Reshaping Neighborhoods, Reshaping Futures

This study explores how gentrification influences Latino students’ access to advanced mathematics courses through the lenses of Quantitative Critical Race Theory (QuantCrit) and Critical Race Spatial Analysis (CRSA). Using data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), the analysis reveals that extended periods of gentrification (2010–2019) significantly limit access, with Puerto Rican and Mexican/Mexican-American students most affected. Conversely, intersectional identities such as Black × South American show mitigating effects. These findings emphasize the necessity for equity-focused educational policies and community-centered urban planning to counteract systemic inequities linked to gentrification.