DC had the biggest decline in intensely segregated schools among big cities

Percentage change in share of "intensely segregated" public schools from 2000 to 2023, among districts for the 50 biggest US cities.

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The UCLA Civil Rights Project defines "intensely segregated" schools as those with over 90 percent nonwhite students. This chart shows the five districts that had the biggest drop in the share of "intensely segregated" schools.