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The most racially diverse public middle schools in the United States

13,884 public middle schools in the United States appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public middle schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Central Middle School of Science leads the list at 84.4%, against a median of 50.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

13,884

the United States

Top Diversity index

84.4%

Median Diversity index

50.0%

MOST DIVERSE · THE UNITED STATES

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Central Middle School of Science	Anchorage, AK	545	84.4%	21.8%(119)	11.0%(60)	15.8%(86)	7.3%(40)
2	Clark Middle School	Anchorage, AK	713	84.3%	7.4%(53)	8.4%(60)	13.3%(95)	17.4%(124)
3	Wendler Middle School	Anchorage, AK	602	83.9%	16.9%(102)	5.0%(30)	13.6%(82)	13.5%(81)
4	Nicholas J. Begich Middle School	Anchorage, AK	830	83.9%	13.7%(114)	5.3%(44)	13.5%(112)	21.8%(181)
5	Hanshew Middle School	Anchorage, AK	822	81.5%	29.4%(242)	5.1%(42)	13.0%(107)	12.0%(99)
6	Idabel Middle School	Idabel, OK	242	80.8%	21.1%(51)	25.2%(61)	18.6%(45)	0.0%(0)
7	Daniel Webster Middle School	Tulsa, OK	350	80.7%	26.9%(94)	24.6%(86)	15.1%(53)	1.1%(4)
8	Cedarcrest Middle School	Spanaway, WA	765	80.5%	25.0%(191)	14.0%(107)	22.8%(174)	7.8%(60)
9	Illahee Middle School	FEDERAL WAY, WA	655	80.5%	16.3%(107)	22.3%(146)	29.0%(190)	10.4%(68)
10	Aliamanu Middle School	Honolulu, HI	755	80.4%	27.3%(206)	7.3%(55)	19.6%(148)	20.8%(157)
11	Angelo Giaudrone Middle School	Tacoma, WA	449	80.2%	20.3%(91)	16.0%(72)	25.8%(116)	7.3%(33)
12	Sequoyah Middle School	Auburn, WA	570	80.1%	24.6%(140)	14.2%(81)	28.3%(161)	15.8%(90)
13	Canyon Ridge Middle School	Kent, WA	821	80.0%	25.2%(207)	13.6%(112)	23.1%(190)	22.5%(185)
14	Edna Brewer Middle	Oakland, CA	785	79.7%	20.0%(157)	17.2%(135)	25.0%(196)	20.1%(158)
15	Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School	Las Vegas, NV	1,540	79.6%	18.1%(279)	19.0%(293)	26.9%(414)	22.3%(344)
16	Baker Middle School	Tacoma, WA	687	79.6%	16.9%(116)	12.7%(87)	32.9%(226)	13.5%(93)
17	Tarkanian Lois & Jerry Middle School	Las Vegas, NV	1,313	79.5%	23.1%(304)	13.9%(182)	28.5%(374)	17.4%(228)
18	Gray Middle School	Tacoma, WA	510	79.1%	17.1%(87)	18.2%(93)	32.9%(168)	9.0%(46)
19	Lokelani Intermediate School	Kihei, HI	486	79.1%	18.5%(90)	0.2%(1)	29.0%(141)	20.2%(98)
20	Littlefield Middle	Lumberton, NC	632	79.0%	20.3%(128)	24.1%(152)	19.0%(120)	0.3%(2)
21	Skyview Community Middle	OAKDALE, MN	1,029	78.8%	24.8%(255)	20.7%(213)	18.0%(185)	25.6%(263)
22	Rector Johnson Middle School	Broken Bow, OK	343	78.8%	27.4%(94)	5.3%(18)	14.3%(49)	0.0%(0)
23	Central Junior High School	EULESS, TX	1,061	78.7%	25.7%(273)	21.3%(226)	28.0%(297)	12.0%(127)
