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The public schools with the most Black students in Seattle, Washington

125 public schools in Seattle, 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 44 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

125

Seattle, Washington

Top Black students

443

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · SEATTLE, 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	Chief Sealth International High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,184	23.1%	273
5	South Shore PK-8 School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	546	44.9%	245
6	West Seattle Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	376	64.6%	243
7	Bailey Gatzert Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	402	59.7%	240
8	Aki Kurose Middle School	Seattle, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	817	29.3%	239
9	Washington Middle School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	566	36.8%	208
10	Impact \| Salish Sea Elementary	Seattle, WA	Impact \| Salish Sea Elementary	385	53.5%	206
11	Rainier Prep	Seattle, WA	Rainier Prep Charter School District	359	50.7%	182
12	Emerson Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	398	45.0%	179
13	Wing Luke Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	334	50.9%	170
14	David T. Denny International Middle School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	722	20.5%	148
15	Broadview-Thomson K-8 School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	581	25.0%	145
16	Ingraham High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,391	10.4%	145
17	Cleveland High School STEM	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	875	16.5%	144
18	Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	289	49.5%	143
19	Evergreen High School	Seattle, WA	Highline School District	1,080	13.2%	142
20	Dimmitt Middle School	Seattle, WA	Renton School District	605	23.3%	141
21	Edmonds S. Meany Middle School	Seattle, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	504	27.0%	136
22	Summit Public School: Atlas	Seattle, WA	Summit Public School: Atlas	566	22.4%	127
23	Lowell Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	392	32.4%	127
24	John Muir Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	308	40.9%	126
25	Nathan Hale High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,052	11.6%	122
26	Showalter Middle School	SEATTLE, WA	Tukwila School District	651	18.6%	121
27	White Center Heights Elementary	Seattle, WA	Highline School District	527	22.2%	117
28	Mercer International Middle School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	753	15.3%	115
29	Thurgood Marshall Elementary	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	500	22.2%	111
30	Thorndyke Elementary	SEATTLE, WA	Tukwila School District	386	28.8%	111
31	Campbell Hill Elementary School	Seattle, WA	Renton School District	345	31.3%	108
32	Lakeridge Elementary School	Seattle, WA	Renton School District	287	33.8%	97
33	Louisa Boren STEM K-8	Seattle, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	437	21.5%	94
34	Jane Addams Middle School	Seattle, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	824	11.4%	94
35	Kimball Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	384	24.2%	93
36	Roxhill Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	289	32.2%	93
37	Roosevelt High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,542	5.9%	91
38	Rising Star Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	324	27.5%	89
39	Olympic Hills Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	486	17.9%	87
40	Cascade Parent Partnership Program	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	375	22.9%	86
41	Rainier Valley Leadership Academy	Seattle, WA	Rainier Valley Leadership Academy	121	70.3%	85
42	Hazel Wolf K-8	Seattle, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	660	12.7%	84
43	Beverly Park Elem at Glendale	Seattle, WA	Highline School District	411	19.7%	81
44	Leschi Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	240	32.9%	79
45	Bryn Mawr Elementary School	Seattle, WA	Renton School District	415	18.6%	77
46	Cascade Middle School	Seattle, WA	Highline School District	671	11.3%	76
47	Orca K-8 School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	278	27.3%	76
48	Dunlap Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	261	28.7%	75
49	Robert Eagle Staff Middle School	Seattle, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	729	9.7%	71
50	Madrona K-5 School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	213	31.9%	68

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