Where NYC's Gossip Girls (and Boys) Are

Earlier, I posted the percentage of NYC K-12 kids attending private school by Community School District, but let's get specific. From which neighborhoods do NYC's private school kids hail? Here's a fun pre-Gossip Girl teaser. Not like I watch it or anything.

You'll want to click on the image below to enlarge; darker blue regions mean that higher proportions of K-12 kids are enrolled in private school. The legend is at the bottom of the map. If you'd like a better copy of this image, email me.

NYC K-12 Private School Enrollment by Census Tract, 2000

The three census tracts in Manhattan with the highest proportions of K-12 kids enrolled in private school can be found at the following addresses. No shocker, but they're all on the Upper East Side:

1) East63rd-70th between 5th and Park : 87.6% of K-12 kids attend private school

2) East 58th-63rd between 5th and Park: 87.5%

3) East 91st-96th between 5th and Park: 86.0% (This is the census tract of the GG school, which is on 93rd, east of 5th Ave.)

(Note: These are the top three census tracts in Manhattan of those that have at least 25 kids enrolled in K-12. There are actually 5 census tracts in Manhattan where 100% of kids are enrolled in private school, but there are only small numbers of kids enrolled in K-12 in these tracts- i.e. less than 25.)

Many thanks to skoolboy for the data and to soupa prof for the map; one of these two edu-boys (skoolboy) will be making a guest blogging appearance in the not-so-distant future.