20 years of demographic change in Cuyahoga County schools
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People are sensitive to race because they're realistic and see what has happened to school systems, local economies, housing prices, and crime levels after substantial demographic changes. A massive number of the East Side's inner ring suburban school systems have seen various levels of collapse with reasons that are at their core tied into race, which in itself is tied into socioeconomic and cultural clashes.
Others are sensitive to race because they look for racism everywhere and often invent or embellish it where it doesn't exist. They probably get some kind of gratification by screaming racist this and institutionalized racism that.
Just think of it from the opposite perspective. In the 1970's, virtually every black person you'd ever meet attended a poor inner city school, and lacked opportunities for a better education in a suburban district. Even in 1992, the numbers are way lower than they are now. That's progress, isn't it?
Cleveland addressed this point with busing in 1979. Not all students in Cleveland were black in '70s, hard to imagine I know but some white kids lacked opportunities then for a better education in a suburban district.
Interesting. Given that Lakewood and now Fairview are having an ''armed robberies'' issue, these same communities are soon to be avoided. The lily-white, safe, family oriented inner ring western suburbs; all of these points are somehow a ''negative''.
Fairview Park and Lakewood are both diversifying. Stay tuned.
In the meantime, everyone will try to figure out the reasons Cuyahoga County is losing population.
Interesting. Given that Lakewood and now Fairview are having an ''armed robberies'' issue, these same communities are soon to be avoided. The lily-white, safe, family oriented inner ring western suburbs; all of these points are somehow a ''negative''.
Fairview Park and Lakewood are both diversifying. Stay tuned.
In the meantime, everyone will try to figure out the reasons Cuyahoga County is losing population.
Here are the robbery totals for Lakewood for every year from 2002 to 2015, in order, per the Lakewood Police Department's 2015 annual report:
I don't live in Lakewood but you know how Cleveland is once certain ethnic folks start pulling armed robberies in their area. So, yes, stay tuned as Cuyahoga County population continues its decline....
The Ohio Department of Education recently posted October 2015 Headcounts for Ohio school districts (Enrollment Data | Ohio Department of Education). I updated my demographic table for the school districts within the seven counties of Greater Cleveland (Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina) and Greater Akron (Portage, Summit). This table shows enrollment counts from October 2009 versus October 2015 (including totals and breakdown by race/ethnic group). Unfortunately, I could not figure out how to attach an Excel file to this message. If anyone knows, please share.
A few highlights:
TOTAL ENROLLMENT
Public school district enrollment in the seven-county study area decreased from 395,837 students in 2009 to 348,668 students in 2015 (-47,169 or -11.9%). Of the 96 school districts in the study area, only eight experienced growth in total enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Fairport Harbor (LAKE) increased from 559 to 671 students (20.0%)
Avon (LORAIN) increased from 3,735 to 4,277 students (14.5%)
Berkshire (GEAUGA) absorbed Ledgmont schools to increase from 1,107 to 1,206 students (8.9%)
Rocky River (CUYAHOGA) increased from 2,644 to 2,740 students (3.6%)
North Ridgeville (LORAIN) increased from 4,044 to 4,187 students (3.5%)
Woodridge (SUMMIT) increased from 2,003 to 2,058 students (2.7%)
Chagrin Falls (GEAUGA) increased from 2,016 to 2,045 students (1.4%)
Fairview Park (CUYAHOGA) increased from 1,790 to 1,810 students (1.1%)
While 88 of the 96 school districts in the study area experienced a decrease in total enrollment, 15 districts experienced a decrease of at least 20% between 2009 and 2015:
Vermilion (LORAIN) decreased from 2,322 to 1,847 students (-20.5%)
Ravenna (PORTAGE) decreased from 3,131 to 2,489 students (-20.5%)
Lorain (LORAIN) decreased from 8,293 to 6,581 students (-20.6%)
South Euclid-Lyndhurst (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 4,487 to 3,539 students (-21.1%)
