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I was just curious, but after reading the posts regarding the Asian family from Queens considering Garden City, are there any school districts/areas on Long Island that could fit for a wide range of people? I was thinking maybe Half Hollow Hills, but are there any others?
The Valley Stream school systems have a great reputation, perform well and get recommended a lot though there's lots of mixed feelings about the town itself. Sewanhaka SD (serving Elmont&Floral Park) and Harborfields (serving Greenlawn) have a good reputation too. These are pretty diverse school systems
Too many factors at play - Long Island is LONG, hence the name. Geographically people probably want to live as close as possible to where they work, and if they work in the city you aren't going to enjoy commuting from Three Village school district, even though it's tops. It also depends on how big or small of a property you are willing to tolerate; how close you might want to be to the ocean and things like that. Are there good school districts where anyone might feel comfortable? Sure - the question is - is it feasible to live there for a whole host of other reasons?
People do a lot of complaining on here about Huntington SD; but it's VERY diverse, always has been. If your child is a good student they're going to get a good education there - and it has a good arts program. My friend's daughter got a full college scholarship coming out of HHS. And it's a great place to live. But, it may not be for everyone.
Three Village is among the 'best' districts in Suffolk but if the criteria is diversity it doesn't fit the bill. Essentially no poor or black students and only 4% Hispanic.
If the question is which LI district has identical racial and economic proportions to the US population (or the closest to identical) that might be answerable. Not sure anyone is really looking for that for their child's school.
(And Huntington is very diverse...but the original question about an Asian Student feeling comfortable in Garden City shows the mathematical limits of diversity; Garden City SD [3%] has more Asians than the very diverse Huntington SD[2%].)
Baldwin is another example of a very diverse district...depending on your definition of diverse.
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It isn't so much about relative proportions in terms of diversity/demographics, but more about what districts give you the sense that a wide range of people could be comfortable and/or satisfied with the/those school districts/areas. For instance, if someone posed the same question in the Syracuse forum, I would say Jamesville-DeWitt would fit due to its racial/ethnic/economic/religious diversity while maintaining a high level school district academically and in terms of athletics(especially Basketball and Lacrosse, which have sent many athletes to Division I programs).
It's no secret that Long Island is one of the most segregated places in the country. You're not making a major coup uncovering the dirty underbelly to LI school districts here. Most people are pretty up front about what they are after as well.
It isn't so much about relative proportions in terms of diversity/demographics, but more about what districts give you the sense that a wide range of people could be comfortable and/or satisfied with the/those school districts/areas. For instance, if someone posed the same question in the Syracuse forum, I would say Jamesville-DeWitt would fit due to its racial/ethnic/economic/religious diversity while maintaining a high level school district academically and in terms of athletics(especially Basketball and Lacrosse, which have sent many athletes to Division I programs).
I doubt that realistically you answer is possible on LI. In the upstate areas schools are set further apart than downstate so not only is there economic, diversity but also, ethnic and racial. On LI the schools are often maybe 3 miles apart, if that. Areas formerly were ethnocentric as for example, Franklin Square had a lot of Italians, Great Neck - Jewish. Today this is not the case to the degree it was back in the 60's and 70's. The schools that were "the" academic schools/athletic schools then, may have changed a bit due to demographics. It is like trying to compare and apple to an orange.
Farmingdale, South Huntington, Hicksville, Lindenhurst, Huntington, West Babylon, North Babylon, HHH, are all ethnically and socio economically diverse. Least diversity can be found in Wantagh area, Wyandanch, ect.
Farmingdale, South Huntington, Hicksville, Lindenhurst, Huntington, West Babylon, North Babylon, HHH, are all ethnically and socio economically diverse. Least diversity can be found in Wantagh area, Wyandanch, ect.
Wyandanch is actually pretty diverse..and keep in mind that this doesn't even include the undocumented population:
You're right about Wantagh... extremely homogenous along with the rest of Southeast Nassau (except for E.Mass in Amity SD):
I understand the ethnic and integration/segregation dynamics, as they are present in Upstate too. I'm just curious about districts that would fit or come close to the original questions.
Some have named some. So, it doesn't seem to be something that is impossible.
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