Rank – City – Percent Graduating* – Number of Black Male Students*

1) Pinellas County (FL) – 21% – 10,703

2) Palm Beach County (FL) – 22% – 25,029

3) Duval County (Fl) – 23% – 27,749

4) Charleston County (SC) – 24% – 10,875

5) Buffalo, (NY) – 10,217 – 25%

6) Cleveland( OH) – 27% – 18,419

7) Dade County (FL) – 27% – 46,536

8) Detroit (MI) – 27% – 47181

9) Jefferson Parish (LA) – 28% – 10,950

10) Philadelphia (PA) – 28% – 53,720

11) New York City (NY) – 28% – 167,277

12) Polk County (FL) – 29% – 10,644

13) Chatham County (GA) – 29% – 11,197

14) Norfolk (VA) – 31% – 11,371

15) Richmond County (GA) – 31% – 12,095

16) Clark County (NV) – 32% – 22,575

17) Rochester (NY) – 33% – 10,921

18) Cincinnati (OH) – 33% – 12,459

19) Orange County (CA) – 33% – 24,176

20) Atlanta (GA) – 34% – 20,737

21) Columbus (OH) – 35% – 17,141

22) Hillsborough County (FL) – 35% – 21,680

23) Baltimore City (MD) – 35% – 36,023

24) Indianapolis (IN) – 36% – 10,339

25) Jefferson County (KY) – 36% – 17,603

26) Clayton County (GA) – 37% – 19,792

27) St. Louis City (MO) – 38% – 11,382

28) Caddo Parish (LA) – 38% – 13,849

29) Richmond (VA) – 39% – 10,383

30) Dallas (TX) – 39% – 22,570

31) Charlotte-Mecklenburg (NC) – 39% – 27,747

32) Broward County (FL) – 39% – 49,271

33) Milwaukee (WI) – 40% – 25,047

34) Los Angeles Unified (CA) – 40% – 37,379

35) Mobile County (AL) – 41% – 16,392

36) District of Columbia – 41% – 23,896

37) Fort Worth (TX) – 42% – 10,325

38) Montgomery County (AL) – 42% – 12,359

39) Jackson (MS) – 42% – 15,300

40) Memphis (TN) – 43% – 17,860

41) Birmingham City (AL) – 44% – 14,227

42) Wake County (NC) – 44% – 17,987

43) Houston (TX) – 44% – 28,737

44) Chicago (IL) – 44% – 94,639

45) Fulton County (GA) – 45% – 18,224

46) DeKalb County (GA) – 46% – 39,461

47) Boston (MA) – 47% – 11,514

48) Nashville, (TN) – 47% – 50,281

49) Virginia Beach (VA) – 48% – 10,350

50) Guilford County (NC) – 48% – 15,073

 

* Based on Large District Graduation Rates for 2007-2008 for school systems with 10,000 or more Black male students)

 

Click Here to Read Full Report