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The most racially diverse public schools in Kanawha County, West Virginia

50 public schools in Kanawha County, West Virginia appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. West Side Middle School leads the list at 63.2%, against a median of 31.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Kanawha County, West Virginia

Top Diversity index

63.2%

Median Diversity index

31.1%

MOST DIVERSE · KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	West Side Middle School	Charleston, WV	374	63.2%	46.0%(172)	36.1%(135)	1.6%(6)	0.3%(1)
2	Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary	Charleston, WV	453	62.8%	45.5%(206)	37.3%(169)	0.9%(4)	0.0%(0)
3	Piedmont Year-Round Education	Charleston, WV	279	62.3%	35.1%(98)	48.4%(135)	2.1%(6)	0.0%(0)
4	Dunbar Primary Center	Dunbar, WV	271	61.4%	55.0%(149)	22.1%(60)	3.0%(8)	1.1%(3)
5	Edgewood Elementary	Charleston, WV	413	61.0%	52.1%(215)	30.3%(125)	1.2%(5)	0.0%(0)
6	Richmond Elementary School	South Charleston, WV	213	55.8%	60.6%(129)	21.1%(45)	0.5%(1)	0.0%(0)
7	Dunbar Intermediate Center	Dunbar, WV	232	55.8%	61.6%(143)	19.0%(44)	1.3%(3)	1.7%(4)
8	Capital High School	Charleston, WV	1,051	55.6%	59.3%(623)	29.4%(309)	2.1%(22)	1.4%(15)
9	Horace Mann Middle School	Charleston, WV	385	54.2%	63.4%(244)	21.3%(82)	2.6%(10)	3.4%(13)
10	Dunbar Middle School	Dunbar, WV	325	53.6%	63.4%(206)	20.9%(68)	2.1%(7)	0.3%(1)
11	South Charleston High School	South Charleston, WV	874	51.6%	65.5%(572)	21.4%(187)	1.9%(17)	1.0%(9)
12	Kanawha City Elementary School	Charleston, WV	242	50.9%	66.1%(160)	19.0%(46)	0.0%(0)	1.6%(4)
13	Chamberlain Elementary School	Charleston, WV	225	50.6%	67.6%(152)	14.7%(33)	1.8%(4)	3.6%(8)
14	Bridgeview Elementary School	South Charleston, WV	417	47.3%	69.5%(290)	13.9%(58)	0.7%(3)	0.2%(1)
15	South Charleston Middle School	South Charleston, WV	354	47.1%	70.3%(249)	12.2%(43)	1.7%(6)	2.0%(7)
16	Montrose Elementary School	Charleston, WV	224	46.2%	70.5%(158)	11.6%(26)	0.9%(2)	0.5%(1)
17	Ruffner Elementary School	Charleston, WV	271	44.1%	73.1%(198)	10.3%(28)	1.5%(4)	1.1%(3)
18	Weberwood Elementary School	Charleston, WV	247	43.6%	72.9%(180)	13.0%(32)	1.2%(3)	0.4%(1)
19	Cross Lanes Elementary School	Charleston, WV	294	43.3%	73.8%(217)	9.2%(27)	3.1%(9)	1.4%(4)
20	Overbrook Elementary School	Charleston, WV	375	41.4%	75.2%(282)	10.1%(38)	2.4%(9)	1.6%(6)
21	Alban Elementary School	Saint Albans, WV	376	36.9%	78.2%(294)	7.7%(29)	1.6%(6)	0.3%(1)
22	Andrew Jackson Middle School	Charleston, WV	488	32.9%	81.2%(396)	4.9%(24)	2.3%(11)	2.0%(10)
