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2011 Black-White Achievement Gap Report​s
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Table 11. Percentage of students in the school who were Black for Black and White 8th-grade students, nationally and by jurisdiction: 2011
Jurisdiction White   Black Black-White
difference
Nation94839
Alabama196344
Alaska485
Arizona594
Arkansas125644
California52420
Colorado42117
Connecticut73225
Delaware304112
District of Columbia519039
Florida164226
Georgia246137
Hawaii374
Idaho
Illinois66256
Indiana65448
Iowa41713
Kansas62620
Kentucky83022
Louisiana276033
Maine2108
Maryland176346
Massachusetts33027
Michigan65650
Minnesota52924
Mississippi287143
Missouri75749
Montana
Nebraska52520
Nevada8168
New Hampshire
New Jersey84637
New Mexico352
New York74942
North Carolina204727
North Dakota
Ohio85951
Oklahoma83225
Oregon22826
Pennsylvania66255
Rhode Island42116
South Carolina295323
South Dakota253
Tennessee85951
Texas123019
Utah
Vermont
Virginia174527
Washington4128
West Virginia51712
Wisconsin45248
Wyoming
– Not available.
NOTE: Idaho, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming had too few Black students sampled on the National Assessment of Educational Progress assessment to report results.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2011 Mathematics Grade 8 Assessment.

Last updated 06 August 2015 (DS)