Note: All values rounded to the nearest whole percentage. Only U.S. schools are ranked in the diversity index.

Thanks to rapid demographic shifts, the US is undergoing a major transformation. According to the US Census Bureau, between the surveys in 2010 and 2020 the diversity index rose from 54.9% to 61.1%.

Columbia Public Schools will use a new diversity index in the ongoing attendance area realignment process. Karen Jackson, a representative from education consultant Woolpert, formerly known as ...