Table A-32-3. Percentage of public school students in grades 1–12 whose parents reported moving to current neighborhood for the school, by type of school and student and household characteristics: 2007
|
|---|
| Characteristic |
Parents moved to neighborhood for the school |
| Total |
26.6 |
| Type of school |
|
| Public, assigned |
28.4 |
| Public, chosen |
18.2 |
| Private, church-related |
† |
| Private, not church-related |
† |
| |
|
| Race/ethnicity |
|
| White |
29.5 |
| Black |
17.6 |
| Hispanic |
25.0 |
| Other1 |
27.8 |
| |
|
| Poverty status |
|
| Poor |
21.2 |
| Near-poor |
21.3 |
| Nonpoor |
30.2 |
| |
|
| Parents’ education |
|
| Less than high school |
18.1 |
| High school diploma or |
20.7 |
| equivalent |
|
| Some college, including |
25.4 |
| vocational/technical |
|
| Bachelor’s degree |
31.5 |
| Graduate/professional degree |
33.7 |
| |
|
| Locale |
|
| City |
22.8 |
| Suburb |
33.5 |
| Town |
20.2 |
| Rural |
23.4 |
| † Not applicable. |
| 1 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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