Strongsville (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 6,940 to 5,462 students (-21.3%)
Cleveland (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 48,410 to 38,098 students (-21.3%)
Richmond Heights (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 972 to 752 students (-22.6%)
Cloverleaf (MEDINA) decreased from 3,094 to 2,369 students (-23.4%)
Columbia (LORAIN) decreased from 1,115 to 837 students (-24.9%)
Wellington (LORAIN) decreased from 1,526 to 1,142 students (-25.2%)
Black River (MEDINA) decreased from 1,646 to 1,185 students (-28.0%)
Warrensville Heights (C UYAHOGA) decreased from 2,240 to 1,570 students (-29.9%)
East Cleveland (C UYAHOGA) decreased from 3,511 to 2,293 students (-34.7%)
Newbury (GEAUGA) decreased from 670 to 433 students (-35.4%)
Windham (PORTAGE) decreased from 771 to 492 students (-36.2%)
BLACK STUDENT ENROLLMENT
Black public school district enrollment in the seven-county study area decreased from 90,153 students in 2009 to 76,045 students in 2015 (-14,108 or -15.6%). Of the 96 school districts in the study area, only 45 had black student enrollments of at least 100 in 2015. Among those 45 districts, here are the 10 districts with the highest rate of growth in black student enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Cuyahoga Falls (SUMMIT) increased from 102 to 198 black students (94.1%)
Willoughby-Eastlake (LAKE) increased from 433 to 737 black students (70.2%)
Tallmadge (SUMMIT) increased from 62 to 105 black students (69.4%)
North Olmsted (CUYAHOGA) increased from 95 to 155 black students (63.2%)
Riverside (LAKE) increased from 93 to 126 black students (35.5%)
Garfield Heights (CUYAHOGA) increased from 2,047 to 2,530 black students (23.6%)
Parma (CUYAHOGA) increased from 428 to 524 black students (22.4%)
Mentor (LAKE) increased from 157 to 191 black students (21.7%)
Wickliffe (LAKE) increased from 99 to 116 black students (17.2%)
Stow-Munroe Falls (SUMMIT) increased from 172 to 199 black students (15.7%)
Among those 45 districts, here are the 10 districts with the highest rate of decline in black student enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Oberlin (LORAIN) decreased from 251 to 212 black students (-15.5%)
Clearview (LORAIN) decreased from 243 to 203 black students (-16.5%)
Lakewood (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 552 to 446 black students (-19.2%)
Elyria (LORAIN) decreased from 1613 to 1300 black students (-19.4%)
Avon (LORAIN) decreased from 133 to 107 black students (-19.5%)
Orange (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 522 to 409 black students (-21.6%)
Lorain (LORAIN) decreased from 2293 to 1768 black students (-22.9%)
Cleveland (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 33,451 to 24,699 black students (-26.2%)
Warrensville Heights (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 2,199 to 1,523 black students (-30.7%)
East Cleveland (C UYAHOGA) decreased from 3,481 to 2,280 black students (-34.5%)
WHITE STUDENT ENROLLMENT
White public school district enrollment in the seven-county study area decreased from 267,204 students in 2009 to 226,708 students in 2015 (-40,496 or -15.2%). Of the 96 school districts in the study area, 92 had white student enrollments of at least 100 in 2015 (East Cleveland, Maple Heights, Richmond Heights and Warrensville Heights did not). Among those 92 districts, only six districts experienced growth in white student enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Fairport Harbor (LAKE) increased from 491 to 536 white students (9.2%)
Avon (LORAIN) increased from 3308 to 3593 white students (8.6%)
Berkshire (GEAUGA) (absorbed Ledgmont) increased from 1075 to 1150 white students (7.0%)
Shaker Heights (CUYAHOGA) increased from 2,007 to 2,095 white students (4.4%)
North Ridgeville (LORAIN) increased from 3,651 to 3,776 white students (3.4%)
Rocky River (CUYAHOGA) increased from 2,442 to 2,446 white students (0.2%)
Among those 92 districts, here are the 10 districts with the highest rate of decline in white student enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Columbia (LORAIN) decreased from 1,071 to 786 white students (-26.6%)
Black River (MEDINA) decreased from 1,603 to 1,140 white students (-28.9%)
Painesville (LAKE) decreased from 1,079 to 749 white students (-30.6%)
Lorain (LORAIN) decreased from 2,412 to 1,615 white students (-33.0%)
Newbury (GEAUGA) decreased from 623 to 392 white students (-37.1%)
