What’s the Racial Makeup of Your School?

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Questions about issues in the news for students 13 and older.

An article in the Metropolitan section profiled one of the few black students at Stuyvesant, a prestigious high school in New York City where entrance is determined by a standardized test. In a student body of 3,295, only 40 are black, whereas black students make up 32 percent of the public school student population in the city over all. What’s the racial and ethnic makeup of your school?

In the article “To Be Black at Stuyvesant High,” Fernanda Santos describes the social mix at the school:





Students: Tell us about the racial, ethnic and cultural mix at your school. Are any groups in a clear minority? Do students of different backgrounds interact and socialize? Or do students tend to stick to their own identity groups? How do the demographics play out in classes and in social life?


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I don’t know the number of minorities in my school, but from what I’ve seen, they don’t stay in their identity groups.

At MSMHS we do have a signifigant amount of white kids as opposed to black kids. Although, all the white people and black people all socilize and talk and are friends with one another. In our school we really don’t have any racisim what-so-ever, we are all mixed up in our friend groups and pretty much everyone talks to everybody.

People from all kinds of backrounds come to our school and interact like everyone else.There are not really any specific racial group you hangout with or stay with. There are less cultural students then some groups but everyone acts and is treated equally.

There are all sorts of racial and cultural mixes in our school because our school is a magnet school and takes kids from different environments and lifestyles. I socialize with students that have different backgrounds and so do a lot of my other friends here. Some students still stick with their ethnic groups but they still socialize with others but not as much.

My school is predominantly white. There are maybe 5 black people including me although I’m half white and there are about 8 or 9 Hispanics. There are 104 students in the school so you do the math. I don’t have a problem with being a minority in my school because I get along with everybody.

At our school we have a lot of racial, ethnic, and cultural mix. We have no clear groups because like our principal Dr. Spera says “we are like a family”.

At my school there are many different backgrounds. Even though most students are white we all come from different places; but we are a family. Every day I don’t realize the skin color but the fact that everyone is friendly, this is what makes us a family. Until Know I really didn’t ever think about the differences because we really do not notice it.

I don’t feel that there is much of a ethnic and cultural mix in my school. Out of about 104 students most of them are white. Some of the kids like to socialize with others. But I tend to stay with my minority’s. I like to be with people like me.

Our school has a couple different groups but they don’t usually stick to a certain group.

In my school in the suburbs of Chicago the kids aren’t really split up but race and what not, the only big thing on that is with the Asians. They will not talk to anyone but other Asians. For the most part as long as a kid is incorporated in a sport or club of the school it’s not like there going to only talk to there own race and from there on it spreads for the most part people stay in there own clicks rather then raise groups. Let’s say if you play soccer you’re going to chill with the kids on your team and basketball. Do I wish for some more white kid at our school…yes but being at a school where 70% are from Mexico and the other 30% is everything else really teaches your some new things.

People from different back rounds come to my school and we all get together nicely. It’s great to see racial diversity in school.

Our school has 5 black students and maybe 8 or 9 hispanics out of 104 students but i dont think anyone sticks to a certain group we all get along.

The students at my school makes racial comments, but don’t realize it. Other than that every race is open with other cultures and what not.

My school has a very diverse student body we have black kids and Asians and white kids. Everyone in the school interacts because the student body is so small that if we didn’t interact with everyone we would have no one to talk to.

I think that the racial makeup of our school is fairly good because we have a fair populatoin of all the races.

i think my school should have more hispanic and black people.

In my school everybody talks to eachother and hang out with eachother everybody at this school are friends and help eachother out with work and other things.

i think our school is fine with the different races. yes some students stay in a group of there own race but that’s only once in a while.

MSMHS a mix of different ethnic groups. Like, whites, blacks, Mexicans. My school, they interact very well, and socialized too. Some groups, like the mexicans sometimes stick to themselves


My school is racial and cultural mix. Students of different backgrounds do interact and socialize. Students do not stick into their own identity groups. They join other races to hang out and go to the mall with each other.

I do not know remember the number of minorities in my school, But from what I’ve seen, They Do not stay in Their group identity was the best group. :)

I think that we have no problems with our school. There are no races that clear the rest. I think that are more whites in our school than the rest. I mostly like to hangout with the people that are nice to me. I don’t care about their races. I do see that some people hangout with their own race. In my other school there is pretty much only Asian and most of them don’t like me but I don’t care.

we have alot of races in my school. ex white, hispanic, african american, and mexican and their all equal. they all interact with each other and theres no one group of kids that stick together

We have a good amount of racial makeup in our school.
Our school has many different heritages.

I am black and Spainish. Everyone acppets me. At my school there is a equal speard of racial identites. Everyone soicizes with everyone. But I like to stick the blacks and spanish because they understand my backround. I rather enjoy being able to relate to people. But I talk to the other folks too. I love all types of people.