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

Across King County, Washington, 92 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Garfield High School leads the list at 443, against a median of 53 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

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	Todd Beamer High School	FEDERAL WAY, WA	Federal Way School District	1,412	17.4%	246
10	Kentwood High School	Covington, WA	Kent School District	1,995	12.3%	246
11	Kent-Meridian High School	Kent, WA	Kent School District	1,639	14.5%	238
12	Thomas Jefferson High School	AUBURN, WA	Federal Way School District	1,810	13.1%	237
13	Foster Senior High School	Tukwila, WA	Tukwila School District	910	24.7%	225
14	Lindbergh Senior High School	Renton, WA	Renton School District	1,201	15.9%	191
15	Auburn Senior High School	AUBURN, WA	Auburn School District	1,918	8.9%	171
16	Decatur High School	FEDERAL WAY, WA	Federal Way School District	1,352	12.3%	166
17	Shorecrest High School	Shoreline, WA	Shoreline School District	1,565	9.7%	152
18	Ingraham High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,391	10.4%	145
19	Cleveland High School STEM	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	875	16.5%	144
20	Kentlake High School	Kent, WA	Kent School District	1,561	9.2%	143
21	Evergreen High School	Seattle, WA	Highline School District	1,080	13.2%	142
22	Shorewood High School	Shoreline, WA	Shoreline School District	1,544	9.0%	139
23	Auburn Mountainview High School	Auburn, WA	Auburn School District	1,560	8.7%	136
24	Summit Public School: Atlas	Seattle, WA	Summit Public School: Atlas	566	22.4%	127
25	Highline High School	Burien, WA	Highline School District	1,423	8.9%	127
26	Nathan Hale High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,052	11.6%	122
27	Auburn Riverside High School	AUBURN, WA	Auburn School District	1,852	5.9%	110
28	Tyee High School	SeaTac, WA	Highline School District	644	16.9%	109
29	Tahoma Senior High School	Maple Valley, WA	Tahoma School District	2,919	3.5%	103
30	Hazen Senior High School	Renton, WA	Renton School District	1,796	5.1%	91
31	Roosevelt High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,542	5.9%	91
32	Sammamish Senior High	Bellevue, WA	Bellevue School District	1,363	6.5%	89
33	Cascade Public Schools	Des Moines, WA	Why Not You Academy	126	69.0%	87
34	Issaquah High School	ISSAQUAH, WA	Issaquah School District	2,419	3.5%	85
35	Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie	Federal Way, WA	Federal Way School District	532	14.8%	79
36	Redmond High School	Redmond, WA	Lake Washington School District	2,304	3.3%	77
37	YouthSource and RTC	RENTON, WA	Renton Technical College	296	23.6%	70
38	West Seattle High School	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,479	4.6%	68
39	Bellevue High School	Bellevue, WA	Bellevue School District	1,683	3.9%	66
40	Interlake Senior High School	Bellevue, WA	Bellevue School District	1,611	4.0%	64
41	Interagency Programs	SEATTLE, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	211	28.4%	60
42	Talley High School	Seattle, WA	Renton School District	248	23.0%	57
43	Lincoln High School	Seattle, WA	Seattle School District No. 1	1,770	3.2%	57
44	Summit Public School: Sierra	Seattle, WA	Summit Public School: Sierra	214	26.2%	56
45	Raisbeck Aviation High School	Tukwila, WA	Highline School District	400	14.0%	56
46	Juanita High School	Kirkland, WA	Lake Washington School District	1,778	3.0%	53
47	Lake Washington High School	Kirkland, WA	Lake Washington School District	2,081	2.5%	53
48	Bothell High School	Bothell, WA	Northshore School District	1,740	2.9%	51
49	Skyline High School	SAMMAMISH, WA	Issaquah School District	2,244	2.2%	50
50	Newport Senior High School	Bellevue, WA	Bellevue School District	1,850	2.6%	48

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