Windham (PORTAGE) decreased from 715 to 448 white students (-37.3%)
Bedford (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 497 to 306 white students (-38.4%)
South Euclid-Lyndhurst (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 1,514 to 798 white students (-47.3%)
Euclid (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 1,066 to 542 white students (-49.2%)
Garfield Heights (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 1,769 to 793 white students (-55.2%)
ASIAN STUDENT ENROLLMENT
Asian public school district enrollment in the seven-county study area increased from 7,319 students in 2009 to 9,244 students in 2015 (1,925 or 26.3%). Of the 96 school districts in the study area, only 25 had Asian student enrollments of at least 100 in 2015. Among those 25 districts, 15 districts experienced growth of at least 20% in Asian student enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Cuyahoga Falls (SUMMIT) increased from 53 to 174 Asian students (228.3%)
Akron (SUMMIT) increased from 651 to 1,413 Asian students (117.1%)
Aurora (PORTAGE) increased from 51 to 109 Asian students (113.7%)
Lakewood (CUYAHOGA) increased from 153 to 303 Asian students (98.0%)
Cleveland Heights-University Heights (CUYAHOGA) increased from 57 to 108 Asian students (89.5%)
North Royalton (CUYAHOGA) increased from 140 to 226 Asian students (61.4%)
Berea (CUYAHOGA) increased from 161 to 256 Asian students (59.0%)
Beachwood (CUYAHOGA) increased from 170 to 261 Asian students (53.5%)
Cleveland (CUYAHOGA) increased from 293 to 449 Asian students (53.2%)
Twinsburg (PORTAGE) increased from 251 to 355 Asian students (41.4%)
Avon (LORAIN) increased from 99 to 139 Asian students (40.4%)
Willoughby-Eastlake (LAKE) increased from 130 to 182 Asian students (40.0%)
Solon (CUYAHOGA) increased from 641 to 831 Asian students (29.6%)
Mentor (LAKE) increased from 129 to 160 Asian students (24.0%)
Westlake (CUYAHOGA) increased from 173 to 208 Asian students (20.2%)
Among those 25 districts, only five districts experience a decline in Asian student enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Shaker Heights (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 236 to 219 Asian students (-7.1%)
Stow-Munroe Falls (SUMMIT) decreased from 130 to 116 Asian students (-10.8%)
Strongsville (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 368 to 326 Asian students (-11.4%)
Parma (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 266 to 224 Asian students (-15.8%)
Copley-Fairlawn (SUMMIT) decreased from 178 to 144 Asian students (-19.1%)
LATINO STUDENT ENROLLMENT
Latino public school district enrollment in the seven-county study area increased from 15,268 students in 2009 to 20,993 students in 2015 (5,725 or 37.5%). Of the 96 school districts in the study area, only 34 had Latino student enrollments of at least 100 in 2015. Among those 34 districts, 17 districts experienced growth of at least 100% in Latino student enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Midview (LORAIN) increased from 18 to 123 Latino students (583.3%)
Wadsworth (MEDINA) increased from 27 to 105 Latino students (288.9%)
Westlake (CUYAHOGA) increased from 59 to 212 Latino students (259.3%)
North Royalton (CUYAHOGA) increased from 46 to 142 Latino students (208.7%)
Riverside (LAKE) increased from 97 to 256 Latino students (163.9%)
Cleveland Heights-University Heights (CUYAHOGA) increased from 54 to 139 Latino students (157.4%)
Avon (LORAIN) increased from 105 to 263 Latino students (150.5%)
Rocky River (CUYAHOGA) increased from 44 to 109 Latino students (147.7%)
Bedford (CUYAHOGA) increased from 49 to 113 Latino students (130.6%)
Mentor (LAKE) increased from 71 to 163 Latino students (129.6%)
Parma (CUYAHOGA) increased from 416 to 926 Latino students (122.6%)
Berea (CUYAHOGA) increased from 201 to 444 Latino students (120.9%)
Solon (CUYAHOGA) increased from 49 to 108 Latino students (120.4%)
Perry (LAKE) increased from 77 to 159 Latino students (106.5%)
Madison (LAKE) increased from 74 to 152 Latino students (105.4%)
Strongsville (CUYAHOGA) increased from 104 to 213 Latino students (104.8%)
Akron (SUMMIT) increased from 393 to 804 Latino students (104.6%)
Among those 34 districts, no district experienced a decline in Latino student enrollment between 2009 and 2015.
The Ohio Department of Education also provides counts for students of mixed race/ethnicity, but I did not include highlights from that data here.
