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Anonymous wrote:Are there really 21 white kids at Eastern? I know that there are a max of 3 white kids between the freshman and sophomore classes this year.

There are definitely not 21 white kids at Eastern. No chance. I think it’s around 8.

Interesting to look at enrollment trends at all the high schools, not just Eastern. This is the data for last school year (I think this school year's data will be posted next month)

The size of the freshman class at many of these schools (Eastern included) is significantly larger than other grades. Confirms the 'baby bubble' of DC is approaching high school. Will be interesting to see how these next few years play out, as more kids are looking for high school spots. While maybe more stressful in the moment, in the end I could see it being a good thing, with rising numbers of kids enrolling at multiple schools instead of just a select few https://dcps.dc.gov/node/1018342

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Anonymous wrote:Banneker is the only school on that list where you can make a reasonable case that white parents have avoided it because of the racial makeup.

The neighborhood high schools white kids avoid are the same ones with extremely low IB participation rates overall. They aren't good schools, and It's crazy that some of these numbers aren't even lower.

Banneker has increasing white attendance. I do agree that it gets dismissed because of racism.

I don't know if it's quite racism, as much as that Banneker feels almost like an HBCU -- i.e. "safe space" for Black Excellence.

White kids go there, and it's an excellent school, but I don't know what to think about the white proportion increasing. What if it became half white, or majority white?

But isn't more diversity good for the learning environment? That's what I've been hearing over the past few decades. Is that wrong?

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Anonymous wrote:Are there really 21 white kids at Eastern? I know that there are a max of 3 white kids between the freshman and sophomore classes this year.

There are definitely not 21 white kids at Eastern. No chance. I think it’s around 8.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Banneker is the only school on that list where you can make a reasonable case that white parents have avoided it because of the racial makeup.

The neighborhood high schools white kids avoid are the same ones with extremely low IB participation rates overall. They aren't good schools, and It's crazy that some of these numbers aren't even lower.

Banneker has increasing white attendance. I do agree that it gets dismissed because of racism.

I don't know if it's quite racism, as much as that Banneker feels almost like an HBCU -- i.e. "safe space" for Black Excellence.

White kids go there, and it's an excellent school, but I don't know what to think about the white proportion increasing. What if it became half white, or majority white?

But isn't more diversity good for the learning environment? That's what I've been hearing over the past few decades. Is that wrong?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Banneker is the only school on that list where you can make a reasonable case that white parents have avoided it because of the racial makeup.

The neighborhood high schools white kids avoid are the same ones with extremely low IB participation rates overall. They aren't good schools, and It's crazy that some of these numbers aren't even lower.

Banneker has increasing white attendance. I do agree that it gets dismissed because of racism.

I don't know if it's quite racism, as much as that Banneker feels almost like an HBCU -- i.e. "safe space" for Black Excellence.

White kids go there, and it's an excellent school, but I don't know what to think about the white proportion increasing. What if it became half white, or majority white?

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Anonymous wrote:Banneker is the only school on that list where you can make a reasonable case that white parents have avoided it because of the racial makeup.

The neighborhood high schools white kids avoid are the same ones with extremely low IB participation rates overall. They aren't good schools, and It's crazy that some of these numbers aren't even lower.

Banneker has increasing white attendance. I do agree that it gets dismissed because of racism.

I don't know if it's quite racism, as much as that Banneker feels almost like an HBCU -- i.e. "safe space" for Black Excellence.

White kids go there, and it's an excellent school, but I don't know what to think about the white proportion increasing. What if it became half white, or majority white?

Honestly unless the school has an ability/interest in keeping it a certain percentage AA I imagine it will become half white. There are so many more families staying in the city and simply not enough high performing schools.

Is the trend that Banneker is headed towards 30-40% white to match the city? The SY23/24 stats showed that the Banneker white population increased, but that class was also larger than previous years by a lot and it's still only 5% or so. Did it go up again in SY24-25? If so, guess the secret is out. We were very impressed in the open house but expect there to be a lot of competition this year.