If you spend much time looking at demographics in Austin you’ll notice a strong correlation between the schools people call “good” and the percentage of students who are white. I’ve been called out for being overly sensitive about race. So I took a list of “good” schools that someone had posted on Reddit and looked up the portion of students who were white. 25.8% of AISD students are white. I think the numbers speak for themselves:

Open to Transfers Becker - 29% white Barton Hills - 69% white * oak hill - 46% white matthews - 43% white mills - 56% white boone - 42% white St Elmo - 10% white Pease - 41% white Dawson - 7% white

Closed to Transfers kiker - 66% white casis - 79% white clayton - 67% white lee - 63% white highland park - 77% white baranoff  - 52% white baldwin - 63% white doss - 66% white hill - 67% white brykerwoods - 69% white zilker - 57% white davis - 51% white graham - 5% white ** Casey - 20% white ** Gullet - 76% white Patton - 54% white Summit - 36% white **

* Barton Hills is a very small attendance zone and the majority of children are transfers. ** Casey, Graham, and Summit are areas with large numbers of children living in apartments and are full not because of transfers, but due to students zoned to the school.