How diverse is your kid's school?

[darthnbjenni]

We have expats from about 50 countries at the school I teach at, but still a rather large white population. If I drive to a school 10 minutes away, it's mostly minority. If I drive 10 minutes the other way, it's mostly white.

[onetruething]

Our school is very diverse:
African American: 20.4%
Hispanic: 16.1%
White: 26.1%
Asian: 34.5%
Native American: .2%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: .3%
Multi Racial, Non-Hispanic: 2.1%

Low Income: 66.2%

I think having such a diverse student body is a huge benefit to living in the city. Our "village" includes so many different kinds of people/ families/ cultures

In addition to the racial and socioeconomic diversity, my kids' school has a large special Ed and multi- handicapped population.


This, to me, is one of the most important parts of their education.

[SpartanGirl]

Our elementary school is not very ethnically diverse, but there is more economic diversity. These are some of the statistics that our principal threw out for incoming kindergarten night tonight:

70% white
40% Free and Reduced Lunch (we're a Title 1 school)
8% English Language Learners
25% Special Education (we're the district center for autism)

Our private preschool is much more diverse. Last year my daughter was the only white child in her class. There are students represented from 33 different countries and a host of different religions/backgrounds. There are also a lot of special needs students that attend through a program with the public schools. Last year two classrooms were set up for a group of hard of hearing and deaf children who attended with an interpreter. I wish that our school went beyond preschool. It's such an amazing place.

[erbear]

Very racially and culturally diverse, particularly for a private school. The Lower School is 52% students of color, and my current class is close to 70% SOC.

A lot of family diversity, including a huge population of LGBTQ families.

The SES diversity is less so. There are a good number of students on financial aid (including my own) but the income swings upper middle class.

[fivechickens]

Their preschool is pretty diverse.

Looking at their elementary school, however, it is not at all diverse (87% white) which surprised me. I thought it was more diverse than that.

[lmbml]

My kid is a minority. She is one of seven white kids out of 18.

[Doggy Mommy]

I don't have kids but I'm a teacher. My district doesn't have much diversity at all. There are maybe 8 black kids in the whole school. I did randomly have a class one year though where 1/3 of the kids spoke a different language at home.

[candreco]

Very. 44% Hispanic, 31% AA, 14% white, 7% Asian, 4% other. 68% free/reduced price lunch.

It's one of the more diverse elementary schools in our huge district. A lot of schools in this district are pretty ethnically and economically homogenous, but ours pulls in SFH neighborhoods, townhouse developments, and apartment complexes with low-income housing, so we've got a more diverse population.

I think it's awesome.  Diversity is good for kids, and the school is also the advanced academic center for our area's schools, and the combo is a pretty strong one. 

[qcinoct]

E's kindergarten class has 26 kids. There are 3 visual minorities (all Asian). So, not very diverse at all

[cabbagecabbage]

Our suburb is 93% white. In DD's preschool class of 13 every kid is at least half white. There are 11 white kids and two mixed race kids.

Our town is booming in terms of turnover. Our old people neighbors are selling to young families and our schools are growing fast. We live a block from her grade school and I see more diversity in the kids, so I'm hoping the trend continues.

[Lucy Honeychurch]

Not very; though for suburban Tennessee, it's comparatively diverse.

White 65%
Black 23%
Hisp. 8%
Asian 2%

Free or reduced lunch eligibility: 36%

[thatgirl2478]

Not very.

City Data breaks it down nicely by neighborhood...

average income 91k
whites 94%
asians 3.2%
multi 1.4%
hispanics .8%
blacks .6%

yeah.

believe it or not, our old neighborhood was worse.

ETA here's the primary school racial breakdown:

White (90.7%)
Black (0.7%)
Hispanic (2.1%)
Asian (2.9%)
American Indian (0%)
Two or More Races (3.4%)
Pacific Islander (0.2%)

[Deleted]

The school we are zoned for is not diverse at all.

Stats say 93% white.

[steamboat185]

Pretty diverse 
6% Asian
22% White
21% Black
48% Hispanic 
3% multiple races

76% free lunch. 

[statlerwaldorf]

83 percent white
10 percent multi
3 percent black
3 percent Hispanic

81 percent free lunch

I always thought it was interesting how many biracial kids go to dd's school.

[CajunShrimp]

Racially/ethnically diverse? Yes. Economically? Not at all.

[4speedy]

DD goes to a private school.  It is a boarding school with an international program so there are students from all over the world.  But it is very expensive so pretty much there is cultural diversity but everyone who attends is the wealthy elite in their own country so they all have pretty similar experiences that they bring with them.  I never have any idea how to answer the diversity question because although they come from all over the world, they are all pretty much the same kid.

[Mrs. ChanandlerBong]

Not very.

88% white, 12% on free/reduced lunch.

Edit to add, per great schools: 6%multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% African American, 1% Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander.