Key Elementary School - Diversity (staff and students)

[Anonymous]

Key alumni parent here. Our (white) kids' best Black friends in elementary school were from African families -- Ethiopian, Nigerian, Ghanaian, various West African World Bank folks. There was even one dad who was big somebody at the Bahamian embassy. Lots of great parties and holiday events, terrific food, languages spoken -- but a different flavor from much of Black DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Key alumni parent here. Our (white) kids' best Black friends in elementary school were from African families -- Ethiopian, Nigerian, Ghanaian, various West African World Bank folks. There was even one dad who was big somebody at the Bahamian embassy. Lots of great parties and holiday events, terrific food, languages spoken -- but a different flavor from much of Black DC.

I get it. Africans tend to be a lot more open toward White Americans than Black Americans can be sometimes, understandably. (I have an African parent and a Black American parent so I’ve observed this).

[Anonymous]

Key is known for many things, diversity is not one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Key is known for many things, diversity is not one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Key is known for many things, diversity is not one of them.

Actually, the Key stats that OP quoted -- 10% Black about 15% Hispanic and 5% Asian -- are right in-line with the US as a whole.

So Key has less minority representation than much of DC, but more than adjacent neighborhoods in MD and VA.

[Anonymous]

We are a (white) Key family but my daughter has a pretty diverse friend group racially. Her teacher last year is Black and the staff overall is amazing.

I will say everyone is relatively wealthy — even the few OOB kids that lottery in seem to come from pretty well off families. So if you’re looking for socioeconomic diversity you won’t find a ton of that…

The education has been amazing and we really love it. It has a true neighborhood feel and we run into families at the park and around the school all the time.

[Anonymous]

Have a white kid at Key, all of her friends are white, and she is now more reluctant to play with black kids at the playground than with white kids. There's a lot of good things about Key. Racial and economic diversity are not among them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have a white kid at Key, all of her friends are white, and she is now more reluctant to play with black kids at the playground than with white kids. There's a lot of good things about Key. Racial and economic diversity are not among them.

Thanks for the insight!