Schools with largest Asian American representation in NW DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was a long thread before on why Asians are underrepresented in independent schools. You may be able to find it if you do a search. The bottom line seems to be Asians are not interested rather than the schools are actively discriminate them. This is very different than the elite college situation.

Our little private school in MOCO wanted to market to Asian Americans. It is hard. Because they mostly go to Wootton.

I am pretty sure it's not active discrimination against AsAms or Hispanics. But, I also think that NW DC independent schools aren't working very hard at developing a critical mass of these populations. Once there is a critical mass, then word-of-mouth and other informal methods of recruitment are possible. Right now, I don't see it.

[Anonymous]

What would you consider critical mass?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In 2010, Asians were 5.6% of the US population and 4.5% of the DC population. About 6.5% in DC & MD. Controlling for income, location, and interest in private school, 7%-8% is not so terrible.

OP is probably thinking that the percentage should be higher like in elite colleges.

[Anonymous]

Elite colleges are a completely different animal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elite colleges are a completely different animal.

Exactly.

Also Asians traditionally are more into STEM, where the magnet public schools are the strongest.

One of the PPs hit on this point. I really don't see anything deeper than what everyone has been saying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What would you consider critical mass?

More than 10%. Here's the thing, if I have my K child in a class of 20 at a school with 8% Asian Americans, then there is a very good chance that she will be the only Asian American kid in that class. There might be another Asian American kid, but maybe not. I don't want her to feel like the token Asian American kid when the class talks about "diversity" and then points to her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In 2010, Asians were 5.6% of the US population and 4.5% of the DC population. About 6.5% in DC & MD. Controlling for income, location, and interest in private school, 7%-8% is not so terrible.

OP is probably thinking that the percentage should be higher like in elite colleges.

No, I'm not. But it should be higher than 7-8%.

[Anonymous]

Then move to Virginia. Everyone makes choices, OP. What is more important to you - city living and a short commute, or raising your daughter around other Asians? Because the other Asians are in Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In 2010, Asians were 5.6% of the US population and 4.5% of the DC population. About 6.5% in DC & MD. Controlling for income, location, and interest in private school, 7%-8% is not so terrible.

OP is probably thinking that the percentage should be higher like in elite colleges.

No, I'm not. But it should be higher than 7-8%.

On what basis?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

I've taken another look at these numbers, and it looks like info on race/ethnicity was not collected for pre-K, so the denominators in each case should be slightly smaller. There is also a separate category for two or more races.

Taking Sidwell as an example, if you take the smaller denominator and assume that 1/4 of kids in the two or more races category are part-Asian, then the % of Asian students rises to 12%.

[Anonymous]

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

I am Asian American with Asian American children and am looking at independent schools in the NW DC area. I have observed that many schools here, while claiming to be committed to "diversity," seem to uphold a version of diversity that in practice is really a surprisingly antiquated version that focuses almost exclusively on black-white relations. I would like to find a school that fairly aggressively diversifies its student body (and faculty and staff) to include more Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and other kinds of ethicities. In other words, I would like to see a school that actually walks the walk of diversity, rather than simply talks the talk. FWIW, we are transplants from the West Coast.

try the Cathedral school. they walk the walk. good luck!

[Anonymous]

I can't believe that any school has a higher percentage than TJ.

[Anonymous]

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

I am Asian American with Asian American children and am looking at independent schools in the NW DC area. I have observed that many schools here, while claiming to be committed to "diversity," seem to uphold a version of diversity that in practice is really a surprisingly antiquated version that focuses almost exclusively on black-white relations. I would like to find a school that fairly aggressively diversifies its student body (and faculty and staff) to include more Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and other kinds of ethicities. In other words, I would like to see a school that actually walks the walk of diversity, rather than simply talks the talk. FWIW, we are transplants from the West Coast.

So basically you don't want your kids around blacks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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

I am Asian American with Asian American children and am looking at independent schools in the NW DC area. I have observed that many schools here, while claiming to be committed to "diversity," seem to uphold a version of diversity that in practice is really a surprisingly antiquated version that focuses almost exclusively on black-white relations. I would like to find a school that fairly aggressively diversifies its student body (and faculty and staff) to include more Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and other kinds of ethicities. In other words, I would like to see a school that actually walks the walk of diversity, rather than simply talks the talk. FWIW, we are transplants from the West Coast.

try the Cathedral school. they walk the walk. good luck!

Beauvoir has 5.8% Asian students. If you count 1/4 of the multiracial kids as Asian, that rises to 10.3%. If you count 1/3 of the multiracial kids as Asian, that rises to 11.9%.

If you count 1/3 of the multiracial kids as Asian, the corresponding percentage at Sidwell is 13.4%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

I am Asian American with Asian American children and am looking at independent schools in the NW DC area. I have observed that many schools here, while claiming to be committed to "diversity," seem to uphold a version of diversity that in practice is really a surprisingly antiquated version that focuses almost exclusively on black-white relations. I would like to find a school that fairly aggressively diversifies its student body (and faculty and staff) to include more Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and other kinds of ethicities. In other words, I would like to see a school that actually walks the walk of diversity, rather than simply talks the talk. FWIW, we are transplants from the West Coast.

So basically you don't want your kids around blacks.

Not OP here, but you should work harder on your reading comprehension.