23	George Washington High School	Charleston, WV	1,145	32.1%	81.8%(937)	6.0%(69)	1.6%(18)	5.1%(58)
24	Nitro Elementary School	Nitro, WV	377	31.6%	81.7%(308)	4.8%(18)	0.8%(3)	0.8%(3)
25	Central Elementary School	Saint Albans, WV	304	31.4%	81.9%(249)	8.2%(25)	0.0%(0)	0.7%(2)
26	Point Harmony Elementary School	Cross Lanes, WV	440	30.9%	82.3%(362)	5.5%(24)	0.5%(2)	0.7%(3)
27	John Adams Middle School	Charleston, WV	740	30.3%	83.0%(614)	6.2%(46)	1.6%(12)	2.2%(16)
28	Anne Bailey Elementary School	Saint Albans, WV	221	28.9%	83.7%(185)	5.9%(13)	2.7%(6)	0.0%(0)
29	Nitro High School	Nitro, WV	818	26.2%	85.5%(699)	6.5%(53)	2.1%(17)	0.7%(6)
30	Belle Elementary School	Belle, WV	255	24.8%	86.3%(220)	6.7%(17)	0.8%(2)	0.0%(0)
31	McKinley Middle School	Saint Albans, WV	255	24.7%	86.3%(220)	6.7%(17)	0.8%(2)	0.0%(0)
32	Holz Elementary School	Charleston, WV	304	24.1%	86.8%(264)	4.3%(13)	0.7%(2)	2.3%(7)
33	Saint Albans High School	Saint Albans, WV	882	22.8%	87.5%(772)	5.2%(46)	1.4%(12)	0.2%(2)
34	Ruthlawn Elementary School	Charleston, WV	225	21.9%	88.0%(198)	1.3%(3)	0.4%(1)	2.7%(6)
35	Du Pont Middle School	Belle, WV	440	21.7%	88.2%(388)	5.7%(25)	1.4%(6)	0.2%(1)
36	Lakewood Elementary School	Saint Albans, WV	294	19.6%	89.5%(263)	4.4%(13)	1.4%(4)	0.0%(0)
37	Riverside High School	Belle, WV	1,057	19.5%	89.4%(945)	6.0%(64)	0.0%(0)	0.2%(2)
38	Hayes Middle School	Saint Albans, WV	464	16.2%	91.4%(424)	2.6%(12)	0.7%(3)	0.2%(1)
39	Chesapeake Elementary School	Chesapeake, WV	205	15.5%	91.7%(188)	1.0%(2)	1.5%(3)	0.0%(0)
40	East Bank Middle School	East Bank, WV	227	14.9%	92.1%(209)	2.6%(6)	0.4%(1)	0.0%(0)
41	Andrews Heights Elementary School	Tornado, WV	233	14.6%	92.3%(215)	1.7%(4)	0.4%(1)	1.3%(3)
42	Elk Elementary Center	Charleston, WV	475	8.9%	95.4%(453)	1.5%(7)	0.4%(2)	0.0%(0)
43	Elkview Middle School	Elkview, WV	621	7.5%	96.1%(597)	0.8%(5)	0.0%(0)	0.3%(2)
44	Herbert Hoover High School	Elkview, WV	782	7.5%	96.2%(752)	0.6%(5)	1.0%(8)	0.5%(4)
45	Sissonville Middle School	Charleston, WV	521	7.1%	96.3%(502)	0.2%(1)	0.6%(3)	0.4%(2)
46	Sissonville High School	Charleston, WV	564	5.2%	97.3%(549)	0.5%(3)	0.7%(4)	0.2%(1)
47	Flinn Elementary School	Charleston, WV	430	4.6%	97.7%(420)	0.5%(2)	0.2%(1)	0.0%(0)
48	Pinch Elementary School	Elkview, WV	282	2.8%	98.6%(278)	0.7%(2)	0.0%(0)	0.0%(0)
49	Sissonville Elementary School	Sissonville, WV	216	2.7%	98.6%(213)	0.9%(2)	0.0%(0)	0.0%(0)
50	Clendenin Elementary School	Elkview, WV	335	1.8%	99.1%(332)	0.0%(0)	0.3%(1)	0.0%(0)

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