This School year, students from Macolm X Shabazz HS assulted their own basketball coach after a game vs Livingston HS. Both are in New Jersey and these Schools are only 12 miles apart. They could not be more different:\

SPOILER ALERT!!! ITS NOT ABOUT FUNDING!!

Article about assult: https://abc7ny.com/newark-malcolm-x-shabazz-high-school-new-jersey-assault/5908704/

This story made me research both schools:

Malcom X HS DATA: 1/10 on Great Schools; (91% black, 8% Hispanic and 1% White); 11 students per teacher; 61% graduation rate; 52% pursue four year college, only 15% return for 2nd year of college; 846 avg SAT, FOLLOW THE MONEY--- Total District Spending: $958 MILLION; $22k per Student, Average Teacher Salary $84,900; Funding SOURCES: 11.5% local, 83% State, 5.4% federal

Livingston HS: 8/10 on Great Schools; (64% white, 26% Asian, 4% Black); 11 students per teacher; 96% graduation rate; 93% pursue four year college, 84% return for 2nd year of college; 1240 avg SAT; FOLLOW THE MONEY--- Total District Spending: $115 million; $19k per Student, Average Teacher Salary $80,100; Funding SOURCES: 85% local, 13% State, 1.4% Federal

Funding source data: https://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/csg/16/csg.pl (old data but all thats available and follows current trends)

Great Schools Data: Malcolm X; https://www.greatschools.org/new-jersey/newark/1321-Malcolm-X-Shabazz-High-School/#Race_ethnicity*College_readiness Livingston: https://www.greatschools.org/new-jersey/livingston/997-Livingston-Sr--High-School/