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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to US Census, Silver Spring has only 11% poverty. Median income is somewhere around $72,000. Why are many all the kids in the public schools? Why such a high concentration of poverty in the public schools? [/quote] Oh, this one is easy to answer. The "poverty threshold" used by the US Census is different from that used to define eligibility for free and reduced meals. So, for a family of 4 with two children under 18, you need to make less than about $22K per year as a household to qualify as "in poverty" per the US Census. The same family would qualify for free and reduced meals with a household income of up to about $46K. So, only 11% of families in Silver Spring have a household income low enough to qualify as "in povery" per the census, but many more have a household income greater than the census threshold, but less than the FARMS threshold. [/quote]
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