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District 22

DEMOGRAPHICS
In the 2017-18 school year, there were about 20,293 students in District 22. 13.7% of the student population identified as Asian, 41.8% identified as Black, 17.1% identified as Hispanic, and 25.3% identified as white. The average Economic Needs Index (ENI) was 0.65 and 9.5% of students were in temporary housing. Additionally, 12.2% of public elementary school students attended charter schools and 87.8% attended traditional public schools.

RACIAL/ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN SCHOOLS
In the 2017-18 school year, 13.8% of all public elementary school students attended Black-Hispanic schools, 41.6% attended other categories of racially/ethnically diverse schools, and 41.0% of students attended predominantly one-group schools. These patterns varied by racial/ethnic group. Asian students were most likely to attend Asian-white schools, Black students were most likely to attend predominately Black schools, Hispanic students were most likely to attend Black-Hispanic school, and white students were most likely to attend Asian-white schools.

Furthermore, Black-Hispanic schools had, on average, the highest share of students in temporary housing while Asian-white schools had the lowest (15.7% and 5.5% respectively). Black-Hispanic and predominately Asian schools had the highest ENI (0.80) and Black-white schools had the lowest ENI (0.50).

THE STABILITY OF RACIALLY/ETHNICALLY DIVERSE SCHOOLS
Between the 2005-06 school year and the 2017-18 school year, 58.3% of diverse schools remained in the same category. Asian-white schools were the most likely to remain in the same diverse school category during this time period. Additionally, across all diverse schools, the Asian share increased by 1.8 percentage points, the Black share decreased by 6.9 percentage points, the Hispanic share decreased by 0.7 percentage points, and the white share increased by 4.1 percentage points.

Table 1: Racial/Ethnic Composition of Public Elementary Schools and New York City, 2017-18

  % Asian % Black % Hispanic % White % Other
Charter Elementary Schools 4.1% 62.5% 21.1% 10.3% 2.0%
Traditional Public Elementary Schools 15.5% 38.1% 16.4% 27.9% 2.1%
All Public Elementary Schools 13.7% 41.8% 17.1% 25.3% 2.1%

Table 2: The Share of Public Elementary School Students Enrolled in Diverse and Predominantly One Group Schools by School Category, New York City, 2017-18

  # of Schools % of Asian Students Enrolled in School Category % of Black Students Enrolled in School Category % of Hispanic Students Enrolled in School Category % of White Students Enrolled in School Category % of All Students Enrolled in School Category
Black-White 5 8.7% 19.4% 15.0% 24.4% 18.3%
Black-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hispanic-White 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hispanic-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Asian-White 5 45.5% 2.8% 16.1% 38.8% 22.9%
White-Mix 1 0.8% 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 0.4%
Black-Hispanic-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Black-Hispanic 5 7.9% 17.2% 31.8% 2.9% 13.8%
Predominantly Asian 1 17.0% 1.5% 6.2% 3.4% 5.6%
Predominantly Black 11 8.8% 51.5% 20.0% 2.6% 24.5%
Predominantly Hispanic 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Predominantly White 4 7.4% 2.7% 7.5% 25.2% 10.9%
Total 32 96.2% 95.4% 96.9% 97.8% 96.4%
  # of Schools % of Asian Students Enrolled in School Category % of Black Students Enrolled in School Category % of Hispanic Students Enrolled in School Category % of White Students Enrolled in School Category % of All Students Enrolled in School Category
Black-White 1 10.0% 22.6% 8.5% 90.1% 29.4%
Black-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hispanic-White 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hispanic-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Asian-White 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
White-Mix 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Black-Hispanic-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Black-Hispanic 1 0.8% 4.3% 44.9% 0.9% 9.9%
Predominantly Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Predominantly Black 3 89.2% 73.1% 46.6% 9.1% 60.8%
Predominantly Hispanic 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Predominantly White 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Total 5 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
  # of Schools % of Asian Students Enrolled in School Category % of Black Students Enrolled in School Category % of Hispanic Students Enrolled in School Category % of White Students Enrolled in School Category % of All Students Enrolled in School Category
Black-White 4 8.6% 18.5% 15.8% 20.2% 16.8%
Black-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hispanic-White 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hispanic-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Asian-White 5 47.3% 3.6% 18.2% 41.3% 26.1%
White-Mix 1 0.9% 0.3% 0.5% 0.3% 0.5%
Black-Hispanic-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Black-Hispanic 4 8.2% 20.7% 30.0% 3.1% 14.3%
Predominantly Asian 1 17.6% 1.9% 7.0% 3.7% 6.3%
Predominantly Black 8 5.7% 45.7% 16.5% 2.2% 19.4%
Predominantly Hispanic 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Predominantly White 4 7.7% 3.5% 8.4% 26.9% 12.4%
Total 27 96.0% 94.1% 96.5% 97.6% 95.8%

