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Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York Community risk levels and school segregation in New York City
Apurva Mehrotra, Director of Research and Data Analysis
June 15th, 2017
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2. Keeping Track of New York City’s Children
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3. The Effects of Multiple Risks to Well-Being
The problems children face are interrelated. Risks have a cumulative negative effect on child well-being:
The presence of ONE risk has negligible effects on well-being
TWO or THREE risks increase the chance of damaging outcomes by FOUR
FOUR or MORE risks increase the chance of damaging outcomes by TEN
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CCC’s Community Risk Ranking illustrates where risks concentrate geographically – both overall and within each domain:
ECONOMIC SECURITY
EDUCATION
Child Poverty Rate
Early Education Enrollment
Median Income for Families with Children
Common Core ELA and Math Test Pass Rate
Parental Employment Instability
High School Graduation Rate
HOUSING
Rent Burden
Rental Overcrowding
YOUTH
Families Entering Homeless Shelters
Teen Birth Rate
Teen Idleness
Youth Unemployment
HEALTH
Infant Mortality Rate
FAMILY & COMMUNTY
Low Birth Weight Babies
Children in Single-Parent Families
Children without Health Insurance
Adult Educational Attainment
Violent Felony Rate 3
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Economic Security Housing Health
Education Youth Family and Community
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7. Race/ethnicity of children by overall risk category
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*For the purposes of our analysis, a segregated school is defined as one where 90 percent or more of enrolled students are black or Latino.
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Black and Latino students are much more likely to attend school in a high risk community district, while white students are far more likely to be in low risk districts. Nearly 70 percent of students at segregated schools attend in a high risk community district.
Enrollment
Lowest Risk
Moderate Low Risk
Moderate Risk
Moderate High Risk
Highest Risk
White
18.1%
40.0%
30.5%
9.1%
2.3%
Black
5.7%
11.5%
28.8%
31.4%
22.6%
Asian
13.7%
29.1%
41.6%
10.7%
4.9%
Latino
6.0%
33.6%
18.9%
27.7%
At segregated schools
1.6%
4.0%
24.7%
25.8%
43.9%
At non-segregated schools
13.5%
37.9%
15.4%
4.4%
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Outcomes for students in non-segregated schools are much better in lower risk community districts compared to high risk community districts. However, for students in segregated schools, the difference in outcomes is minimal.
Highest Risk
Moderate High Risk
Moderate Risk
Moderate Low Risk
Lowest Risk
Not Segregated
ELA Pass Rate
27%
37%
45%
55%
68%
Math Pass Rate
24%
34%
47%
56%
69%
Graduation Rate
67%
73%
82%
81%
Dropout Rate
13%
10% 9% 5% 4%
Segregated
21%
26%
22%
18%
20%
17%
61%
62%
58%
12% 8%
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Though there are minimal differences in outcomes between students in lower and higher risk community districts among segregated schools, outcomes for black and Latino students in non-segregated schools are significantly better for those who attend in lower risk community districts.
Not Segregated Schools
Highest Risk
Moderate High Risk
Moderate Risk
Moderate Low Risk
Lowest Risk
Black Students
ELA Pass Rate
22%
27%
37%
40%
42%
Math Pass Rate
17%
20%
29%
32%
Graduation Rate
57%
63%
73%
79%
74%
Dropout Rate
14%
10% 8% 5% 6%
Latino students
23%
30%
35%
38%
47%
26%
49%
67%
65%
75%
21%
12%
11% 7%
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