Table 97.

Public elementary and secondary school students, by racial/ethnic enrollment concentration of school: Fall 1995, fall 2000, and fall 2006

Racial/ethnic group	Distribution of students in racial/ethnic group, by percent minority in the school							Distribution of students in each racial/ethnic group, by percent of that racial/ethnic group in the school
	Total	Less than 10 percent minority	10 to 24 percent minority	25 to 49 percent minority	50 to 74 percent minority	75 to 89 percent minority	90 percent or more minority	Total	Less than 10 percent of group	10 to 24 percent of group	25 to 49 percent of group	50 to 74 percent of group	75 to 89 percent of group	90 percent or more of group
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Total students enrolled, 1995	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/Alaska 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
Total students enrolled, 2000	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/Alaska 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
Total students enrolled, 2006	48,430,404	10,287,933	9,204,176	9,978,370	6,891,744	4,164,501	7,903,680	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
White	27,347,536	9,796,463	7,655,592	6,320,726	2,614,325	709,198	251,232	27,347,536	250,320	707,224	2,603,898	6,314,062	7,662,123	9,809,909
Minority	21,082,868	491,470	1,548,584	3,657,644	4,277,419	3,455,303	7,652,448	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Black	8,275,666	155,744	540,244	1,499,391	1,725,076	1,167,149	3,188,062	8,275,666	860,667	1,395,172	1,996,139	1,419,113	871,982	1,732,593
Hispanic	9,938,381	183,775	587,440	1,433,226	1,928,013	1,830,633	3,975,294	9,938,381	854,191	1,343,881	2,124,521	2,326,375	1,595,158	1,694,255
Asian/Pacific Islander	2,279,868	110,441	321,727	562,243	510,165	405,255	370,037	2,279,868	938,203	624,914	372,685	222,123	99,394	22,549
American Indian/Alaska Native	588,953	41,510	99,173	162,784	114,165	52,266	119,055	588,953	276,079	86,056	86,725	42,682	20,038	77,373
Percent of students enrolled, 1995	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/Alaska 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	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/Alaska 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
Percent of students enrolled, 2006	100.0	21.2	19.0	20.6	14.2	8.6	16.3	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
White	100.0	35.8	28.0	23.1	9.6	2.6	0.9	100.0	0.9	2.6	9.5	23.1	28.0	35.9
Minority	100.0	2.3	7.3	17.3	20.3	16.4	36.3	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Black	100.0	1.9	6.5	18.1	20.8	14.1	38.5	100.0	10.4	16.9	24.1	17.1	10.5	20.9
Hispanic	100.0	1.8	5.9	14.4	19.4	18.4	40.0	100.0	8.6	13.5	21.4	23.4	16.1	17.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	100.0	4.8	14.1	24.7	22.4	17.8	16.2	100.0	41.2	27.4	16.3	9.7	4.4	1.0
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0	7.0	16.8	27.6	19.4	8.9	20.2	100.0	46.9	14.6	14.7	7.2	3.4	13.1

† 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 1995 data for Idaho and 2000 data for Tennessee because racial/ethnic data were not reported. Race cate-gories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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," 1995–96, 2000–01, and 2006–07. (This table was prepared September 2008.)