Most DIVERSE neighborhoods (INDEX OVER 70)

Schools by black and Hispanic enrollment, New York City, 2010-11

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Isolated Black Schools Two-thirds of the city’s most segregated public schools are black, concentrated in deeply isolated black neighborhoods in central Brooklyn and southeast Queens. The most segregated is Kings Collegiate Charter, which has an index of 0 (269 blacks and no Asians, whites or Hispanics). Explore Charter School has an index of 10. Charters compose a third of the 100 most segregated. Nationally, they are less integrated than traditional schools.

Whites Forty years ago, whites were the most segregated racial group, but dwindling numbers and the influx of Asian immigrants have reduced their isolation in city schools. Only one of the 100 most segregated schools is white: P.S. 195 Manhattan Beach, which has an index of 13 (384 whites, 15 blacks, 9 Asians, 3 Hispanics).

Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Williamsburg, Borough Park and Kew Gardens are among the most segregated. Most of the children attend private yeshivas, which are the city’s most segregated private schools.

Asian Segregation Overall, Asians are the least segregated minority, attending schools that are about 62 percent non-Asian, on average. The exceptions are in Chinatown, including the Lower East Side Preparatory School, which has a diversity index of 12 (537 Asian students,12 blacks, 20 Hispanics and 3 whites).

most segregated neighborhoods (INDEX UNDER 20)

School type and predominant race/ethnicity

Black charter Black public White public Asian public Hispanic public

Hispanic Isolation The most segregated Hispanic schools are in Dominican Washington Heights and Central American Corona. Many are high schools, including Gregorio Luperon High School, that cater to Spanish-speaking immigrants. Luperon has a diversity index of 0, with 477 Hispanic students and no blacks, whites or Asians.

Half the city’s 1,600-plus schools are over 90 percent black and Hispanic.

Black isolation in schools has persisted even as residential segregation has declined.

Percentage of students that are black or Hispanic

Percentage of blacks in New York City schools and neighborhoods (block groups) weighted by black population

Percentage of students that would have to move to achieve integration among blacks and whites in the largest U.S. cities, 2009-10

New York City’s public schools are among the most segregated in the country.

Diversity Index Map shows the most segregated schools and census block groups in 2010, based on diversity index, a calculation of the probability that any two people in a school or neighborhood are a different race/ethnicity (black, white, Asian or Hispanic). An index of 75 means a 75 percent chance that a random pair are different races.

The 100 Least Segregated Schools

The center of Queens, from Astoria to Richmond Hill to Floral Park, has become one of the city’s most diverse areas, and its public schools are among the most integrated in the city. Just 5 of 126 charter schools are in this integrated group in the city.

The 100 Most Segregated Schools

The most segregated public schools in the city include Asian-dominated schools in Chinatown, heavily Hispanic schools in Washington Heights and Corona, and one white school in Manhattan Beach. But the greatest segregation is in black neighborhoods.

High Schools More than a third of the 100 most diverse schools are high schools, reflecting the city’s practice of allowing students to apply to any high school. The Mathematics, Science and Engineering High School at City College is the most diverse, with an index of 74 (130 Asians, 75 blacks, 99 Hispanics and 101 whites). Renaissance Charter This K-12 school in the center of a Central American and South Asian influx has one of the most diverse enrollments among charter schools: an index of 70 (96 Asians, 106 blacks, 243 Hispanics and 97 whites). Melting Pot The city’s most diverse census block group is in Ozone Park, where South Asians have settled in an older black and Hispanic area. Nearby John Adams High School has an index of 70 (930 Asians, 966 blacks, 1,207 Hispanics and 146 whites).

Queens Village

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Mathematics, Science and Engineering H.S.

Renaissance Charter School

Astoria

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John Adams High School

Ozone Park

New Brighton

Southeast Queens

Kew Gardens

Middle Village

Washington Heights

Tottenville

Eltingville

P.S. 195 Manhattan Beach

Kings Collegiate Charter School

Lower East Side Preparatory School

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MANHATTAN

MANHATTAN

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QUEENS

QUEENS

Gregorio Luperon High School

Explore Charter School

District 17

Chinatown

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Williamsburg

Borough Park

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