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Originally Posted by kpl1228
Lakewood's is a tiny increase in African American and mostly an increase in South Asian and Middle Eastern, especially the latter.
Having recently moved back to Lakewood after being gone 20 years, my observations are that Lakewood has had a "significant", not "tiny", increase in African American residents in that time.
The 2010 Census results show only 6 percent of Lakewood's population being African-American; however, that was six years ago already. My observations indicate that it's higher than that now... and much higher on Lakewood's East End.
I'm also noticing that Muslims are much more visible around Lakewood these days.
I'm not saying any of this is a "bad" thing; in fact, I like the diversity.
I'm noticing a lot of panhandlers in Lakewood's downtown area. I don't recall ever seeing that back when I lived here before. Although most are respectful, and not aggressive.
I walk around everywhere here, even at night, and don't perceive any reason to be excessively fearful of crime. It still seems pretty safe here; in fact, the other day I read an article which ranks Lakewood among Ohio's 50 top safest cities.
I do notice I see far fewer police cars patrolling Lakewood than I did in the old days. Also, it appears they've become much more lax on things for which they were once very strict, such as parked cars blocking the sidewalk, etc.
The Ohio Department of Education recently posted October 2015 Headcounts for Ohio school districts (Enrollment Data | Ohio Department of Education). I updated my demographic table for the school districts within the seven counties of Greater Cleveland (Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina) and Greater Akron (Portage, Summit). This table shows enrollment counts from October 2009 versus October 2015 (including totals and breakdown by race/ethnic group). Unfortunately, I could not figure out how to attach an Excel file to this message. If anyone knows, please share.
A few highlights:
TOTAL ENROLLMENT
Public school district enrollment in the seven-county study area decreased from 395,837 students in 2009 to 348,668 students in 2015 (-47,169 or -11.9%). Of the 96 school districts in the study area, only eight experienced growth in total enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Fairport Harbor (LAKE) increased from 559 to 671 students (20.0%)
Avon (LORAIN) increased from 3,735 to 4,277 students (14.5%)
Berkshire (GEAUGA) absorbed Ledgmont schools to increase from 1,107 to 1,206 students (8.9%)
Rocky River (CUYAHOGA) increased from 2,644 to 2,740 students (3.6%)
North Ridgeville (LORAIN) increased from 4,044 to 4,187 students (3.5%)
Woodridge (SUMMIT) increased from 2,003 to 2,058 students (2.7%)
Chagrin Falls (GEAUGA) increased from 2,016 to 2,045 students (1.4%)
Fairview Park (CUYAHOGA) increased from 1,790 to 1,810 students (1.1%)
While 88 of the 96 school districts in the study area experienced a decrease in total enrollment, 15 districts experienced a decrease of at least 20% between 2009 and 2015:
Vermilion (LORAIN) decreased from 2,322 to 1,847 students (-20.5%)
Ravenna (PORTAGE) decreased from 3,131 to 2,489 students (-20.5%)
Lorain (LORAIN) decreased from 8,293 to 6,581 students (-20.6%)
South Euclid-Lyndhurst (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 4,487 to 3,539 students (-21.1%)
Strongsville (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 6,940 to 5,462 students (-21.3%)
Cleveland (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 48,410 to 38,098 students (-21.3%)
Richmond Heights (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 972 to 752 students (-22.6%)
Cloverleaf (MEDINA) decreased from 3,094 to 2,369 students (-23.4%)
Columbia (LORAIN) decreased from 1,115 to 837 students (-24.9%)
Wellington (LORAIN) decreased from 1,526 to 1,142 students (-25.2%)
Black River (MEDINA) decreased from 1,646 to 1,185 students (-28.0%)
Warrensville Heights (C UYAHOGA) decreased from 2,240 to 1,570 students (-29.9%)
East Cleveland (C UYAHOGA) decreased from 3,511 to 2,293 students (-34.7%)
Newbury (GEAUGA) decreased from 670 to 433 students (-35.4%)
Windham (PORTAGE) decreased from 771 to 492 students (-36.2%)
BLACK STUDENT ENROLLMENT
