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The most racially diverse public middle schools in Richland County, South Carolina

Across Richland County, South Carolina, 16 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by how small the single largest racial or ethnic group is, so no one group dominates. Dutch Fork Middle leads the list at 45.7%, against a median of 73.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Richland County, South Carolina

Best Largest group

45.7%

Median Largest group

73.4%

MOST DIVERSE · RICHLAND COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	Students	Largest group	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Dutch Fork Middle	Irmo, SC	876	45.7% White (400)	45.7%(400)	34.8%(305)	8.6%(75)	2.6%(23)
2	Palmetto Achievement Center for Excellence Academy	Columbia, SC	216	49.1% White (106)	49.1%(106)	41.2%(89)	4.2%(9)	0.9%(2)
3	Crayton Middle	Columbia, SC	952	49.3% White (469)	49.3%(469)	34.7%(330)	7.3%(70)	1.8%(17)
4	Hand Middle	Columbia, SC	755	51.4% Black (388)	30.7%(232)	51.4%(388)	10.9%(82)	0.9%(7)
5	Dent Middle	Columbia, SC	1,059	53.5% Black (566)	17.5%(185)	53.5%(566)	17.6%(186)	6.3%(67)
6	Blythewood Middle	Blythewood, SC	872	54.6% Black (476)	24.7%(215)	54.6%(476)	11.1%(97)	2.2%(19)
7	Kelly Mill Middle	Blythewood, SC	979	68.2% Black (668)	13.0%(127)	68.2%(668)	9.4%(92)	2.1%(21)
8	Southeast Middle	Hopkins, SC	462	72.1% Black (333)	7.4%(34)	72.1%(333)	13.6%(63)	0.2%(1)
9	W. G. Sanders Middle	Columbia, SC	503	74.8% Black (376)	11.7%(59)	74.8%(376)	9.2%(46)	0.6%(3)
10	Longleaf Middle	Columbia, SC	796	76.5% Black (609)	8.0%(64)	76.5%(609)	9.2%(73)	1.1%(9)
11	Alcorn Middle	Columbia, SC	381	77.4% Black (295)	2.9%(11)	77.4%(295)	14.4%(55)	0.3%(1)
12	Chapin Middle	Chapin, SC	1,007	79.2% White (797)	79.2%(797)	5.6%(56)	7.3%(73)	2.4%(24)
13	St. Andrews Middle	Columbia, SC	627	83.4% Black (523)	2.7%(17)	83.4%(523)	7.3%(46)	1.8%(11)
14	Hopkins Middle	Hopkins, SC	458	84.5% Black (387)	5.0%(23)	84.5%(387)	4.8%(22)	0.2%(1)
15	Heyward Gibbes Middle	Columbia, SC	252	90.1% Black (227)	1.6%(4)	90.1%(227)	5.2%(13)	0.0%(0)
16	W. A. Perry Middle	Columbia, SC	320	90.3% Black (289)	0.6%(2)	90.3%(289)	3.4%(11)	0.0%(0)

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