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Table 96. Public elementary and secondary school students, by racial/ethnic enrollment concentration of school: Fall 1995 and fall 2000

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                      |  Distribution of students in racial/ethnic group, by percent minority        |  Distribution of students in each racial/ethnic group, by
                      |                        of school                                             |   percent of that racial/ethnic group in the school
 Racial/ethnic group  |______________________________________________________________________________|______________________________________________________________________________
                      |           | Less than | 10 to 24 | 25 to 49 | 50 to 74 | 75 to 89 |90 percent|           |Less than | 10 to 24 | 25 to 49 | 50 to 74 | 75 to 89 |90 percent
                      |   Total   |10 percent | percent  | percent  | percent  | percent  |or more   |   Total   |10 percent| percent  | percent  | percent  | percent  |or more
                      |           | minority  | minority | minority | minority | minority | minority |           | of group | of group | of group | of group | of group | of group
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          1           |     2     |     3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |     9     |    10    |    11    |    12    |    13    |    14    |    15
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  Number of students  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
    enrolled, 1995    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Total ................|44,424,467 |14,508,573 |8,182,484 |8,261,110 |5,467,784 |2,876,302 |5,128,214 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
  White ..............|28,736,961 |13,939,633 |6,812,196 |5,246,785 |2,094,440 |  499,884 |  144,023 |28,736,961 |  143,787 |  498,649 |2,084,689 |5,244,015 |6,813,804 |13,952,017
  Minority ...........|15,687,506 |   568,940 |1,370,288 |3,014,325 |3,373,344 |2,376,418 |4,984,191 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
    Black ............| 7,510,678 |   198,386 |  598,716 |1,588,850 |1,622,448 |  941,335 |2,560,943 | 7,510,678 |  657,403 |1,119,556 |1,873,303 |1,386,802 |  811,898 | 1,661,716
    Hispanic .........| 6,016,293 |   174,140 |  415,761 |  932,949 |1,289,184 |1,099,109 |2,105,150 | 6,016,293 |  646,364 |  847,792 |1,359,649 |1,360,020 |  874,878 |   927,590
    Asian/Pacific     |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Islander .......| 1,656,787 |   142,886 |  259,335 |  367,888 |  379,110 |  297,680 |  209,888 | 1,656,787 |  703,101 |  435,495 |  301,984 |  135,001 |   67,558 |    13,648
    American Indian/  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Alaskan Native .|   503,748 |    53,528 |   96,476 |  124,638 |   82,602 |   38,294 |  108,210 |   503,748 |  223,244 |   75,019 |   63,070 |   39,200 |   15,084 |    88,131
                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
  Number of students  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
    enrolled, 2000    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Total ................|46,120,425 |12,761,478 |8,736,252 |8,760,300 |6,013,131 |3,472,083 |6,377,181 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
  White ..............|28,146,613 |12,218,862 |7,271,285 |5,566,681 |2,303,106 |  596,478 |  190,201 |28,146,613 |  189,779 |  595,137 |2,294,232 |5,556,108 |7,279,301 |12,232,056
  Minority ...........|17,973,812 |   542,616 |1,464,967 |3,193,619 |3,710,025 |2,875,605 |6,186,980 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
    Black ............| 7,854,032 |   178,185 |  561,488 |1,485,130 |1,652,393 |1,043,907 |2,932,929 | 7,854,032 |  735,459 |1,199,865 |1,899,982 |1,366,363 |  871,399 | 1,780,964
    Hispanic .........| 7,649,728 |   181,685 |  505,612 |1,121,809 |1,542,982 |1,432,639 |2,865,001 | 7,649,728 |  738,509 |1,054,396 |1,696,944 |1,739,038 |1,134,466 | 1,286,375
    Asian/Pacific     |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Islander .......| 1,924,875 |   132,813 |  295,437 |  441,769 |  423,175 |  353,395 |  278,286 | 1,924,875 |  799,220 |  524,279 |  331,576 |  171,739 |   81,461 |    16,600
    American Indian/  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Alaskan Native .|   545,177 |    49,933 |  102,430 |  144,911 |   91,475 |   45,664 |  110,764 |   545,177 |  251,983 |   81,119 |   75,831 |   39,944 |   15,363 |    80,937
                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
 Percent of students  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
    enrolled, 1995    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Total ................|     100.0 |      32.7 |     18.4 |     18.6 |     12.3 |      6.5 |     11.5 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
  White ..............|     100.0 |      48.5 |     23.7 |     18.3 |      7.3 |      1.7 |      0.5 |     100.0 |      0.5 |      1.7 |      7.3 |     18.2 |     23.7 |      48.6
  Minority ...........|     100.0 |       3.6 |      8.7 |     19.2 |     21.5 |     15.1 |     31.8 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
    Black ............|     100.0 |       2.6 |      8.0 |     21.2 |     21.6 |     12.5 |     34.1 |     100.0 |      8.8 |     14.9 |     24.9 |     18.5 |     10.8 |      22.1
    Hispanic .........|     100.0 |       2.9 |      6.9 |     15.5 |     21.4 |     18.3 |     35.0 |     100.0 |     10.7 |     14.1 |     22.6 |     22.6 |     14.5 |      15.4
    Asian/Pacific     |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Islander .......|     100.0 |       8.6 |     15.7 |     22.2 |     22.9 |     18.0 |     12.7 |     100.0 |     42.4 |     26.3 |     18.2 |      8.1 |      4.1 |       0.8
    American Indian/  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Alaskan Native .|     100.0 |      10.6 |     19.2 |     24.7 |     16.4 |      7.6 |     21.5 |     100.0 |     44.3 |     14.9 |     12.5 |      7.8 |      3.0 |      17.5
                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
 Percent of students  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
    enrolled, 2000    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Total ................|     100.0 |      27.7 |     18.9 |     19.0 |     13.0 |      7.5 |     13.8 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
  White ..............|     100.0 |      43.4 |     25.8 |     19.8 |      8.2 |      2.1 |      0.7 |     100.0 |      0.7 |      2.1 |      8.2 |     19.7 |     25.9 |      43.5
  Minority ...........|     100.0 |       3.0 |      8.2 |     17.8 |     20.6 |     16.0 |     34.4 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
    Black ............|     100.0 |       2.3 |      7.1 |     18.9 |     21.0 |     13.3 |     37.3 |     100.0 |      9.4 |     15.3 |     24.2 |     17.4 |     11.1 |      22.7
    Hispanic .........|     100.0 |       2.4 |      6.6 |     14.7 |     20.2 |     18.7 |     37.5 |     100.0 |      9.7 |     13.8 |     22.2 |     22.7 |     14.8 |      16.8
    Asian/Pacific     |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Islander .......|     100.0 |       6.9 |     15.3 |     23.0 |     22.0 |     18.4 |     14.5 |     100.0 |     41.5 |     27.2 |     17.2 |      8.9 |      4.2 |       0.9
    American Indian/  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Alaskan Native .|     100.0 |       9.2 |     18.8 |     26.6 |     16.8 |      8.4 |     20.3 |     100.0 |     46.2 |     14.9 |     13.9 |      7.3 |      2.8 |      14.8
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NOTE: Data reflect racial/ethnic data reported by schools. Because some schools do not report complete racial/ethnic data, totals may differ from figures in other tables. Excludes 1995 data for Idaho and 2000 data for Tennessee because racial/ethnic data were not reported. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared April 2002.)


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