Table A-32-2. Percentage of students in grades 1–12 whose parents reported choice among public schools and distribution of these students according to type of school attended, by student and household characteristics: 2007
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Students whose parents reported having the opportunity to send them to a chosen public school1 |
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Students whose parents reported having the opportunity to send them to a chosen public school, attending |
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| Characteristic |
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Public, assigned school |
Public, chosen school |
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Private, church-related school |
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Private, not church-related school |
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| Total |
46.2 |
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66.8 |
24.5 |
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7.0 |
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1.7 |
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| Grade level |
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| 1–5 |
45.2 |
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64.4 |
26.9 |
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6.9 |
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1.8 |
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| 6–8 |
45.8 |
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71.2 |
19.6 |
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7.8 |
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1.4 |
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| 9–12 |
47.6 |
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66.3 |
25.4 |
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6.4 |
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1.9 |
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| Race/ethnicity |
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| White |
45.5 |
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69.4 |
20.3 |
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8.5 |
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1.8 |
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| Black |
48.2 |
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58.4 |
36.2 |
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4.1 |
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1.3 |
! |
| Hispanic |
47.5 |
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67.6 |
26.3 |
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4.8 |
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1.3 |
! |
| Other1 |
43.8 |
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62.4 |
27.4 |
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6.9 |
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3.3 |
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| Family type |
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| Two-parent household |
46.6 |
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67.4 |
22.5 |
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8.4 |
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1.7 |
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| One-parent household |
44.1 |
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66.2 |
28.6 |
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3.3 |
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2.0 |
! |
| Nonparent guardians |
50.5 |
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60.2 |
36.6 |
! |
2.8 |
! |
‡ |
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| Household income |
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| $15,000 or less |
51.4 |
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71.0 |
27.2 |
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1.7 |
! |
‡ |
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| $15,001–30,000 |
44.7 |
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63.1 |
33.7 |
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1.9 |
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1.4 |
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| $30,001–50,000 |
48.3 |
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67.8 |
25.5 |
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5.8 |
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0.9 |
! |
| $50,001–75,000 |
47.9 |
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70.6 |
20.7 |
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7.2 |
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1.4 |
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| $75,001 or more |
43.2 |
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63.9 |
21.5 |
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11.5 |
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3.0 |
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| Parents’ education |
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| Less than high school |
45.0 |
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80.7 |
17.8 |
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1.0 |
! |
‡ |
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| High school diploma or |
44.8 |
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69.2 |
26.3 |
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2.9 |
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1.5 |
! |
| equivalent |
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| Some college, including |
48.1 |
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69.6 |
24.7 |
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5.1 |
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0.6 |
! |
| vocational/technical |
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| Bachelor’s degree |
45.5 |
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66.0 |
23.6 |
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9.8 |
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0.7 |
! |
| Graduate/professional degree |
46.0 |
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56.7 |
25.6 |
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12.6 |
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5.0 |
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| Region |
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| Northeast |
32.6 |
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56.8 |
29.4 |
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10.0 |
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3.8 |
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| South |
41.4 |
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69.0 |
23.5 |
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6.0 |
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1.5 |
! |
| Midwest |
55.4 |
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70.0 |
21.0 |
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8.9 |
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0.1 |
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| West |
54.6 |
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65.6 |
26.9 |
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4.9 |
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2.5 |
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| Locale |
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| City |
51.5 |
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56.1 |
32.3 |
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8.1 |
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3.5 |
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| Suburb |
40.5 |
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69.9 |
20.4 |
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8.5 |
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1.2 |
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| Town |
47.1 |
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73.9 |
19.7 |
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5.8 |
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0.6 |
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| Rural |
47.8 |
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76.0 |
20.6 |
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3.3 |
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‡ |
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| ! Interpret data with caution (coefficient of variation is 30 percent or more). ‡ Reporting standards not met. |
| 1 Public school choice programs allow students to enroll in another public school or district outside their attendance area. These programs can include within-district or out-of-district schools. These estimates are based on parents’ responses; not all parents may have applied this definition of school choice in their response. |
| 2 Includes Asians/Pacific Islanders, Native Hawaiians, American Indians, Alaska Natives, and persons of more than one race. |
| NOTE: Excludes homeschooled students and students in classrooms or schools classified as “ungraded.” Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For more information on commonly used variables, see supplemental note 1. For more information on the National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES), see supplemental note 3. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey, National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES), 2007. |
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