Participation in Education

Elementary/Secondary Enrollment

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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