Iowa once had few low-income minority pupils.

The school has a high percentage of ethnic minority pupils, the majority being of Asian, and Afro-Caribbean origin.

Later, he pushed for better education for minority pupils.

He said the school which has 70pc of ethnic minority pupils provided a first-class educational establishment in an 'inner-city' area.

This emerged partly in response to the issues raised in the 1985 Swann report into the education of ethnic minority pupils in British schools.

"The majority of urban minority pupils, who have the greatest educational needs, continue to suffer the most from disparate educational opportunities," Mr. Slocum said.

That year, it was said that Hyde Park had the largest population of ethnic minority pupils among primary schools in Plymouth.

New York is focusing on helping more minority pupils to graduate from high school with college preparatory courses.

Such trends hurt minority pupils the most.

Some racially biased teachers may think good schools are those with few minority pupils.