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The public schools with the most Black students in King County, Washington

This ranking covers the public schools with the most Black students in King County, Washington, drawn from 478 qualifying public schools. Garfield High School leads the list at 443, against a median of 33 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

478

King County, Washington

Top Black students

443

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · KING COUNTY, 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	Chief Sealth International High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,184	23.1%	273
8	Renton Senior High School	Renton, WA	Renton School District	1,208	22.0%	266
9	Impact Public Schools	Tukwila, WA	Impact \| Puget Sound Elementary	505	51.5%	260
10	Todd Beamer High School	FEDERAL WAY, WA	Federal Way School District	1,412	17.4%	246
11	Kentwood High School	Covington, WA	Kent School District	1,995	12.3%	246
12	South Shore PK-8 School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	546	44.9%	245
13	West Seattle Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	376	64.6%	243
14	Bailey Gatzert Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	402	59.7%	240
15	Aki Kurose Middle School	Seattle, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	817	29.3%	239
16	Kent-Meridian High School	Kent, WA	Kent School District	1,639	14.5%	238
17	Thomas Jefferson High School	AUBURN, WA	Federal Way School District	1,810	13.1%	237
18	Foster Senior High School	Tukwila, WA	Tukwila School District	910	24.7%	225
19	Washington Middle School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	566	36.8%	208
20	Impact \| Salish Sea Elementary	Seattle, WA	Impact \| Salish Sea Elementary	385	53.5%	206
21	Lindbergh Senior High School	Renton, WA	Renton School District	1,201	15.9%	191
22	Rainier Prep	Seattle, WA	Rainier Prep Charter School District	359	50.7%	182
23	Emerson Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	398	45.0%	179
24	Auburn Senior High School	AUBURN, WA	Auburn School District	1,918	8.9%	171
25	Wing Luke Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	334	50.9%	170
26	Bow Lake Elementary	SeaTac, WA	Highline School District	524	32.3%	169
27	Decatur High School	FEDERAL WAY, WA	Federal Way School District	1,352	12.3%	166
28	Shorecrest High School	Shoreline, WA	Shoreline School District	1,565	9.7%	152
29	River Ridge Elementary	SeaTac, WA	Kent School District	697	21.5%	150
30	David T. Denny International Middle School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	722	20.5%	148
31	Illahee Middle School	FEDERAL WAY, WA	Federal Way School District	655	22.3%	146
32	Nelsen Middle School	Renton, WA	Renton School District	913	15.9%	145
33	Broadview-Thomson K-8 School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	581	25.0%	145
34	Ingraham High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,391	10.4%	145
35	Mill Creek Middle School	Kent, WA	Kent School District	866	16.6%	144
36	Cleveland High School STEM	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	875	16.5%	144
37	Kentlake High School	Kent, WA	Kent School District	1,561	9.2%	143
38	Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	289	49.5%	143
39	Evergreen High School	Seattle, WA	Highline School District	1,080	13.2%	142
40	McMicken Heights Elementary	SeaTac, WA	Highline School District	484	29.1%	141
41	Dimmitt Middle School	Seattle, WA	Renton School District	605	23.3%	141
42	Evergreen Middle School	KENT, WA	Federal Way School District	810	17.3%	140
43	Shorewood High School	Shoreline, WA	Shoreline School District	1,544	9.0%	139
44	Auburn Mountainview High School	Auburn, WA	Auburn School District	1,560	8.7%	136
45	Edmonds S. Meany Middle School	Seattle, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	504	27.0%	136
46	Lake Dolloff Elementary School	AUBURN, WA	Federal Way School District	543	23.6%	128
47	Summit Public School: Atlas	Seattle, WA	Summit Public School: Atlas	566	22.4%	127
48	Highline High School	Burien, WA	Highline School District	1,423	8.9%	127
49	Lowell Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	392	32.4%	127
50	John Muir Elementary School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	308	40.9%	126

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