Carolina High School Community Analysis

Student Group (Provide demographic data): At Steele School, 84.7% of all students are categorized as low-income. Within those low-income students, 80% out of the 84.7% are African American.

Myrtle Beach High School is 1 of 11 schools in Horry 01. They are ranked number 23 in the state of South Carolina. There is a total enrollment of about 1,203 students, of that, there is a total minority enrollment of about 40% and about 57% are economically disadvantaged. Of the economically disadvantaged 54% receive the free lunch program and 3% receive the reduced-price lunch program. They are a title 1 school, so they have funding to help the at risk/low-income students that are at the school. Myrtle Beach High School is considered a pretty diverse school of 60% identifying as White, 22% as Black, 12% as Hispanic, 5% as two or more races, 1% as Asian, 0.2% as American Indian/Alaskan Native, and 0.2% as Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander.

Also within the school is a very diverse group of children with around fifty-seven percent of students identifying as white, nineteen percent identifying as black or African American, and seventeen percent identifying as Hispanic or Latino.

A sixteen year old girl becomes a warrior when in 1954 the Supreme Court ruled Brown v. Board of Education; there Melba and eight other teenagers are chosen to integrate Little Rock’s Central High School. A warrior is a person who is brave or experienced solider or fighter. Young Melba had to become a warrior when walking into the battlefield of Central High School. Melba had the weapons of God, friends, and family; people who stood up for her and helped her through her hardships. “A girl smiled at me, another gave me directions, still another boy whispered the page I should turn to in our textbook. This is going to work out. It takes more time than I thought. But we’re going to have integration in Little Rock (Beals 117).”While being taunted by her schoolmates and their parents, threatened by mobs, attacked by lit sticks of dynamite, and wounded by acid sprayed in her eyes, however, she never backed down and became an unexpected hero to many. Thesis statement……………

The school system serves 68.3% white families, about 11.9% Hispanic families, 12.2% black families, 2.4% Asian, and the other 5% multi-racial families. Bailly

Chamblee, GA is a small city outside of the metro Atlanta area that is characteristically different racially and ethnically than everything around it. The Hispanic population stands at 58.5% of the total population as of 2010, but in Atlanta and Georgia more broadly, this population only makes up 5.2% and 8.8% respectively. Additionally, only 7% of Chamblee’s population is Black, whereas this group is 54% of Atlanta’s population and 30.5% of Georgia’s. However, my alma mater, Chamblee Charter High School, stood out from the city itself being an amalgamation of a magnet program and a charter public school, bringing in students from around the county with significant representation from the Chamblee area as well. Consequently, the school’s

In terms of income many of the students represent an average or below average socioeconomic status where as 26% represent a lower socioeconomic status. There is a 15% portion of students who are classified as having or living with a disability.

Around 2,239 students enrolled at Kofa High School for the 2016/2017 academic year. Most of these students are Hispanic and come from a low income household. According to Yuma Census, the medium household income of 2014 was around 41,380 dollars and was estimated that 22.6 percent of people living in Yuma

Masconomet Regional School District is an amazing learning institution filled with passionate educators, supportive parents and engaged students. As a result, I have loved every day of being the Principal of Masconomet Regional High School.

I was always the kid in my family that enjoyed philosophical debate, and now with my recent love for African-American culture and history, I feel that the Telluride Association Sophomore Seminar would be just up my alley. Sitting in a room with a handful of other African-American high schoolers that have the same fire for learning and discussion as I would be wonderful, and possibly would foster a plethora of great new friendships. The workshops lead by the adult professionals would also serve as a good networking opportunity as well as the chance to understand what career opportunities would possibly available to me. I am a young intelligent poor African-American that has Haitian heritage living in Orlando, attending a predominately caucasian school on a magnet.

Cheltenham High School (CHS) serves approximately 1,500 students from grades 9th thru 12th, which is higher than the average number of high school students per school in Pennsylvania. As the only high school in the district, the demographics of Cheltenham High School comprise mostly of students who identified as African-American, about 790 students (54% of the population) with the rest of the student body to include: 34.3% Caucasian, 3.5% Hispanic, 7% Asian and less than 1% American Indian and two or more race. As for gender distribution, there’s an equal percentage of female and male students. About 17.7% of students enrolled at CHS receives free lunch and 5.3% receives reduced lunch. Approximately 230

Our mind is the gateway to new beliefs, ideas and culture. However, that can never be achieved without a challenge, a push. If I did not care about my education I would not be applying to Whitney M. Young Magnet High School.

10th through 12th grade. In 10th grade I had taken Pre-AP English the teacher's name

Chowchilla Union High School District is a two school district, consisting of a continuation high school and a general high school, located in central California in the San Joaquin Valley. The total student body population of both schools is 1,016 students with 963 of them being housed in the main campus. There are 43 teachers in the district which results in a teacher to student ratio of 23. The student population is made up of a variety of races including Hispanic/Latino (57%), white (37%), Black (4%), Asian (1%), and American Indian (1%). The socioeconomic status of the student population is such that approximately 68% of them are eligible for a free or reduced cost lunch. The main industries of the city includes agriculture (dairies, row and field crops, orchards and vineyards), prison security and various retail and restaurant businesses with a median household income of $39,902 which is well below the national average.

The school population consist of 45 % African Americans, 40% Hispanics, 9% whites, 2% other or more races, 1% Asians, 1% American Indians and 1% Hawaii Natives.