Located in Redwood City, California, the Redwood City School District is a K-8 district with 12 elementary schools and two middle schools. The purpose of this paper is to present a brief analysis of this school district. Specifically, the presented analysis:
(1) uses data compiled October of 1995 by the California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) to examine demographic changes over time in the composition of the student, teacher, administrator and classified staff populations of the district; and
(2) uses district background information and parent survey data collected at the Roy Cloud Magnet School for the 1995-1996 school year to identify both the major challenges facing the district and how the district is addressing these challenges and issues.
Figure 1 presents the District's overall student enrollment and minority enrollment data for the years 1970, 1984, and 1995. As can be seen from examination of this table, over the years data show a decline in overall student enrollment to a low of 6,586 in 1984, followed thereafter by an increase to 8,672 students in 1995; it can be noted here that the 1995 total student enrollment rate represents approximately 84.38 percent of the 1970 enrollment level.
However, while the overall student population showed a decrease in enrollment followed by an increase, minority enrollment has shown a steady rise since 1970. Specifically, minority enrollment has increased from 18.4 percent of the total student population (N=1,890) in 1970 to 50.9 percent (N=3,352) in 1984. As of 1995, this increase has risen to 66.4 percent (N=5,758).
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Total Student and Minority Enrollment: Years 1970, 1984, 1995
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_________________________________________________________________ CBEDS data collected on certified staff are presented in F...