Megan Healy

Reflect and Act

SCSD is ethnically very different and much more economically disadvantaged than the rest of NY state.

  • January 24, 2022 at 11:31 AM
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When I compared the data provided, it said NY state was 57% economically disadvantaged, while SCSD is 81%. In NY state, 6.8% of the population in 2001 was ELL, then up to 10% in 2020, while the percentage in SCSD is much greater - 18%. The SCSD also has significantly less Hispanics (14% compared to the state's 18%) and more Black (49% compared to the states 16%). These numbers point to the big disparity between urban and rural New York.