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States
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Name of School
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School’s Social Attributes
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Students’ Achievements
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Alabama
(Birmingham)
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Central
Park Elementary
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All-Black & 80%
Low Income
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4th Grade
Reading & 3rd Grade Math Better Than 80% of Schools
in State
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Georgia
(Atlanta)
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Centennial
Elementary
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All-Black & 80%
Low Income
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4th Grade
Reading Test Better Than 93% of Schools in State. 4th Grade
Math Better Than 88% of Schools in State.
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Illinois
(Chicago)
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Leland
Elementary
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Majority
Black & Low Income
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3rd Grade
Math Test Better Than 73% of Illinois Schools.
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Indiana
(Gary)
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Horace
Norton Elementary
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All-Black & Low
Income
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3rd Grade
English & Math Better Than 96% Illinois Schools.
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Maryland
(Riverdale)
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Beacon
Heights Elementary
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Majority
Black & Low Income
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5th Grade
Reading Better Than 86% of Maryland Schools. 3rd Grade
Math Better Than 76% of Schools.
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Michigan
(Detroit)
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Brady Elementary
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All-Black & 70%
Low Income
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4th Grade
Reading Better Than 99% of Michigan Schools.
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Texas (Beaumont)
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Dunbar
Elementary
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All-Black & Low
Income
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4th Grade
Reading & Math As Well As 100% of Schools in Texas.
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Note: Black
students’ performance on Reading & Math Tests is rated
in comparison with public schools statewide.
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Source: NAACP
State Data Sheets—Public Schools (Baltimore: NAACP
National Office, 2004) pp. 1, 11, 13, 14, 19, 21, 41.
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