Fewer black and Hispanic students winning admission to specialized NYC high schools

The New York Daily News reports:

Fewer black and Hispanic students gained admission to the city’s specialized high schools Friday, even as thousands of teens received offers to attend their top high school choices.

Education Department officials said 48% of eighth-graders got offers to their first-choice high schools in 2016, the same percentage as in 2015.

At the city’s eight specialized high schools, 4% of offers went to black students, 6% to Hispanic kids, 27% to white kids and 54% to Asian kids.


In 2015, black and Hispanic kids, combined, accounted for 11% of offers at the elite schools.

If there was no public schools this wouldn't be an issue.