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In a school system whose total enrollment is 41% Latino, 26% Black, 16% Asian and 15% white, the specialized high schools have grown disproportionately Asian and white over the past years.
Only 8 Black Students Are Admitted to Stuyvesant High School
Once again, tiny numbers of Black and Latino students received offers to attend New York City’s elite public high schools.
Only eight Black students received offers to Stuyvesant High School, considered one of New York City’s most competitive public schools, this year.Credit.Kevin Hagen for The New York Times
April 29, 2021
After a year in which the pandemic shined a harsh spotlight on the stark inequities in New York City’s school system, the city announced Thursday that, once again, only tiny numbers of Black and Latino students had been admitted into top public high schools. The numbers represent the latest signal that efforts to desegregate those schools while maintaining an admissions exam are failing.
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Two Brooklyn high schools made it to the top 10 in New York and top 100 in the nation, according to the U.S. News and World Report ranking. (Shutterstock)
BROOKLYN, NY A Brooklyn high school has been named the second best in the state and is among the top high schools in the country, according to a new ranking by U.S. News and World Report.
Brooklyn Technical High School ranked number two in the New York list of U.S. News Best High Schools for 2021, an annual ranking of how high schools compare at the national, state and local level.