24	First Creek Middle School	Tacoma, WA	584	78.7%	10.3%(60)	16.9%(99)	36.1%(211)	13.7%(80)
25	Golden West Middle	Fairfield, CA	746	78.7%	22.0%(164)	14.8%(110)	30.2%(225)	16.6%(124)
26	Nelsen Middle School	Renton, WA	913	78.7%	19.5%(178)	15.9%(145)	26.6%(243)	26.5%(242)
27	David T. Denny International Middle School	SEATTLE, WA	722	78.5%	24.8%(179)	20.5%(148)	28.3%(204)	12.2%(88)
28	Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School	Las Vegas, NV	1,284	78.5%	20.5%(263)	21.1%(271)	31.9%(410)	11.1%(142)
29	Montera Middle	Oakland, CA	695	78.4%	20.7%(144)	26.2%(182)	25.0%(174)	8.1%(56)
30	Grand Caillou Middle School	Houma, LA	267	78.4%	19.9%(53)	15.4%(41)	31.1%(83)	0.0%(0)
31	Silvestri Charles Junior High School	Las Vegas, NV	1,076	78.4%	14.6%(157)	18.5%(199)	35.7%(384)	11.4%(123)
32	Stewart Middle School	Tacoma, WA	650	78.3%	22.8%(148)	8.8%(57)	32.3%(210)	14.5%(94)
33	Harrison Park School	Portland, OR	372	78.3%	33.1%(123)	13.2%(49)	14.0%(52)	22.0%(82)
34	Meridian Middle School	Kent, WA	647	78.3%	18.7%(121)	17.0%(110)	22.4%(145)	30.8%(199)
35	Gunderson Barry and June Middle School	Las Vegas, NV	1,517	78.2%	28.3%(429)	11.7%(177)	29.0%(440)	13.9%(211)
36	Perry G Keithley Middle School	TACOMA, WA	804	78.2%	24.3%(195)	11.4%(92)	33.1%(266)	4.7%(38)
37	Kapaa Middle School	Kapaa, HI	507	78.2%	13.2%(67)	0.0%(0)	23.3%(118)	13.6%(69)
38	Romig Middle School	Anchorage, AK	1,138	78.2%	37.2%(423)	2.5%(29)	18.2%(207)	9.4%(107)
39	Lakota Middle School	FEDERAL WAY, WA	645	78.1%	20.8%(134)	16.6%(107)	34.0%(219)	7.4%(48)
40	Meeker Middle School	Renton, WA	779	78.1%	17.3%(135)	13.3%(104)	21.2%(165)	33.9%(264)
41	Susquehanna Twp Middle School	Harrisburg, PA	820	78.0%	17.3%(142)	31.9%(262)	17.8%(146)	20.2%(166)
42	Aki Kurose Middle School	Seattle, WA	817	78.0%	18.9%(154)	29.3%(239)	17.9%(146)	23.5%(192)
43	ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL	SCHENECTADY, NY	657	78.0%	17.8%(117)	30.1%(198)	24.2%(159)	16.1%(106)
44	Northeast Middle	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	541	78.0%	27.5%(149)	29.4%(159)	19.4%(105)	5.2%(28)
45	Putnam Avenue Upper School	Cambridge, MA	283	78.0%	27.9%(79)	25.4%(72)	10.3%(29)	19.4%(55)
46	Dunbar Intermediate Elementary School	Okmulgee, OK	268	78.0%	23.5%(63)	16.4%(44)	9.0%(24)	0.0%(0)
47	Cascade Middle School	AUBURN, WA	966	78.0%	30.4%(294)	10.9%(105)	29.6%(286)	12.1%(117)
48	Central Dauphin East Middle School	Harrisburg, PA	702	77.9%	18.8%(132)	29.8%(209)	20.2%(142)	21.9%(154)
49	Whittier Middle School - 08	Sioux Falls, SD	675	77.9%	20.4%(138)	28.0%(189)	28.9%(195)	8.0%(54)
50	Dimmitt Middle School	Seattle, WA	605	77.9%	10.6%(64)	23.3%(141)	28.4%(172)	25.9%(157)

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