People Involved
Students
Demographics of students
Grade levels
The grade level of the students depends on the school. While some school generally steer juniors and seniors to electives, others allow all their students to register for elective courses. For this reason, some Financial Management courses have all juniors and seniors, while others have a mix from freshmen to seniors. Some of our partner schools offer the course as a mandatory component and teach to a specific grade or require all students in the school to take the course. Here is a list of the schools and the general grade levels of the students in FLF courses:
- Anacostia High School – juniors and seniors
- Ballou STAY – open to all students
- Maya Angelou Public Charter School – freshman and sophomores
- SEED Public Charter School – open to all students
- School Without Walls High School – open to all students
- Woodson High School – juniors and seniors
- Youthbuild Public Charter School – mandatory for all students
Socio-Economic and Racial Composition
The majority of schools where FLF offers its courses are in wards 7 & 8. These schools are all low-income and the students are almost 100 percent African American. The only school with a mixed student population is School Without Walls where close to 20 percent of the student population are Caucasian students, 8 percent Latino, 8 percent Asian, and nearly 65 percent African American. All other schools have populations approaching 100 percent minority – either entirely African American or African American and Latino.
All schools where FLF teaches are low to moderate tract income levels according to the FFIEC Geocoding System.
| SCHOOLS | WARD | INCOME TRACT LEVEL | TRACT MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME | TRACT MINORITY PERCENTAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anacostia HS | 8 | Moderate | $45,811 | 97.64% |
| Ballou STAY | 8 | Low | $26,601 | 98.88% |
| Maya Angelou PCS | 7 | Low | $31,954 | 99.45% |
| School Without Walls HS | 2 | Low | $40,316 | 28.18% |
| SEED PCS | 7 | Low | $30,005 | 99.48% |
| Woodson HS | 7 | Moderate | $48,951 | 99.58% |
| Youthbuild PCS | 1 | Low | $32,404 | 92.26% |
2006 data obtained from http://www.ffiec.gov/Geocode/default.aspx