Total Number of Schools

1,509

NYC Demographics

29% Hispanic, 31% White, 20% Black, and 15% Asian

Equation Used To Calculate Racial Isolation

Euclidean Distance: \[ d = \sqrt{\sum_{i=1}^{k}(p_i-q_i)^2} \]

\[ p_i = \text{School Proportions} \] \[ q_i = \text{NYC Proportions} \] \[ K=\text{Racial Categories} \]

Maps Displaying Racial Isolation in NYC:

The 10 Most Racially Isolated High Schools in NYC
DBN LOCATION_NAME NTA_NAME isolation_score
02M545 High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies Chinatown 0.8649682
17K590 Medgar Evers College Preparatory School Crown Heights South 0.8396511
24Q296 Pan American International High School Elmhurst 0.8286133
06M552 Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathe Washington Heights South 0.8269002
12X388 Pan American International High School at Monroe West Farms-Bronx River 0.8269002
02M542 Manhattan Bridges High School Clinton 0.8265398
10X342 International School for Liberal Arts Van Cortlandt Village 0.8265398
19K583 Multicultural High School park-cemetery-etc-Brooklyn 0.8263220
29Q259 Pathways College Preparatory School: A College Boa Hollis 0.8217530
09X365 Academy for Language and Technology University Heights-Morris Heights 0.8217494
The 10 Least Racially Isolated High Schools in NYC
DBN LOCATION_NAME NTA_NAME isolation_score
15K684 Millennium Brooklyn HS Park Slope-Gowanus 0.06395311
21K344 Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies West Brighton 0.06992853
02M413 School of the Future High School Gramercy 0.13523683
03M417 FRANK McCOURT HIGH SCHOOL Upper West Side 0.13737904
02M408 Professional Performing Arts High School Clinton 0.14565027
31R445 Port Richmond High School Port Richmond 0.15800316
21K468 Kingsborough Early College School Gravesend 0.16211724
21K410 Abraham Lincoln High School West Brighton 0.16386580
21K525 Edward R. Murrow High School Midwood 0.16667933
02M376 NYC iSchool SoHo-TriBeCa-Civic Center-Little Italy 0.16846661