Saturday, January 13, 2007

And They Ran! They Ran So Far Away!


Flock of Seagulls - I Ran


White People's Code Phrase of the Week: "We moved out here for the schools".
Last Week's Code Phrase: "We value a Christian education".
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Springfield, Illinois' White Flight Schools
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Sacred Heart Griffin

White 95%
Black 2%
Hispanic 1%
Asian 1%
American Indian 1%
Source NCES (2003-2004)
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Chatham Glenwood
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White 95%
Asian 2%
Black 2%
Hispanic 1%
American Indian 1%
Source NCES (2003-2004)
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Pleasant Plains High School - 1st Place!

White 98%
Multiracial/Ethnic 2%
Asian <1%
Black <1%
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Lutheran High School

White 96%
Black 2%
Hispanic 2%
Asian 1%
Source: NCES 2003-2004
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Ursuline High School

White 96%
Black 4%
Hispanic 1%
Source: NCES 2003-2004.

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Calvary Academy

White 63%
Black 26%
Asian 10%
Hispanic <1%

Source: NCES 2003-2004c
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State Average

White 57%
Asian 4%
Black 20%
Hispanic 18%
Indian 1%
IL State Board of Education (2004-2005)
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In an attempt to avoid white panic I have hidden state averages in white fonts. Use your mouse to select the hidden text above this paragraph, and reveal how much whiter your child's Springfield, Illinois area high school is compared with the Illinois state average.
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NCES Table - America Less White Than Springfield's White Flight Schools


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Parents of children attending schools listed above take heart, for while there are non white children attending your children's high school, there's little mixing with the lower classes.
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Calvary Academy appears to be the most racially diverse "white flight" school in the Springfield, Illinois area, but it also has the highest tuition of any school in Springfield.
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Learn More About White Flight Here..
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Video under copyright (not mine) Flock of Seagulls.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I know a place
ain't nobody worried
ain't nobody crying
ain't no smiling faces
lying to the races
I'll take you there

Anonymous said...

oops missed a word

no lying to the races

Anonymous said...

Yep. That pretty much says it. Good post.

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