https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications/landscape-of-diversity-in-dc-public-schools/

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FIGURE 1. DISTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AND AT-RISK

STUDENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BOX 1. MEASURING DIVERSITY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FIGURE 2. MOST RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE SCHOOLS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FIGURE 3. MOST ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE SCHOOLS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FIGURE 4. OVERLAP IN RACIAL AND ETHNIC AND ECONOMIC DIVERSITY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TABLE 1. SCHOOLS THAT CHANGED PLURALITY RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUP

FROM 2014-15 TO 2016-17

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TABLE 2. SCHOOLS THAT CHANGED PLURALITY ECONOMIC GROUP FROM 2014-

15 TO 2016-17

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

History of segregation in D.C.’s public schools ...................................................................................................... 5

Characteristics of D.C.’s public school students ..................................................................................................... 6

Neighborhood demographics ................................................................................................................................ 8

Measuring diversity ............................................................................................................................................... 9

Characteristics of racially and ethnically diverse schools .................................................................................... 15

Changes in racial and ethnic diversity ................................................................................................................. 19

Characteristics of economically diverse schools .................................................................................................. 24

Changes in economic diversity ............................................................................................................................ 25

Implications ......................................................................................................................................................... 33

Measuring racial and ethnic representation ......................................................................................................... 39

Measuring economic representation .................................................................................................................... 41

Identifying diverse schools and their attributes ................................................................................................... 42

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

FIGURE 1. RACE AND ETHNICITY OF STUDENTS AND SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION

FIGURE 2. DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS BY PERCENT IN GROUP

FIGURE 3. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD AND SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHICS, 2016-17

FIGURE 4. EXAMPLES OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY SCORES

FIGURE 5. EXAMPLES OF ECONOMIC DIVERSITY SCORES

FIGURE 6. RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY BY SCHOOL

FIGURE 7. RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE SCHOOLS

FIGURE 8. DIVERSITY BY RACE AND ETHNICITY

FIGURE 9. RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY BY WARD

FIGURE 10. RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY AND SCHOOL CHOICE

FIGURE 11. STUDENT TRAVEL AT MOST RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE SCHOOLS

FIGURE 12. CHANGES IN RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY, 2014-15 TO 2016-17

TABLE 1. SCHOOLS THAT CHANGED PLURALITY RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUP FROM 2014-15 TO 2016-

17

FIGURE 13. CHANGE IN RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY BY WARD

FIGURE 14. ECONOMIC DIVERSITY, 2016-17

FIGURE 15. ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE SCHOOLS

FIGURE 16. MORE SCHOOLS ARE BECOMING LESS ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE

TABLE 2. SCHOOLS THAT CHANGED PLURALITY ECONOMIC GROUP FROM 2014-15 TO 2016-17

FIGURE 17. CHANGES IN ECONOMIC DIVERSITY AND CHILD POVERTY BY WARD

FIGURE 18. OVERLAP BETWEEN ECONOMIC AND RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY

FIGURE 19. LOCATION OF MOST DIVERSE SCHOOLS

FIGURE 20. LARGEST CHANGES IN BOTH TYPES OF DIVERSITY

APPENDIX FIGURE 1. DEMOGRAPHICS OF CHILD POPULATION BY WARD

APPENDIX FIGURE 2. RACE AND ETHNICITY BY GRADE OVER TIME

APPENDIX FIGURE 3. PROGRAM OFFERINGS AND DIVERSITY

APPENDIX FIGURE 4. CHANGE IN STUDENTS LIVING IN THE WARD OF THEIR SCHOOL

APPENDIX FIGURE 5. LOCATION OF CHANGING SCHOOLS

APPENDIX FIGURE 6. DISTRIBUTIONS OF CHANGES IN DIVERSITY

METHODOLOGY FIGURE 1. EXAMPLES OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY SCORES

METHODOLOGY FIGURE 2. EXAMPLES OF ECONOMIC DIVERSITY SCORES

METHODOLOGY TABLE 1. SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS DATA SOURCES, 2016-17