Schools with largest Asian American representation in NW DC?

[Anonymous]

Which independent schools in NW have the largest (or smallest) numbers of Asian Americans? TIA!

[Anonymous]

Public. Murch and Deal especially.

[Anonymous]

In our experience, it varied a great deal by grade in privates. Lowell had many adopted Asian students, not many Asian families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In our experience, it varied a great deal by grade in privates. Lowell had many adopted Asian students, not many Asian families.

Can you elaborate? Which private schools?

[Anonymous]

WIS doesn't have many at all. I've always noticed that it is the underrepresented demographic in a very diverse population.

Of the Asian population there, I see more South Asians (including us) than East Asian.

[Anonymous]

Whitman

[Anonymous]

An Asian-American parent of a DC independent school student here - All of the upper NW independent schools are predominately white. If you prefer an ethnic mix more like the elite test-in publics -- Jefferson, Blair, Stuyvesant (NY), or Lowell (SF) -- you just won't find it in independent schools. I doubt there is much difference in the Asian-American population, percentage-wise, between any of the DC independent schools. But, there are probably enough Asian-American students that they don't feel particularly isolated. I think it is a bit tougher for moderate-income African-American and Latino students. My impression is that bi-racial children make up half or more of the Asian-Americans, plus a scattering of adoptees with white parents.

Considering the fact that 70%+ of Asian-Americans are foreign born, it will be a while before there are enough acculturated upper-middle class Asian-Americans who are eager to spend $40k/year on K-12 tuition. It is a lot easier for first-generation immigrants to relate to testing in to a magnet public school or buying a home in a good public school district than it is to navigate the slightly stuffy, very wealthy, liberal arts oriented world of expensive private schools.

[Anonymous]

Anyone know the % Asian population of Sidwell and Beauvoir?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know the % Asian population of Sidwell and Beauvoir?

Also interested in this--plus Maret and GDS?

[Anonymous]

OP - It would help to know why you are asking the question.

[Anonymous]

Maret: 48/635 or 7.6%

Sidwell: 86/1132 or 7.6%

GDS: 89/1075 or 8.3%

Latest numbers from the National Center for Education Statistics. I have not examined the quality of the data.

[Anonymous]

Beauvoir: 19/394 or 4.8%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An Asian-American parent of a DC independent school student here - All of the upper NW independent schools are predominately white. If you prefer an ethnic mix more like the elite test-in publics -- Jefferson, Blair, Stuyvesant (NY), or Lowell (SF) -- you just won't find it in independent schools. I doubt there is much difference in the Asian-American population, percentage-wise, between any of the DC independent schools. But, there are probably enough Asian-American students that they don't feel particularly isolated. I think it is a bit tougher for moderate-income African-American and Latino students. My impression is that bi-racial children make up half or more of the Asian-Americans, plus a scattering of adoptees with white parents.

Considering the fact that 70%+ of Asian-Americans are foreign born, it will be a while before there are enough acculturated upper-middle class Asian-Americans who are eager to spend $40k/year on K-12 tuition. It is a lot easier for first-generation immigrants to relate to testing in to a magnet public school or buying a home in a good public school district than it is to navigate the slightly stuffy, very wealthy, liberal arts oriented world of expensive private schools.

This analysis doesnt hold water when NoVa privates are included - there are plenty of wealthy 1st generation asian-americans sending kids to privates - they just prefer to live in NoVa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An Asian-American parent of a DC independent school student here - All of the upper NW independent schools are predominately white. If you prefer an ethnic mix more like the elite test-in publics -- Jefferson, Blair, Stuyvesant (NY), or Lowell (SF) -- you just won't find it in independent schools. I doubt there is much difference in the Asian-American population, percentage-wise, between any of the DC independent schools. But, there are probably enough Asian-American students that they don't feel particularly isolated. I think it is a bit tougher for moderate-income African-American and Latino students. My impression is that bi-racial children make up half or more of the Asian-Americans, plus a scattering of adoptees with white parents.

Considering the fact that 70%+ of Asian-Americans are foreign born, it will be a while before there are enough acculturated upper-middle class Asian-Americans who are eager to spend $40k/year on K-12 tuition. It is a lot easier for first-generation immigrants to relate to testing in to a magnet public school or buying a home in a good public school district than it is to navigate the slightly stuffy, very wealthy, liberal arts oriented world of expensive private schools.

This analysis doesnt hold water when NoVa privates are included - there are plenty of wealthy 1st generation asian-americans sending kids to privates - they just prefer to live in NoVa.

Asians do live in the suburbs. But they are mostly in the AAPs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An Asian-American parent of a DC independent school student here - All of the upper NW independent schools are predominately white. If you prefer an ethnic mix more like the elite test-in publics -- Jefferson, Blair, Stuyvesant (NY), or Lowell (SF) -- you just won't find it in independent schools. I doubt there is much difference in the Asian-American population, percentage-wise, between any of the DC independent schools. But, there are probably enough Asian-American students that they don't feel particularly isolated. I think it is a bit tougher for moderate-income African-American and Latino students. My impression is that bi-racial children make up half or more of the Asian-Americans, plus a scattering of adoptees with white parents.

Considering the fact that 70%+ of Asian-Americans are foreign born, it will be a while before there are enough acculturated upper-middle class Asian-Americans who are eager to spend $40k/year on K-12 tuition. It is a lot easier for first-generation immigrants to relate to testing in to a magnet public school or buying a home in a good public school district than it is to navigate the slightly stuffy, very wealthy, liberal arts oriented world of expensive private schools.

This analysis doesnt hold water when NoVa privates are included - there are plenty of wealthy 1st generation asian-americans sending kids to privates - they just prefer to live in NoVa.

I've observed that pattern, why is it? Also from South East Asia?