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This tells me 1. white parents are sending their children to private schools at a large rate 2. There's a lot of Black Philadelphians using a relative's address so they can attend the school (I had several friends guilty of that lol)
Given that the school does well, why 1?
You really don't need to answer that question; I think I know the answer already: Fear of a Black High School.
I have heard, however, that the price Cheltenham Township residents pay for their schools is fairly high property taxes.
Yeah, I felt the same way about Providence and even places like Warwick, Cranston and even Newport. I think you hit on it in that some are Cape Verdean, from West Africa or are Afro Hispanics. So, it likely is a matter of who one includes or if they use what I call diaspora numbers.
Yea I gotta remember 7-8% is black alone, non-hispanic. It's probably more like 11-12% which was more the feel of Woonsocket. Eventually, we'll get the more comprehensive stats...eventually. Ironically some of my social circle from Boston had to move out there. It's a faded city with a lot of semi-abandoned mills, odd apartments and old bridges. But its interesting architecturally, cohesive, and very economically diverse. Providence was the same as it always is.
Boston itself feels less black than 20 years ago. But there are definitely more of us downtown and in surrounding communities, than there were, which was more noticeable than the small numerical decline in the city IMO. Census numbers vetted by the BPDA show an increased number of black singles in more central areas. The pulse of the black community is definitely not genuinely in Roxbury anymore but rather in Southern Dorchester and Hyde Park.
I was able to go on a fantastically black party boat with about 200 people, a pretty mature crowd too-felt a little more like an NYC/DC crowd so it was pleasantly surprising. But in true Boston fashion, it ended at 10 pm lol-but that was more than enough time for folks to make the 5-minute drive over to the Theatre/Club District. After enjoying some of the nightlife I can say with confidence it's improved a good deal over the last ~8 years.
I'll stop there, but some other schools like Aliquippa, Monessen, Rochester and Lancaster's McCaskey High are some others that fit the criteria.
Did I miss the one where you listed Central and Masterman, or do those not fit the criteria?
Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory School (grades 6-12) is usually the top-ranked high school in Pennsylvania as well as the only high school in the state to make the annual U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll of the 50 best high schools in the nation.
Central High School, Philadelphia's oldest public high school, is not as difficult to get into as Masterman (both are academic magnet high schools), but it's also highly ranked, usually making the lists of 10 top high schools in the state. And of those 10, it has far and away the most diverse student body. The buses I take between my East Germantown home and the subway pass right by it, and if I'm riding at school dismissal time, I get reminded forcefully just how diverse Central's student body is.
In terms of other suburbs/towns besides Colonie, Niskayuna outside of Schenectady, Guilderland, East Greenbush, Rotterdam, Clifton Park and Ravena/Selkirk area have visible black middle residents.
You also have small satellite cities such as Watervliet, Cohoes and Rensselaer with visible black population, with Watervliet having a decent black middle class.
There are a few in Saratoga Springs, which also has had a long time black population due to its horse racing/tourist history. The area just west of Downtown was/is where the black community is concentrated. https://www.saratoga.com/aboutsarato...k-allen-lodge/
In terms of private schools, there are quite a few, but besides Bishop Maginn and Albany Academy, schools such as Mekeel Christian in Scotia, LaSalle Institute in Troy(boys), Bishop Gibbons-Notre Dame in Schenectady, Christian Brothers Academy just out side of Albany(boys), Academy of the Holy Names in Albany(girls), Doane Stuart in Rensselaer and Catholic Central in Troy are options some may go with.
In terms of the bolded school, this US Congressman originally from Schenectady and of African American and Afro Puerto Rican descent graduated from there: https://delgado.house.gov/about
Did I miss the one where you listed Central and Masterman, or do those not fit the criteria?
Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory School (grades 6-12) is usually the top-ranked high school in Pennsylvania as well as the only high school in the state to make the annual U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll of the 50 best high schools in the nation.
Central High School, Philadelphia's oldest public high school, is not as difficult to get into as Masterman (both are academic magnet high schools), but it's also highly ranked, usually making the lists of 10 top high schools in the state. And of those 10, it has far and away the most diverse student body. The buses I take between my East Germantown home and the subway pass right by it, and if I'm riding at school dismissal time, I get reminded forcefully just how diverse Central's student body is.
I believe Central barely missed by percentage, while Masterman was in the mid teens in percentage.
First, thank you for introducing me to the state Education Department's "FutureReadyPA" website. It displays relevant data on school performance in a clear and understandable fashion, and you can then drill down to get a breakdown by racial/ethnic/socioeconomic/immigrant status.
Second, I found the notably lower percentage of Blacks enrolled in academically rigorous courses at Central a little disturbing. This seems to me to play into the rather common practice of placing Black students in courses less challenging than they can handle out of some belief that they are not intellectually up to the task. The percentage of Black students enrolled in such courses at Masterman is too small for the Commonwealth to report it, but there is an Instagram account called "Black at Masterman" that is a safe space for Black students there to report racist behavior and assumptions on the part of the faculty and other non-Black students there.
Third, you might note that 0.9 percent of Central students are enrolled in college courses. This brings up an unusual distinction for the school: Central High School is AFAIK the only public high school in the country that has the authority to confer bachelor's degrees on graduates. To get a baccalaureate degree from Central, you essentially have to take collegiate-level courses on top of your high-school ones for the last two years that you are there.
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