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The most racially diverse public schools in Polk County, Oregon

Across Polk County, Oregon, 20 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. Walker Middle School leads the list at 63.8%, against a median of 55.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Polk County, Oregon

Top Diversity index

63.8%

Median Diversity index

55.1%

MOST DIVERSE · POLK COUNTY, OREGON

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Walker Middle School	Salem, OR	571	63.8%	48.5%(277)	2.3%(13)	33.5%(191)	2.8%(16)
2	Harritt Elementary School	Salem, OR	498	62.2%	37.8%(188)	1.6%(8)	47.8%(238)	2.2%(11)
3	West Salem High School	Salem, OR	1,606	59.7%	56.2%(903)	2.4%(39)	26.5%(426)	2.5%(40)
4	Talmadge Middle School	Independence, OR	716	57.8%	45.0%(322)	0.4%(3)	46.5%(333)	0.3%(2)
5	Monmouth Elementary School	Monmouth, OR	468	57.2%	54.9%(257)	0.8%(4)	34.6%(162)	0.8%(4)
6	Myers Elementary School	Salem, OR	342	56.9%	57.0%(195)	1.8%(6)	31.9%(109)	2.0%(7)
7	Central High School	Independence, OR	1,008	56.8%	43.5%(439)	0.5%(5)	48.8%(492)	1.0%(10)
8	Chapman Hill Elementary School	Salem, OR	306	56.4%	61.4%(188)	3.6%(11)	22.2%(68)	3.3%(10)
9	Ash Creek Elementary School	Monmouth, OR	433	55.7%	44.6%(193)	0.2%(1)	49.2%(213)	0.5%(2)
10	Kalapuya Elementary School	Salem, OR	483	55.5%	61.9%(299)	3.1%(15)	23.0%(111)	2.5%(12)
11	Straub Middle School	Salem, OR	568	54.6%	63.2%(359)	2.8%(16)	18.7%(106)	4.0%(23)
12	Brush College Elementary School	Salem, OR	250	51.2%	65.6%(164)	2.0%(5)	21.6%(54)	1.2%(3)
13	Independence Elementary School	Independence, OR	425	50.5%	33.4%(142)	0.7%(3)	61.9%(263)	0.2%(1)
14	Lyle Elementary School	Dallas, OR	305	42.9%	73.4%(224)	1.3%(4)	16.4%(50)	0.3%(1)
15	LaCreole Middle School	Dallas, OR	569	42.4%	73.5%(418)	0.3%(2)	18.3%(104)	1.1%(6)
16	Whitworth Elementary School	Dallas, OR	367	42.0%	74.4%(273)	0.5%(2)	14.7%(54)	1.1%(4)
17	Oakdale Heights Elementary School	Dallas, OR	300	42.0%	74.3%(223)	0.0%(0)	14.3%(43)	0.7%(2)
18	Dallas High School	Dallas, OR	948	39.6%	75.8%(719)	1.2%(11)	14.4%(137)	0.9%(9)
19	Luckiamute Valley Charter School	Monmouth, OR	213	21.3%	88.3%(188)	1.4%(3)	8.9%(19)	0.0%(0)
20	Perrydale School	Amity, OR	319	20.7%	88.7%(283)	0.6%(2)	6.3%(20)	0.0%(0)

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