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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It will be interesting to see what happens when it moves, gets new facilities etc. I wonder if that will attract a whiter crowd.[/quote]

It will, but it won't really happen IMO until getting into Walls becomes almost impossible due to competition.

More white students are, however, attending Ellington post-renovation.

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More white students are attending DCPS/PCS in general and staying through high school, so you should expect to see numbers increasing in high schools too. [b]Even Wilson has more white kids than ever before, though still underrepresented compared to the DC population.[/b][/quote]

Comparing to the city's overall population is meaningless.

The only appropriate baseline is to compare a school's population to the total public school population, which is:

10% white
19% Latino
67% Black
2% Asian
2% 2 or more races

Source: https://dcschoolreportcard.org/state/99999-0000[/quote]

Please explain to me why this is the correct comparison, and I would also be interested in knowing what the goal is actually, what would be a "good" racial balance at what schools and why?

Wilson is 34% White, 32% AA, 22% Hispanic/Latino and 6% Asian
Walls is 43% White, 31%AA, 12% Hispanic/Latino, and 8% Asian
Banneker is 1% White, 74% AA, 20% Hispanic/Latino, and 3% Asian
Ellington is 9% White, 74% AA, 11% Hispanic/Latino, and 2% Asian

Finally, assuming that all strong students want to go to the same academically challenging application schools, should race matter or just test scores? If not only test scores, what are the other factors that should matter and why?
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