Pike High School ghetto? (Hope: home, neighborhoods, subdivisions)

[DataEast]

Is it a ghetto undesirable school?

[Teach07]

I dont know what you mean by ghetto but Pike is a good school nevertheless. It has many programs for students and you can do a search on 'MSD Pike Township' on google and get more info. In terms of demo's, Pike is 59% black, 22% white, 10% Hispanic, 4 % Asian, and 5% multi-racial. Many of these students black, white, asian, -all come from a middle class background. Kids will be kids and you find many students at Pike learn, excel and go on to further their education outside of school. While this school lags in the middle and at times slightly behind in test scores I know of no one calling Pike "ghetto" unless they are referring to race, which by no means takes away the quality of the school. It all depends on your view. I have a child in Pike township and I have also heard that Pike is "ghetto" but that was back when there was a large influx of black neighborhoods and subdivisions arising. This does not mean that "ghetto" people dwell there, if you will. The son my school goes to is primarily white (it was the assignment from my house) and the school is excellent, however I was concerned about the lack of diversity and my son coming home with some unfavorable views about his own race, which could be very damaging to his self esteem. I am relocating next month, and I made sure where he is going to next (in the south) is much more racially diverse with a good mix of all people. Hope this helps.