Achievement gap studies examining race overwhelmingly reveal that White children and Asian children outperform Black children and Latino children, few studies have outcomes that show Black children outperforming their peers. Critical race theory frames this work, which examines the performance of English Learners (n = 198) in a large school district in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Using one-way analysis of variance and multiple regressions, data show that Black English Learners' mean scores are higher than their peers on both a state reading assessment and the Scholastic Reading Inventory. These findings serve as a counterexample in achievement gap research.