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The public schools with the most Black students in Kanawha County, West Virginia

Across Kanawha County, West Virginia, 59 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Capital High School leads the list at 309, against a median of 24 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Kanawha County, West Virginia

Top Black students

309

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Capital High School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	1,051	29.4%	309
2	South Charleston High School	South Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	874	21.4%	187
3	Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	453	37.3%	169
4	Piedmont Year-Round Education	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	279	48.4%	135
5	West Side Middle School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	374	36.1%	135
6	Edgewood Elementary	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	413	30.3%	125
7	Horace Mann Middle School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	385	21.3%	82
8	George Washington High School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	1,145	6.0%	69
9	Dunbar Middle School	Dunbar, WV	Kanawha County Schools	325	20.9%	68
10	Riverside High School	Belle, WV	Kanawha County Schools	1,057	6.0%	64
11	Dunbar Primary Center	Dunbar, WV	Kanawha County Schools	271	22.1%	60
12	Bridgeview Elementary School	South Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	417	13.9%	58
13	Nitro High School	Nitro, WV	Kanawha County Schools	818	6.5%	53
14	John Adams Middle School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	740	6.2%	46
15	Kanawha City Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	242	19.0%	46
16	Saint Albans High School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	882	5.2%	46
17	Richmond Elementary School	South Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	213	21.1%	45
18	Dunbar Intermediate Center	Dunbar, WV	Kanawha County Schools	232	19.0%	44
19	South Charleston Middle School	South Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	354	12.2%	43
20	Overbrook Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	375	10.1%	38
21	Chamberlain Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	225	14.7%	33
22	Weberwood Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	247	13.0%	32
23	Alban Elementary School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	376	7.7%	29
24	Ruffner Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	271	10.3%	28
25	Cross Lanes Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	294	9.2%	27
26	Montrose Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	224	11.6%	26
27	Central Elementary School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	304	8.2%	25
28	Du Pont Middle School	Belle, WV	Kanawha County Schools	440	5.7%	25
29	Andrew Jackson Middle School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	488	4.9%	24
30	Point Harmony Elementary School	Cross Lanes, WV	Kanawha County Schools	440	5.5%	24
31	KCS Alternative Learning	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	134	17.9%	24
32	Nitro Elementary School	Nitro, WV	Kanawha County Schools	377	4.8%	18
33	Belle Elementary School	Belle, WV	Kanawha County Schools	255	6.7%	17
34	McKinley Middle School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	255	6.7%	17
35	Anne Bailey Elementary School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	221	5.9%	13
36	Holz Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	304	4.3%	13
37	Lakewood Elementary School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	294	4.4%	13
38	Malden Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	160	8.1%	13
39	Hayes Middle School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	464	2.6%	12
40	Kenna Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	180	6.7%	12
41	Elk Elementary Center	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	475	1.5%	7
42	East Bank Middle School	East Bank, WV	Kanawha County Schools	227	2.6%	6
43	Alum Creek Elementary School	South Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	151	3.3%	5
44	Elkview Middle School	Elkview, WV	Kanawha County Schools	621	0.8%	5
45	Herbert Hoover High School	Elkview, WV	Kanawha County Schools	782	0.6%	5
46	Pratt Elementary School	Pratt, WV	Kanawha County Schools	148	3.4%	5
47	Shoals Elementary School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	191	2.6%	5
48	Grandview Annex	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	18	27.8%	5
49	Andrews Heights Elementary School	Tornado, WV	Kanawha County Schools	233	1.7%	4
50	Mary Ingles Elementary School	Tad, WV	Kanawha County Schools	143	2.8%	4

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