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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those suggesting schools with 7-9% are fooling themselves.  Just as a point of comparison, my children attend a school where the caucasian population is around 15%.  In K and 1, my daughter was one of 2 caucasian children in her class.  This year, she is the only one.  My son is in 3rd, and has had a similar experience.  Now, I will say, our school is large, so in the lower grades, there are sometimes 7 classes per grade.  OP, honestly I would look at schools of at least 30% if your child having racial peers is that important to you.  For us, in the lower grades it has been fine. [/quote]

A very valid point, but restritcting the home serach to only those pyramids in Fairfax County with around 30% or more African-American students would exclude a HUGE portion of the county.    [/quote]

The black population in Fairfax County has been growing, but far less rapidly than the Asian and Hispanic populations, so PP is correct that you aren't going to find many 30% AA schools in this county.  There are only two:  Lorton Station ES (32%) and Riverside ES (31%).   [/quote]

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