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The High School ( Hhs ) Is A School Full Of Diversity Essay

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Harrisonburg High School (HHS) is a school full of diversity. Five interesting categories to look at are students with disabilities, gender, socioeconomic status, race, and limited English proficiency. Diversity in a classroom setting is a fairly foreign experience for me. I attended a high school in rural West Virginia called Pocahontas County High School (PCHS). The student body of PCHS is a near homogenous mixture. Therefore, I am very excited to explore and learn from diverse areas such as Harrisonburg.
Figure 1 breaks down the student population by grade. The blue, 9th grade section is the largest with 454 students followed closely by the orange 10th grade section of 449 students. The gray 11th grade section dips lower to 388 students which is 24% of the total population. Finally, the yellow 12th grade piece contains 359 students or 22% of the total population. (2015) These numbers do not surprise me and mirror the statistics of the high school I attended. I do find the difference in number of freshman and number of seniors interesting. This could either mean that the population of the area this school serves is growing or that many students drop out before reaching their senior year.
Figure 2 compares the number of students with disabilities to the number of students without disabilities. The number of students without disabilities greatly outnumber the students with disabilities. As shown by the blue section, 9% of students or 147 students that attend Harrisonburg

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