Table 3: The Average Racial/Ethnic Composition of Public Elementary Schools by School Category, New York City, 2017-18

  # of Schools Average % Asian in School Category Average % Black in School Category Average % Hispanic in School Category Average % White in School Category
Black-White 5 8.1% 38.0% 13.1% 38.4%
Black-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hispanic-White 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hispanic-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Asian-White 5 33.9% 4.4% 11.3% 48.8%
White-Mix 1 35.4% 22.0% 18.3% 22.0%
Black-Hispanic-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Black-Hispanic 5 9.8% 44.9% 37.0% 6.2%
Predominantly Asian 1 51.9% 9.6% 17.8% 17.8%
Predominantly Black 11 6.2% 75.6% 13.1% 3.1%
Predominantly Hispanic 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Predominantly White 4 11.6% 9.0% 11.0% 66.7%
Total 32 17.0% 35.6% 16.1% 29.3%
  # of Schools Average % Asian in School Category Average % Black in School Category Average % Hispanic in School Category Average % White in School Category
Black-White 1 1.8% 48.6% 4.4% 43.9%
Black-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hispanic-White 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hispanic-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Asian-White 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
White-Mix 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Black-Hispanic-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Black-Hispanic 1 0.4% 27.6% 69.5% 1.2%
Predominantly Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Predominantly Black 3 7.8% 75.9% 11.7% 2.1%
Predominantly Hispanic 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Predominantly White 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Total 5 5.3% 63.1% 15.3% 14.3%
  # of Schools Average % Asian in School Category Average % Black in School Category Average % Hispanic in School Category Average % White in School Category
Black-White 4 9.6% 35.4% 15.2% 37.1%
Black-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hispanic-White 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hispanic-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Asian-White 5 33.9% 4.4% 11.3% 48.8%
White-Mix 1 35.4% 22.0% 18.3% 22.0%
Black-Hispanic-Asian 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Black-Hispanic 4 10.7% 46.5% 33.9% 6.6%
Predominantly Asian 1 51.9% 9.6% 17.8% 17.8%
Predominantly Black 8 5.5% 75.5% 13.7% 3.5%
Predominantly Hispanic 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Predominantly White 4 11.6% 9.0% 11.0% 66.7%
Total 27 18.7% 31.6% 16.2% 31.4%

Table 4: The Average Public Elementary School Characteristics by School Category, New York City, 2017-18

