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<br /> <br />Orange County 66 25-29 Regional AFH <br /> <br />D. Disparities in Access to Opportunity <br />The following paragraphs analyze disparities in access to opportunity for education, <br />employment, transportation, poverty, environmentally healthy neighborhoods, disability <br />and access, and patterns in any disparities to access to opportunity. <br />1. Education <br />Table 6 – Opportunity Indicators by Race/Ethnicity (below), includes a School Proficiency <br />Index, which measures the proximity various racial/ethnic groups have, based on where <br />they live, to neighborhoods with high-performing schools. School proficiency is measured <br />using school-level data on the performance of 4th grade students on state exams. The index <br />is based on a range of 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better proximity to high - <br />performing schools. <br />Table 6 shows the following disparities in access to neighborhoods with high-performing <br />schools in each of the participating jurisdictions: <br />• In the region, there are significant disparities in access to neighborhoods with high <br />performing schools. Access is lowest for Black and Hispanic residents, and highest <br />for White and AAPI residents. Access is especially low for Black residents living <br />below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). <br />• In the Orange County Urban County jurisdictions, Hispanic residents have the least <br />access to neighborhoods with high-performing schools, and this disparity is even <br />more pronounced for Hispanic residents living below the FPL. Compared to the <br />region, access is better across all groups and there are smaller disparities between <br />groups. <br />• In Aliso Viejo, access to neighborhoods with high-performing schools is high for all <br />groups and there is little disparity between race/ethnic groups. <br />• In Anaheim, access to neighborhoods with high-performing schools is relatively low <br />for all groups in the city and there are significant racial/ethnic disparities. Hispanic <br />residents have the least access, followed by Native American and Black residents. <br />Access also tends to be worse for residents living below the FPL, with Hispanic <br />residents living below the FPL having the least access to neighborhoods with high - <br />performing schools. <br />• In Buena Park, Hispanic and Black residents have less access to neighborhoods with <br />high-performing schools than other groups, and this disparity is even greater for <br />Hispanic residents living below the FPL. Residents in the city have better access to <br />neighborhoods with high-performing schools than their counterparts regionwide, <br />and there are fewer disparities in access by race/ethnicity when compared to the <br />region. <br />• In Costa Mesa, Hispanic residents have less access to neighborhoods with high - <br />performing schools than other groups, and this disparity is even greater for Hispanic <br />EXHIBIT 6