Table 32-1. Number and percentage distribution of public schools by school type and selected student and school characteristics: 2004–05
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Type of public school
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| Student or school characteristic |
Conventional |
Charter |
|
| Number of students |
47,694,443 |
887,243 |
| Number of schools |
90,001 |
3,294 |
| |
|
|
| Student characteristic |
|
|
| Percentage of students |
98.2 |
1.8 |
| Sex |
|
|
| Male |
42.1 |
32.9 |
| Female |
57.9 |
67.1 |
| Race/ethnicity1 |
|
|
| White |
58.0 |
42.0 |
| Black |
16.9 |
31.3 |
| Hispanic |
19.4 |
21.8 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
4.6 |
3.3 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native |
1.2 |
1.5 |
| |
|
|
| School characteristic |
|
|
| Percentage of schools |
96.5 |
3.5 |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
|
|
| Less than 15 |
16.0 |
26.8 |
| 15–29 |
22.5 |
27.0 |
| 30–49 |
17.0 |
11.5 |
| 50–74 |
22.7 |
14.9 |
| 75 or more |
21.8 |
19.8 |
| Enrollment |
|
|
| Less than 300 |
30.9 |
70.9 |
| 300–999 |
59.0 |
26.2 |
| 1,000 or more |
10.1 |
2.9 |
| Instructional level |
|
|
| Elementary |
57.0 |
44.4 |
| Middle |
17.8 |
9.4 |
| Secondary |
19.4 |
24.3 |
| Combined |
5.8 |
22.0 |
| Region |
|
|
| Northeast |
16.2 |
9.1 |
| South |
27.9 |
25.1 |
| Midwest |
33.5 |
26.5 |
| West |
22.4 |
39.3 |
| Location |
|
|
| Central city |
25.2 |
52.4 |
| Urban fringe/large town |
48.0 |
35.5 |
| Rural/small town |
26.8 |
12.1 |
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1Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
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NOTE: These tabulations exclude schools with no charter status designation and those not reporting membership. See supplemental note 1 for the states included in each region and information on location. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey,” 2004–05.
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