  # of Schools % of Students Proficient in ELA % of Students Proficient in Math % of Students with an ELL Designation % of Students with an IEP % of Students in Temporary Housing % of Students Chronically Absent Economic Need Index (ENI)
Black-White 5 55.2% 55.5% 6.1% 20.1% 5.7% 18.3% 0.5
Black-Asian 0 - - - - - - -
Hispanic-White 0 - - - - - - -
Hispanic-Asian 0 - - - - - - -
Asian-White 5 62.5% 67.7% 20.3% 15.9% 5.5% 14.1% 0.61
White-Mix 1 - - 11.0% 7.3% - - 0.59
Black-Hispanic-Asian 0 - - - - - - -
Black-Hispanic 5 34.6% 32.4% 16.6% 22.9% 15.7% 20.3% 0.8
Predominantly Asian 1 45.3% 45.5% 27.3% 15.2% 8.8% 20.0% 0.8
Predominantly Black 11 43.3% 41.6% 9.4% 20.6% 15.4% 21.2% 0.73
Predominantly Hispanic 0 - - - - - - -
Predominantly White 4 56.6% 63.0% 23.6% 14.9% 6.0% 19.8% 0.56
Total 32 51.0% 52.4% 15.1% 18.7% 9.5% 18.4% 0.65
  # of Schools % of Students Proficient in ELA % of Students Proficient in Math % of Students with an ELL Designation % of Students with an IEP % of Students in Temporary Housing % of Students Chronically Absent Economic Need Index (ENI)
Black-White 1 43.3% 52.6% 5.8% 19.9% 3.0% 22.8% 0.54
Black-Asian 0 - - - - - - -
Hispanic-White 0 - - - - - - -
Hispanic-Asian 0 - - - - - - -
Asian-White 0 - - - - - - -
White-Mix 0 - - - - - - -
Black-Hispanic-Asian 0 - - - - - - -
Black-Hispanic 1 - - 15.2% 16.9% - - 0.7
Predominantly Asian 0 - - - - - - -
Predominantly Black 3 61.0% 60.3% 6.1% 15.3% 7.9% 16.5% 0.69
Predominantly Hispanic 0 - - - - - - -
Predominantly White 0 - - - - - - -
Total 5 55.2% 57.8% 6.9% 16.8% 6.3% 19.0% 0.65
  # of Schools % of Students Proficient in ELA % of Students Proficient in Math % of Students with an ELL Designation % of Students with an IEP % of Students in Temporary Housing % of Students Chronically Absent Economic Need Index (ENI)
Black-White 4 58.1% 56.2% 6.2% 20.2% 6.4% 17.2% 0.49
Black-Asian 0 - - - - - - -
Hispanic-White 0 - - - - - - -
Hispanic-Asian 0 - - - - - - -
Asian-White 5 62.5% 67.7% 20.3% 15.9% 5.5% 14.1% 0.61
White-Mix 1 - - 11.0% 7.3% - - 0.59
Black-Hispanic-Asian 0 - - - - - - -
Black-Hispanic 4 34.6% 32.4% 16.7% 23.4% 15.7% 20.3% 0.8
Predominantly Asian 1 45.3% 45.5% 27.3% 15.2% 8.8% 20.0% 0.8
Predominantly Black 8 34.1% 31.8% 10.9% 22.8% 19.3% 23.0% 0.75
Predominantly Hispanic 0 - - - - - - -
Predominantly White 4 56.6% 63.0% 23.6% 14.9% 6.0% 19.8% 0.56
Total 27 50.4% 51.7% 16.2% 19.0% 10.0% 18.4% 0.65

Table 5: The Average Racial/Ethnic Group Change and Stability of Diverse Public Elementary Schools, New York City, 2005-06—2017-18

  # of 2005-6 Schools Average % Point Change in % Asian Average % Point Change in % Black Average % Point Change in % Hispanic Average % Point Change in % White Average % Point Change in % Other % Of Schools that Remained in the Same Category in 2017-18
Black-White 5 1.3% 8.7% 3.2% -15.8% 2.6% 60.0%
Black-Asian 0 - - - - - -
Hispanic-White 0 - - - - - -
Hispanic-Asian 1 - - - - - 0.0% *
Asian-White 3 -3.7% -7.8% -0.4% 10.8% 1.0% 100.0%
White-Mix 0 - - - - - -
Black-Hispanic-Asian 0 - - - - - -
Black-Hispanic 3 11.0% -23.6% -2.4% 13.1% 2.0% 33.3%
Total 12 1.8% -6.9% -0.7% 4.1% 1.8% 58.3%
* Racially/ethnically diverse schools were all closed or became predominantly one-group schools by the 2017-18 school year.
  # of 2005-6 Schools Average % Point Change in % Asian Average % Point Change in % Black Average % Point Change in % Hispanic Average % Point Change in % White Average % Point Change in % Other % Of Schools that Remained in the Same Category in 2017-18
No data.
  # of 2005-6 Schools Average % Point Change in % Asian Average % Point Change in % Black Average % Point Change in % Hispanic Average % Point Change in % White Average % Point Change in % Other % Of Schools that Remained in the Same Category in 2017-18
Black-White 5 1.3% 8.7% 3.2% -15.8% 2.6% 60.0%
Black-Asian 0 - - - - - -
Hispanic-White 0 - - - - - -
Hispanic-Asian 1 - - - - - 0.0% *
Asian-White 3 -3.7% -7.8% -0.4% 10.8% 1.0% 100.0%
White-Mix 0 - - - - - -
Black-Hispanic-Asian 0 - - - - - -
Black-Hispanic 3 11.0% -23.6% -2.4% 13.1% 2.0% 33.3%
Total 12 1.8% -6.9% -0.7% 4.1% 1.8% 58.3%
* Racially/ethnically diverse schools were all closed or became predominantly one-group schools by the 2017-18 school year.