Student Body
The school's ethnic composition is 47.0% White, 24.3% Hispanic, 18.2% African-American, 8.6% Asian, and 1.8% "other". The school's demographics have changed since becoming a charter school. In 1994, 70% of the students were minorities and 30% were White/Caucasian.
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