Q: Have NYC schools become more or less segregated over the last 10 years? Source: IBO analysis of student data provided by the DOE’

At all grade levels, Asian students now experience more segregation while Hispanic students experience less, in line with citywide trends. Citywide, census measures show that blacks and whites face slightly less segregation since 2000, however, school level changes for these groups varied by school type. With the exception of Asian elementary school students, in all cases schools are less segregated than the citywide population under age 18. Regardless of year and racial or ethnic group, high schools are the least segregated environment and elementary schools the most segregated. The dissimilarity index measures the extent to which one racial/ethnic group is segregated from all others. For example, in , 67 percent of white elementary students in the city would have to move to another school in order to be perfectly integrated throughout the system.

Backup Table All Public School Students (Without Charters) Schools Census Data Schools Census DataCHANGE BETWEEN YEARS Elementar yMiddleHigh Citywide population under 18 yrs old Elementa ryMiddleHigh NYC populatio n under 18 yrs old Elementar yMiddleHigh NYC populatio n under 18 yrs old Asian60.3%55.5%50.3%59.1%61.2%57.7%54.2%59.4%0.9%2.2%4.0%0.3% Hispanic50.3%48.0%42.0%50.4%48.8%47.4%40.6%49.5%-1.5%-0.6%-1.5%-0.9% Black59.3%54.1%42.5%64.8%59.6%55.4%41.9%63.6%0.3%1.3%-0.6%-1.1% White69.8%63.7%57.0%71.1%66.7%63.8%56.9%70.6%-3.1%0.2%0.0%-0.5%