California Public School Enrollment - Ethnicity

Race!=Ethnicity

Year White Latinx
1981 56% 26%
2016 24% 54%
California's ethnic and racial segregation is a charged topic. Take a look at the changing demographics of California students from 1981 to 2016. Pretty much a complete reversal in the top 2 majority ethnic groups.

I will use CA ethnicity data in future enrollment analyses and find the variable thought-provoking.

The multiple choice options we provide our students have gone through the following changes over time:

ID 2009-2016 1998-2008 1993-1997 1981-1992
0 Not reported      
1 American Indian or Alaska Native, Not Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian or Alaska Native American Indian or Alaska Native
2 Asian, Not Hispanic Asian Asian Asian
3 Pacific Islander, Not Hispanic Pacific Islander Pacific Islander Pacific Islander
4 Filipino, Not Hispanic Filipino Filipino Filipino
5 Hispanic or Latino Hispanic or Latino Hispanic or Latino Hispanic or Latino
6 African American, not Hispanic African American, not Hispanic Black, not Hispanic Black, not Hispanic
7 White, not Hispanic White, not Hispanic White, not Hispanic White, not Hispanic
8   Multiple or No Response    
9 Two or More Races, Not Hispanic      

The recent shift to “Not Hispanic” on every option other than 5: “Hispanic or Latino” indicates that California wants more kids to check the “Hispanic or Latino” box. This may have something to do with categorical funding, and I will be looking into the funding formula in future posts. Getting folks to choose “Hispanic or Latino” has been an issue for the US Census also, and the proposed form may be of interest here:

US-Census-Form

While exploring CA Enrollment Data I got this plot:

Ethnic Enrollment

It was interesting. Because I taught there. And it got me thinking that stacked bars for each year for every school, clustered by county, might be fun for people from those counties to look at. Not sure if enrollment totals or enrollment proportion are more interesting to folks - let me know in the comments.

kop _crushton

Written on January 29, 2018