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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want to know about race by year, you can look at the PARCC data -- the total counts, not the scores. For some schools it will be redacted but you can usually piece something together. [/quote]

I just spent some time working around the redacted PARCC numbers for our IB elementary. I was more interested in the economic disadvantage rate by grade than race by grade (it's also easier to fill in the data blanks with 2 categories vs 4+) and was pretty blown away. Jumps from 44% in 3rd to 64% in 4th to 78% in 5th. Wow.

Nearby neighborhood schools we're interested in lotterying into for upper elementary looked a lot better though still with sizeable jumps in 5th.[/quote]

Do remember if it's a gentrifying school that each grade is likely also a bit more gentrified than the one before it.

So the current 3rd grade might go 44->60->70 or whatever... Whereas the current 5th may have gone 50-->68-->78... if that makes sense. That is, just make sure you remember it's not the same actual kids in each grade, so gentrification trends matter in addition to grade trends.
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Thanks. Unfortunately a mix of better redaction in SY21-22 and no PARCC data SY19-20 or SY20-21 is limiting my ability to glean any additional insights.

I did go back to previous year's audits for school-wide at-risk numbers and found the school went from a consistent 30-31% at risk to 36% and then 46% over the course of two years. Yikes.[/quote]

Not sure which school this is even about, and I realize this is a bit off topic, but the 'yikes' response to an increase in at risk population made me cringe. [/quote]

Cringe away. A school where the at-risk population increased by 50% over two years is not going to be equipped to handle such a rapid change in the type and intensity of student needs.[/quote]

Hill schools have been handling the differences in demographics between upper and lower grades for a long time. And yes, you should watch your language. [/quote]

In time, they might be able to adjust. But such a rapid shift likely means the school does not currently have the right resources in place.

There is a reason schools get more funding for at risk students. Pretending these students needs are not different or more intense serves no one. If you're uncomfortable with discussion about how demographic changes impact schools (literally what the enrollment audit data shows), this is probably not the right thread for you.

By the way, the only "Hill schools" with a higher at-risk percentage than the school in question are J.O. Wilson, Amidon-Bowen, Miner, and Browne EC. Probably not the schools you were thinking of.[/quote]

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