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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]

46% of the total population is white but only 24% of people under 18 are white. [/quote]

Because white people often move out because they judge the schools to be inadequate.  They feel their kids won't be well served.  I hope that more young white residents find that staying in DC because the schools are good is an option for them.  That should be our goal as a city: to serve all residents.  Not to be glad because we get to take the tax dollars of young bar hoppers and then send their kids to the suburbs to be educated.  And charters are helping us to make this goal more likely.  Unless you just hate white people and hope they leave?[/quote]

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