	FEDERAL WAY, WA	Federal Way School District	1,665	17.1%	284
7	Lincoln High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	1,556	17.7%	275
8	Chief Sealth International High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,184	23.1%	273
9	Renton Senior High School	Renton, WA	Renton School District	1,208	22.0%	266
10	Impact Public Schools	Tukwila, WA	Impact \| Puget Sound Elementary	505	51.5%	260
11	Todd Beamer High School	FEDERAL WAY, WA	Federal Way School District	1,412	17.4%	246
12	Kentwood High School	Covington, WA	Kent School District	1,995	12.3%	246
13	South Shore PK-8 School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	546	44.9%	245
14	Spanaway Lake High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	1,787	13.6%	243
15	West Seattle Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	376	64.6%	243
16	Bailey Gatzert Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	402	59.7%	240
17	Aki Kurose Middle School	Seattle, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	817	29.3%	239
18	Kent-Meridian High School	Kent, WA	Kent School District	1,639	14.5%	238
19	Thomas Jefferson High School	AUBURN, WA	Federal Way School District	1,810	13.1%	237
20	Foster Senior High School	Tukwila, WA	Tukwila School District	910	24.7%	225
21	Mariner High School	Everett, WA	Mukilteo School District	2,106	10.4%	219
22	Washington Middle School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	566	36.8%	208
23	Impact \| Salish Sea Elementary	Seattle, WA	Impact \| Salish Sea Elementary	385	53.5%	206
24	Meadowdale High School	LYNNWOOD, WA	Edmonds School District	1,491	13.2%	196
25	Mount Tahoma High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	1,410	13.6%	192
26	Lindbergh Senior High School	Renton, WA	Renton School District	1,201	15.9%	191
27	Rainier Prep	Seattle, WA	Rainier Prep Charter School District	359	50.7%	182
28	Emerson Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	398	45.0%	179
29	Kamiak High School	Mukilteo, WA	Mukilteo School District	2,384	7.4%	176
30	Auburn Senior High School	AUBURN, WA	Auburn School District	1,918	8.9%	171
31	Wing Luke Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	334	50.9%	170
32	Bow Lake Elementary	SeaTac, WA	Highline School District	524	32.3%	169
33	Decatur High School	FEDERAL WAY, WA	Federal Way School District	1,352	12.3%	166
34	Lakes High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	1,158	13.8%	160
35	Lynnwood High School	BOTHELL, WA	Edmonds School District	1,335	11.5%	154
36	Curtis Senior High	UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA	University Place School District	1,321	11.7%	154
37	Shorecrest High School	Shoreline, WA	Shoreline School District	1,565	9.7%	152
38	River Ridge Elementary	SeaTac, WA	Kent School District	697	21.5%	150
39	Graham Kapowsin High School	Graham, WA	Bethel School District	2,087	7.1%	149
40	David T. Denny International Middle School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	722	20.5%	148
41	Illahee Middle School	FEDERAL WAY, WA	Federal Way School District	655	22.3%	146
42	Clover Park High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	1,161	12.5%	145
43	Nelsen Middle School	Renton, WA	Renton School District	913	15.9%	145
44	Broadview-Thomson K-8 School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	581	25.0%	145
45	Ingraham High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,391	10.4%	145
46	Mill Creek Middle School	Kent, WA	Kent School District	866	16.6%	144
47	Emerald Ridge High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	1,599	9.0%	144
48	Cleveland High School STEM	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	875	16.5%	144
49	Mountlake Terrace High School	MTLK TERRACE, WA	Edmonds School District	1,456	9.8%	143
50	Kentlake High School	Kent, WA	Kent School District	1,561	9.2%	143

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