Walters Elementary School: A Case Study

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Introduction Based on the data given, one can find the racial and gender breakdown of Walters Elementary School. Beginning in the 2004-2005 school year, the enrollment of white males was at 17.34% and white female enrollment was at 14.30%. Hispanic male enrollment for the 2004-2005 school year was at 11.08%, while Hispanic female enrollment was at 23.41%. Black males were enrolled with a 23.41% enrollment rate, while black females were at a 23.50% enrollment rate. In the 2005-2006 school year, white male enrollment went down to 15.25%, as did white female enrollment to 13.09%. Hispanic male enrollment in the 2005-2006 school year rose to 13.27%. Hispanic female enrollment also saw a gain and moved to an enrollment rate of 11.10%. Black male enrollment remained approximately the same at 23.01%, as did black female enrollment with a …show more content…
In the 2006-2007 school year, enrollment rates changed once more with a white male rate drop to 14.72% and a white female drop to a rate of 12.05%. Hispanic male enrollment went up to 14.35%, as was also a rise in Hispanic female enrollment up to 12.97%. Black male enrollment in the 2006-2007 school year saw a slight decline to 22.26% enrollment, as did black female enrollment to 23.37% rate. We know, from this, that the ethnic enrollment in students between 2004 and 2007, was greatest among that of black males and females. Accordingly, the lowest ethnic enrollment rates between 2004 and 2007 averaged to be by that of Hispanic males and females. Gender enrollments between 2004 and 2007 showed male enrollments were higher than female enrollments, in all ethnicities other than black students. Within the black enrollment, females were slightly elevated over that of males by an average

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