<p>“I suspect these perceptions still suppress a percentage that would otherwise be higher”</p>
<p>Oh, absolutely. I run into this all the time in the Chicago Public Schools. Even at the magnets, a lot of students just don’t see elite private schools as a possibility. Those schools still pay a recruiting price for the many years when they were (virtually) all white, all prep, and all full-pay. It takes a long time to undo 100+ years of history.</p>