These numbers are absolutely brutal and they paint a bleak, brutal future for countless students in San Francisco:
Let's do a quick breakdown of some of the key figures from this report:
- Just four out of every 10 black students in San Francisco is "proficient" in math at their grade level, fully half the rate of white and Asian students.
- Well over half of all black students are "chronically absent," while nearly half of all Latino students are.
- Just 15% of black students, and fewer than 25% of Latino ones, are "ready for high school," compared to 71% of Asian students. (Fewer than half of white students are ready, either—nothing to write home about.)
There's just no way around it:
It's still a bit odd to note, though, that, say, just 24.7% of black students are "ready for college," yet 86% of black students have "graduated from high school."
Hmmmm.
Regardless, it's clear that nonwhite students in San Francisco are being railroaded into an extremely disadvantaged life. Not good, at all.
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