“Unequal Resources for Students in New York State Based on Race”explores educational resource disparities throughout New York, based on a district’s racial composition.

A July 2022 report by ERASE Racism explores educational resource disparities throughout New York, based on a district’s racial composition. Given ERASE Racism’s recent material on racial inequity on Long Island, the report – titled “Unequal Resources for Students in New York State Based on Race” uncovers similar disparities across the state.

The report focuses on two groups of districts: “Intensely Segregated Districts” (90-100% non-White) and Predominantly White Districts (at least 85%). The resource levels are analyzed, on average, between intensely segregated and predominantly white districts and major gaps are found.

The research reveals the following disparities:

• Predominantly White school districts offer over 4 times the number of AP courses in relation to the number of high school students compared to intensely segregated school districts.
  
• Intensely segregated districts have, on average, twice the number of students for every guidance counselor as there are in predominantly White districts.
  
• There are major discrepancies in the fiscal stress scores and environmental stress scores of intensely segregated districts and predominantly White districts.
  

 The report also reveals that, on average, there is one social worker for every 1,113 students in intensely segregated districts and 862 students to every social worker in predominantly White districts. Additionally, in intensely segregated districts, there was, on average, one teacher for every 13 students, compared to one teacher for every 11 students in predominantly White districts.

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