Inner city school


An inner city school is a school located in an urban core. It is often an underfunded and public high school that is charceterized by low metrics and is often erroneously depicted as gang infested.

Definition

A inner-city school is an older and centrally located school within a metropolitan area that is more dense compared to other areas. It is also known to be a generally poor neighborhood because more people are in competition for limited resources, such as jobs, and is known to be unsafe becuase of its location leading to lack of sufficient funding.
Casually an ‘inner city’ is a term typically used to described urban neighborhoods that are not just poor but also home to immigrants, especially blacks. Popularized in the 1960s, it focuses more on the demographics and general financial situation, that is why any poor neighborhood dominated by blacks is often casually referred to as an inner city.
Inner city schools are those found in such neighborhoods, which means it is primarily catering to students belonging to low-income families. And because these schools are in a densely populated area, they tend to have a lot more students compared to private or suburban schools.
Due to its lack of funding among other issues these schools are often depicted as gang infested and lack seriousness. It can be considered a Cliché but the issues are very real.