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New York City is the most diverse city in the country, if not the world, according to a variety of measures. However, when it comes to the city’s public school system, it is a very different story.
Two-thirds of all students in New York City public schools are Latino or black, according to the New York City Department of Education’s statistics. They also show that overall, about one-third of students are Asian or white.
