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

Across Pierce County, Washington, 48 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Lincoln High School leads the list at 275, 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

Pierce County, Washington

Top Black students

275

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Lincoln High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	1,556	17.7%	275
2	Spanaway Lake High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	1,787	13.6%	243
3	Mount Tahoma High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	1,410	13.6%	192
4	Lakes High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	1,158	13.8%	160
5	Curtis Senior High	UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA	University Place School District	1,321	11.7%	154
6	Graham Kapowsin High School	Graham, WA	Bethel School District	2,087	7.1%	149
7	Clover Park High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	1,161	12.5%	145
8	Emerald Ridge High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	1,599	9.0%	144
9	Gov John Rogers High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	1,788	7.8%	139
10	Foss High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	599	21.0%	126
11	Stadium High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	1,700	7.3%	125
12	Washington High School	Tacoma, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	989	12.3%	122
13	Dr. Dolores Silas High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	1,160	10.3%	119
14	Bethel High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	1,688	6.0%	102
15	Curtis Junior High	UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA	University Place School District	904	10.8%	98
16	Franklin Pierce High School	TACOMA, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	977	9.5%	93
17	Puyallup High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	1,815	5.1%	93
18	General William H. Harrison Preparatory School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	738	9.9%	73
19	Steilacoom High	Steilacoom, WA	Steilacoom Hist. School District	968	7.0%	68
20	Fife High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	885	7.3%	65
21	Tacoma School of the Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	658	9.7%	64
22	Columbia Junior High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	619	10.2%	63
23	Bonney Lake High School	Bonney Lake, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	1,643	3.0%	50
24	Science and Math Institute	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	597	7.5%	45
25	Bates Technical High School	Tacoma, WA	Bates Technical College	343	12.5%	43
26	Sumner High School	Sumner, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	1,857	2.0%	37
27	CPSD Open Doors Program	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	276	12.3%	34
28	Industrial Design Engineering and Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	392	7.7%	30
29	Oakland High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	112	23.2%	26
30	Pierce County Skills Center	Puyallup, WA	Bethel School District	355	6.2%	22
31	Orting High School	Orting, WA	Orting School District	876	2.5%	22
32	Summit Public School: Olympus	Tacoma, WA	Summit Public School: Olympus	110	19.1%	21
33	Peninsula High School	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	1,345	1.1%	15
34	Challenger High School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	318	4.1%	13
35	White River High School	Buckley, WA	White River School District	1,340	1.0%	13
36	Gig Harbor High	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	1,375	0.9%	12
37	Remann Hall Juvenile Detention Center	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	21	47.6%	10
38	Comm Based Trans Program	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	71	12.7%	9
39	GATES Secondary School	Tacoma, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	104	7.7%	8
40	Puyallup Open Doors/POD	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	124	6.5%	8
41	Transition 18-21 Program	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	58	10.3%	6
42	Alfaretta House	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	26	19.2%	5
43	Eatonville High School	Eatonville, WA	Eatonville School District	573	0.5%	3
44	Re-Entry High School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	5	40.0%	2
45	Transition Day Students	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	8	12.5%	1
46	Oakridge Group Home	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	3	33.3%	1
47	E B Walker High School	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	120	0.8%	1
48	The School at Pearl Youth Residence	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	21	4.8%	1

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