Black public school district enrollment in the seven-county study area decreased from 90,153 students in 2009 to 76,045 students in 2015 (-14,108 or -15.6%). Of the 96 school districts in the study area, only 45 had black student enrollments of at least 100 in 2015. Among those 45 districts, here are the 10 districts with the highest rate of growth in black student enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Cuyahoga Falls (SUMMIT) increased from 102 to 198 black students (94.1%)
Willoughby-Eastlake (LAKE) increased from 433 to 737 black students (70.2%)
Tallmadge (SUMMIT) increased from 62 to 105 black students (69.4%)
North Olmsted (CUYAHOGA) increased from 95 to 155 black students (63.2%)
Riverside (LAKE) increased from 93 to 126 black students (35.5%)
Garfield Heights (CUYAHOGA) increased from 2,047 to 2,530 black students (23.6%)
Parma (CUYAHOGA) increased from 428 to 524 black students (22.4%)
Mentor (LAKE) increased from 157 to 191 black students (21.7%)
Wickliffe (LAKE) increased from 99 to 116 black students (17.2%)
Stow-Munroe Falls (SUMMIT) increased from 172 to 199 black students (15.7%)
Among those 45 districts, here are the 10 districts with the highest rate of decline in black student enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Oberlin (LORAIN) decreased from 251 to 212 black students (-15.5%)
Clearview (LORAIN) decreased from 243 to 203 black students (-16.5%)
Lakewood (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 552 to 446 black students (-19.2%)
Elyria (LORAIN) decreased from 1613 to 1300 black students (-19.4%)
Avon (LORAIN) decreased from 133 to 107 black students (-19.5%)
Orange (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 522 to 409 black students (-21.6%)
Lorain (LORAIN) decreased from 2293 to 1768 black students (-22.9%)
Cleveland (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 33,451 to 24,699 black students (-26.2%)
Warrensville Heights (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 2,199 to 1,523 black students (-30.7%)
East Cleveland (C UYAHOGA) decreased from 3,481 to 2,280 black students (-34.5%)
WHITE STUDENT ENROLLMENT
White public school district enrollment in the seven-county study area decreased from 267,204 students in 2009 to 226,708 students in 2015 (-40,496 or -15.2%). Of the 96 school districts in the study area, 92 had white student enrollments of at least 100 in 2015 (East Cleveland, Maple Heights, Richmond Heights and Warrensville Heights did not). Among those 92 districts, only six districts experienced growth in white student enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Fairport Harbor (LAKE) increased from 491 to 536 white students (9.2%)
Avon (LORAIN) increased from 3308 to 3593 white students (8.6%)
Berkshire (GEAUGA) (absorbed Ledgmont) increased from 1075 to 1150 white students (7.0%)
Shaker Heights (CUYAHOGA) increased from 2,007 to 2,095 white students (4.4%)
North Ridgeville (LORAIN) increased from 3,651 to 3,776 white students (3.4%)
Rocky River (CUYAHOGA) increased from 2,442 to 2,446 white students (0.2%)
Among those 92 districts, here are the 10 districts with the highest rate of decline in white student enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Columbia (LORAIN) decreased from 1,071 to 786 white students (-26.6%)
Black River (MEDINA) decreased from 1,603 to 1,140 white students (-28.9%)
Painesville (LAKE) decreased from 1,079 to 749 white students (-30.6%)
Lorain (LORAIN) decreased from 2,412 to 1,615 white students (-33.0%)
Newbury (GEAUGA) decreased from 623 to 392 white students (-37.1%)
Windham (PORTAGE) decreased from 715 to 448 white students (-37.3%)
Bedford (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 497 to 306 white students (-38.4%)
South Euclid-Lyndhurst (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 1,514 to 798 white students (-47.3%)
Euclid (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 1,066 to 542 white students (-49.2%)
Garfield Heights (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 1,769 to 793 white students (-55.2%)
ASIAN STUDENT ENROLLMENT
Asian public school district enrollment in the seven-county study area increased from 7,319 students in 2009 to 9,244 students in 2015 (1,925 or 26.3%). Of the 96 school districts in the study area, only 25 had Asian student enrollments of at least 100 in 2015. Among those 25 districts, 15 districts experienced growth of at least 20% in Asian student enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Cuyahoga Falls (SUMMIT) increased from 53 to 174 Asian students (228.3%)
