District 23

DEMOGRAPHICS
In the 2017-18 school year, there were about 9,610 students in District 23. 0.8% of the student population identified as Asian, 70.3% identified as Black, 25.5% identified as Hispanic, and 1.6% identified as white. The average Economic Needs Index (ENI) was 0.87 and 19.4% of students were in temporary housing. Additionally, 44.9% of public elementary school students attended charter schools and 55.1% attended traditional public schools.

RACIAL/ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN SCHOOLS
In the 2017-18 school year, 49.5% of all public elementary school students attended Black-Hispanic schools, 0% attended other categories of racially/ethnically diverse schools, and 50.5% of students attended predominantly one-group schools. These patterns varied by racial/ethnic group. Asian students were most likely to attend Black-Hispanic 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 Black-Hispanic schools.

Furthermore, Black-Hispanic schools had, on average, the highest share of students in temporary housing while predominately Black schools had the lowest (23.7% and 15.1% respectively). Black-Hispanic schools had the highest ENI (0.92) and predominately Black schools had the lowest ENI (0.83).

THE STABILITY OF RACIALLY/ETHNICALLY DIVERSE SCHOOLS
Between the 2005-06 school year and the 2017-18 school year, 100.0% of diverse schools remained in the same category. Black-Hispanic 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 1.4 percentage points, the Black share decreased by 13.4 percentage points, the Hispanic share increased by 10.5 percentage points, and the white share increased by 1.0 percentage points.