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New York City has 8 high level, very sought after high schools.
Each year, thousands of high school juniors test and apply for these schools. Of the 5103 accepted students, 52% were Asians! Amazingly Asians only represent 9% of the total New York Student body! Conversely only 7% of Hispanics and 5% of African Americans (26% and17% respectively as a percentage of the total student population) were accepted by these top schools,
Demographics of NYC Demographics of NYC
Public School Students Students accepted by
8 Specialty Schools
42% White…………………………………………………….28% White
26% Hispanic…………………………………………………7% Hispanic
17% African American…………………………………….5% African American
9% Asians……………………………………………………52% Asian
Two take aways. While a very small percentage of the total population, Asians continue to excel. Second, the lack of Hispanic and African American students theses specialty schools accept continue to point to the diversity challenges both academia and businesses continue to confront.