Who do you teach?

Do you ever look at the statistics for the kids you teach? My school is about 20% minority. I teach 1/3 blacks and 2/3 whites. I teach 1/3 female and 2/3 male. Only 1/3 live in a household with 2 adults (parents) who share the same last name as the student.

But.

And there is always a but: 46% of those no longer in the school are black. 50% of those no longer in the school dropped out, 17% are incarcerated, 29% moved.

I have written that fewer than 10 of my students are driving me crazy. When I was running the numbers, it is actually fewer. One who has major issues (cannot follow the rules), one who is a bully, a few jackaninnies. Really only the two.