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Table 94. Public elementary and secondary school students, by racial/ethnic enrollment concentration of school: Fall 1998 and fall 2003
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                       |   Distribution of students in racial/ethnic group, by percent minority  |            Distribution of students in each racial/ethnic group, by
                       |                               in the school                             |               percent of that racial/ethnic group in the school
                       |_________________________________________________________________________|_________________________________________________________________________
                       |           | 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
                       |           |10 percent|  percent|  percent|  percent|  percent|   or more|           |10 percent|  percent|  percent|  percent|  percent|   or more
Racial/ethnic group    |      Total|  minority| minority| minority| minority| minority|  minority|      Total| of  group|of  group|of  group|of  group|of  group|  of group
_______________________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________
1                      |          2|         3|        4|        5|        6|        7|         8|          9|        10|       11|       12|       13|       14|        15
_______________________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________
Total students         |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
   enrolled, 1998 .....| 46,098,137|13,918,585|8,609,057|8,634,368|5,751,343|3,231,486| 5,953,298|         † |        † |       † |       † |       † |       † |        †
                       |___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________
  White ...............| 28,927,755|13,353,338|7,166,476|5,475,168|2,197,933|  559,007|   175,833| 28,927,755|   175,321|  557,111|2,189,587|5,476,109|7,163,518|13,366,109
  Minority ............| 17,170,382|   565,247|1,442,581|3,159,200|3,553,410|2,672,479| 5,777,465|         † |        † |       † |       † |       † |       † |        †
    Black .............|  7,914,940|   194,596|  597,596|1,566,164|1,658,677|1,008,792| 2,889,115|  7,914,940|   711,003|1,176,520|1,941,294|1,393,630|  862,646| 1,829,847
    Hispanic ..........|  6,901,586|   180,371|  460,460|1,040,981|1,403,828|1,285,839| 2,530,107|  6,901,586|   710,101|  944,193|1,539,795|1,589,145|1,008,330| 1,110,022
    Asian/Pacific      |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
       Islander .......|  1,823,989|   138,154|  283,376|  415,352|  402,760|  334,023|   250,324|  1,823,989|   766,716|  487,256|  316,286|  160,495|   78,173|    15,063
    American Indian/   |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
       Alaska Native ..|    529,867|    52,126|  101,149|  136,703|   88,145|   43,825|   107,919|    529,867|   240,327|   81,718|   69,361|   40,997|   16,302|    81,162
                       |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
Total students         |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
   enrolled, 2003 .....| 47,277,389|11,314,373|8,968,654|9,458,850|6,497,404|3,852,133| 7,185,975|         † |        † |       † |       † |       † |       † |        †
                       |__________ |__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________
  White ...............| 27,612,086|10,800,756|7,459,746|6,005,905|2,472,086|  655,729|   217,864| 27,612,086|   217,481|  653,565|2,461,591|6,004,556|7,464,705|10,810,188
  Minority ............| 19,665,303|   513,617|1,508,908|3,452,945|4,025,318|3,196,404| 6,968,111|         † |       †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |       †
    Black .............|  8,089,204|   166,739|  550,944|1,498,379|1,704,423|1,084,696| 3,084,023|  8,089,204|   799,317|1,314,241|1,935,392|1,398,145|  844,572| 1,797,537
    Hispanic ..........|  8,883,272|   178,225|  545,760|1,293,687|1,746,012|1,677,932| 3,441,656|  8,883,272|   798,001|1,207,530|1,921,220|2,032,893|1,380,085| 1,543,543
    Asian/Pacific      |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
       Islander .......|  2,107,001|   123,019|  308,895|  504,282|  470,177|  379,499|   321,129|  2,107,001|   871,373|  576,349|  355,671|  196,954|   88,498|    18,156
    American Indian/   |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
       Alaska Native ..|    585,826|    45,634|  103,309|  156,597|  104,706|   54,277|   121,303|    585,826|   269,500|   84,700|   82,385|   44,434|   21,754|    83,053
                       |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
Percent of students    |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
   enrolled, 1998 .....|      100.0|      30.2|     18.7|     18.7|     12.5|      7.0|      12.9|         † |        † |       † |       † |       † |       † |        †
                       |___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________
  White ...............|      100.0|      46.2|     24.8|     18.9|      7.6|      1.9|       0.6|      100.0|       0.6|      1.9|      7.6|     18.9|     24.8|      46.2
  Minority ............|      100.0|       3.3|      8.4|     18.4|     20.7|     15.6|      33.6|         † |        † |       † |       † |       † |       † |        †
    Black .............|      100.0|       2.5|      7.6|     19.8|     21.0|     12.7|      36.5|      100.0|       9.0|     14.9|     24.5|     17.6|     10.9|      23.1
    Hispanic ..........|      100.0|       2.6|      6.7|     15.1|     20.3|     18.6|      36.7|      100.0|      10.3|     13.7|     22.3|     23.0|     14.6|      16.1
    Asian/Pacific      |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
       Islander .......|      100.0|       7.6|     15.5|     22.8|     22.1|     18.3|      13.7|      100.0|      42.0|     26.7|     17.3|      8.8|      4.3|       0.8
    American Indian/   |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
       Alaska Native ..|      100.0|       9.8|     19.1|     25.8|     16.6|      8.3|      20.4|      100.0|      45.4|     15.4|     13.1|      7.7|      3.1|      15.3
                       |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
Percent of students    |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
   enrolled, 2003 .....|      100.0|      23.9|     19.0|     20.0|     13.7|      8.1|      15.2|         † |        † |       † |       † |       † |       † |        †
                       |___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________
  White ...............|      100.0|      39.1|     27.0|     21.8|      9.0|      2.4|       0.8|      100.0|       0.8|      2.4|      8.9|     21.7|     27.0|      39.2
  Minority ............|      100.0|       2.6|      7.7|     17.6|     20.5|     16.3|      35.4|         † |        † |       † |       † |       † |       † |       †
    Black .............|      100.0|       2.1|      6.8|     18.5|     21.1|     13.4|      38.1|      100.0|       9.9|     16.2|     23.9|     17.3|     10.4|      22.2
    Hispanic ..........|      100.0|       2.0|      6.1|     14.6|     19.7|     18.9|      38.7|      100.0|       9.0|     13.6|     21.6|     22.9|     15.5|      17.4
    Asian/Pacific      |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
       Islander .......|      100.0|       5.8|     14.7|     23.9|     22.3|     18.0|      15.2|      100.0|      41.4|     27.4|     16.9|      9.3|      4.2|       0.9
    American Indian/   |           |          |         |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |         |         |         |
       Alaska Native ..|      100.0|       7.8|     17.6|     26.7|     17.9|      9.3|      20.7|      100.0|      46.0|     14.5|     14.1|      7.6|      3.7|      14.2
_______________________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________
†Not applicable.
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 1998 data for Idaho and 2003 data for Tennessee because racial/ethnic data were not reported. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1998 and 2003. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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