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New York: the most racially diverse school districts

425 districts

New York public school districts ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random from the district belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify. The median ranked district is at 48.1%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY158,94878.8%
2UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY139,07577.9%
3NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13NY4219,15176.3%
4NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22NY4030,20775.9%
5SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTNY57,72775.7%
6DEER PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY54,05475.6%
7NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28NY5036,34075.3%
8VALLEY STREAM 13 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY42,05475.1%
9HUDSON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,52275.0%
10NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2NY11954,59974.8%
11WATERVLIET CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY21,45574.8%
12CHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY32,32274.6%
13ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY168,50974.1%
14VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTNY44,54774.1%
15NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21NY4033,61073.8%
16NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3NY4419,47873.3%
17BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY6129,42573.3%
18NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15NY5125,92573.2%
19TROY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY73,52273.0%
20NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY116,62572.7%
21NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1NY269,36372.4%
22BINGHAMTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY104,53172.4%
23NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31NY7456,57772.4%
24NORTH BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY74,60372.1%
25VALLEY STREAM 24 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,03671.7%
26MALVERNE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY41,80871.7%
27ELMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY63,38771.7%
28VALLEY STREAM 30 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,45771.6%
29HALF HOLLOW HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY97,20371.4%
30NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27NY6339,20971.3%
31NYACK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY52,82071.3%
32EAST IRONDEQUOIT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY62,74871.2%
33CLEVELAND HILL UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,36470.9%
34EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY97,79370.5%
35JOHNSON CITY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY42,28170.2%
36LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY78,78770.1%
37NANUET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY42,10370.1%
38MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY52,69569.0%
39GATES CHILI CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY63,59868.7%
40RUSH-HENRIETTA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY95,59668.4%
41GENEVA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY41,96368.1%
42BEACON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY62,58067.9%
43GREECE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY179,93567.7%
44EDGEMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,83367.6%
45SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY3118,60867.5%
46SALAMANCA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,32367.4%
47CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY167,82167.2%
48LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY42,06067.1%
49ISLAND TREES UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY42,26066.8%
50WEST HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY41,59766.8%

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