50 Worst Cities In America for Graduating Black Males from High School
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)
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