Maps show how segregated San Antonio-area schools are

Here's how some San Antonio-area school districts are currently zoned. Darker purple indicates a greater percentage of black or Hispanic children. San Antonio Independent School District



Total number of schools: 96

Total district enrollment: 53,035

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Schools across America are as segregated now as they were 50 years ago, based largely on how school boundries are set up, an investigation by Vox found.

Vox looked at elementary schools across the country, including in the San Antonio-area, and mapped out their demographics. The piece looked at how schools are currently zoned and what schools would look like if students attended the one nearest them.

Some areas are more segregated than others, Vox found.

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"There are districts that zone more white kids into already heavily white schools, and zone more black and Hispanic kids into the same schools," reads the Vox report. "And there are districts that purposely draw attendance zones across different neighborhoods, which bring black and Hispanic kids into white neighborhoods and vice versa."

Click through the slideshow to look at how some San Antonio-area districts are currently zoned. Darker purple indicates a greater percentage of black or Hispanic children.



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