Akron (SUMMIT) increased from 651 to 1,413 Asian students (117.1%)
Aurora (PORTAGE) increased from 51 to 109 Asian students (113.7%)
Lakewood (CUYAHOGA) increased from 153 to 303 Asian students (98.0%)
Cleveland Heights-University Heights (CUYAHOGA) increased from 57 to 108 Asian students (89.5%)
North Royalton (CUYAHOGA) increased from 140 to 226 Asian students (61.4%)
Berea (CUYAHOGA) increased from 161 to 256 Asian students (59.0%)
Beachwood (CUYAHOGA) increased from 170 to 261 Asian students (53.5%)
Cleveland (CUYAHOGA) increased from 293 to 449 Asian students (53.2%)
Twinsburg (PORTAGE) increased from 251 to 355 Asian students (41.4%)
Avon (LORAIN) increased from 99 to 139 Asian students (40.4%)
Willoughby-Eastlake (LAKE) increased from 130 to 182 Asian students (40.0%)
Solon (CUYAHOGA) increased from 641 to 831 Asian students (29.6%)
Mentor (LAKE) increased from 129 to 160 Asian students (24.0%)
Westlake (CUYAHOGA) increased from 173 to 208 Asian students (20.2%)
Among those 25 districts, only five districts experience a decline in Asian student enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Shaker Heights (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 236 to 219 Asian students (-7.1%)
Stow-Munroe Falls (SUMMIT) decreased from 130 to 116 Asian students (-10.8%)
Strongsville (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 368 to 326 Asian students (-11.4%)
Parma (CUYAHOGA) decreased from 266 to 224 Asian students (-15.8%)
Copley-Fairlawn (SUMMIT) decreased from 178 to 144 Asian students (-19.1%)
LATINO STUDENT ENROLLMENT
Latino public school district enrollment in the seven-county study area increased from 15,268 students in 2009 to 20,993 students in 2015 (5,725 or 37.5%). Of the 96 school districts in the study area, only 34 had Latino student enrollments of at least 100 in 2015. Among those 34 districts, 17 districts experienced growth of at least 100% in Latino student enrollment between 2009 and 2015:
Midview (LORAIN) increased from 18 to 123 Latino students (583.3%)
Wadsworth (MEDINA) increased from 27 to 105 Latino students (288.9%)
Westlake (CUYAHOGA) increased from 59 to 212 Latino students (259.3%)
North Royalton (CUYAHOGA) increased from 46 to 142 Latino students (208.7%)
Riverside (LAKE) increased from 97 to 256 Latino students (163.9%)
Cleveland Heights-University Heights (CUYAHOGA) increased from 54 to 139 Latino students (157.4%)
Avon (LORAIN) increased from 105 to 263 Latino students (150.5%)
Rocky River (CUYAHOGA) increased from 44 to 109 Latino students (147.7%)
Bedford (CUYAHOGA) increased from 49 to 113 Latino students (130.6%)
Mentor (LAKE) increased from 71 to 163 Latino students (129.6%)
Parma (CUYAHOGA) increased from 416 to 926 Latino students (122.6%)
Berea (CUYAHOGA) increased from 201 to 444 Latino students (120.9%)
Solon (CUYAHOGA) increased from 49 to 108 Latino students (120.4%)
Perry (LAKE) increased from 77 to 159 Latino students (106.5%)
Madison (LAKE) increased from 74 to 152 Latino students (105.4%)
Strongsville (CUYAHOGA) increased from 104 to 213 Latino students (104.8%)
Akron (SUMMIT) increased from 393 to 804 Latino students (104.6%)
Among those 34 districts, no district experienced a decline in Latino student enrollment between 2009 and 2015.
The Ohio Department of Education also provides counts for students of mixed race/ethnicity, but I did not include highlights from that data here.
Terrific data. Very interesting stuff. thanks....
Can't draw any 'absolute' conclusions from it, but for "total enrollment" I would argue that there's a strong correlation between the districts that "don't pass their levies" and the double digit % decreases (Columbia comes to mind). Those are not all 'bad' districts, they are not for example fraught with racial change, economic shift, major employer closing, etc, the kinds of indicators that usually signal dramatic shifts in a district in NE Ohio. In fact, a few of them have the reputation (deserved or not) of being 'good' districts. I'd also bet the Strongsville strike a few years back is to blame for much of the Strongsville decrease as well as the levy issues.
Gotta love our school funding system....(ayyy ohhh way to go Ohio....)
Shaker Heights has actually changed less than the US as a whole.
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