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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Latin demographics mirror that of the city. So not sure what you are referring to as lack of diversity. Are there a lot of white kids? Yes, because almost half of the city is white. I think the high school at Latin is 35% white.[/quote]

According to OSSE’s data, only 12.5% of DC public school students—that’s DCPS and charters—identify as white:
https://osse.dc.gov/page/data-and-reports-0
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People always quote this statistic as though it ends the conversation.  It doesn't!  Half the population is white - so half the students should approx be white.  The reason it is not that way at others DCPS/Charter schools is because most of them suck.  But at a good one - the white parents buy in and send their kid there roughly proportional to their population numbers.[/quote]

But this “half the population” thing is wrong when it comes to kids. Roughly a quarter of DC kids are white. It’s just a fact that the school is disproportionately white. People may disagree about the reasons and whether or not it’s a problem, but it’s weird to dig in on the claim that this reflects the city.[/quote]

What would be more useful would be to see the economic breakdown of the school's population. [/quote]

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