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The most racially diverse public schools in Haywood County, North Carolina

Across Haywood County, North Carolina, 12 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Hazelwood Elementary leads the list at 32.9%, against a median of 28.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Haywood County, North Carolina

Top Diversity index

32.9%

Median Diversity index

28.7%

MOST DIVERSE · HAYWOOD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Hazelwood Elementary	Waynesville, NC	490	32.9%	80.6%(395)	0.6%(3)	14.3%(70)	0.6%(3)
2	Pisgah High	Canton, NC	859	31.4%	81.7%(702)	1.3%(11)	12.9%(111)	0.7%(6)
3	Junaluska Elementary	Waynesville, NC	428	30.3%	82.7%(354)	0.0%(0)	9.3%(40)	1.2%(5)
4	Tuscola High	Waynesville, NC	873	29.8%	83.0%(725)	1.8%(16)	10.7%(93)	0.8%(7)
5	Clyde Elementary	Clyde, NC	523	29.2%	83.4%(436)	1.0%(5)	10.3%(54)	0.6%(3)
6	Waynesville Middle	Waynesville, NC	727	29.2%	83.4%(606)	0.4%(3)	10.7%(78)	1.0%(7)
7	Canton Middle	Canton, NC	475	28.1%	84.0%(399)	0.6%(3)	10.5%(50)	0.2%(1)
8	North Canton Elementary	Canton, NC	332	26.2%	85.2%(283)	0.0%(0)	9.6%(32)	0.0%(0)
9	Jonathan Valley Elementary	Waynesville, NC	336	24.1%	86.6%(291)	0.6%(2)	8.9%(30)	0.6%(2)
10	Bethel Elementary	Canton, NC	537	19.5%	89.4%(480)	0.4%(2)	7.3%(39)	0.2%(1)
11	Bethel Middle	Waynesville, NC	254	18.9%	89.8%(228)	0.4%(1)	6.3%(16)	0.0%(0)
12	Riverbend Elementary	Clyde, NC	204	10.2%	94.6%(193)	0.0%(0)	4.9%(10)	0.0%(0)

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