Elementary and Secondary Education
School Characteristics and Climate
Table A-13-2. Number of public school students and percentage distribution of students, by school concentration of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, school locale, and race/ethnicity: School year 2009-10
| School locale and race/ethnicity |
Number of public school students1 |
Percentage distribution of school concentration of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
| Total |
0–25 |
26–50 |
51–75 |
76–100 |
Missing/
school does not participate |
| Total2 |
49,136,240 |
100.0 |
24.6 |
28.8 |
25.1 |
18.6 |
3.0 |
| City |
14,431,591 |
100.0 |
14.3 |
20.0 |
24.4 |
33.4 |
8.0 |
| Suburban |
16,870,809 |
100.0 |
38.0 |
27.7 |
19.6 |
13.7 |
1.0 |
| Town |
5,900,330 |
100.0 |
11.9 |
37.4 |
35.2 |
14.7 |
0.8 |
| Rural |
11,933,156 |
100.0 |
24.5 |
36.6 |
28.7 |
9.5 |
0.7 |
| City |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
4,497,625 |
100.0 |
26.3 |
33.5 |
23.8 |
11.7 |
4.6 |
| Black |
3,777,621 |
100.0 |
4.0 |
13.3 |
25.3 |
48.0 |
9.4 |
| Hispanic |
4,776,905 |
100.0 |
8.4 |
11.9 |
24.8 |
45.9 |
9.0 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
1,015,150 |
100.0 |
26.6 |
20.9 |
19.7 |
17.6 |
15.1 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native |
117,102 |
100.0 |
13.4 |
25.0 |
27.5 |
29.8 |
4.3 |
| Race/ethnicity unknown |
247,188 |
100.0 |
16.4 |
25.8 |
29.5 |
27.1 |
1.2 |
| Suburban |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
9,239,268 |
100.0 |
52.3 |
30.3 |
12.9 |
3.3 |
1.3 |
| Black |
2,478,971 |
100.0 |
14.9 |
26.8 |
31.5 |
26.0 |
0.7 |
| Hispanic |
3,657,699 |
100.0 |
15.6 |
21.4 |
28.9 |
33.4 |
0.7 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
1,050,244 |
100.0 |
47.1 |
27.0 |
16.8 |
8.0 |
1.1 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native |
92,634 |
100.0 |
26.6 |
34.2 |
25.4 |
12.8 |
1.0 |
| Race/ethnicity unknown |
351,993 |
100.0 |
35.6 |
30.9 |
20.6 |
11.3 |
1.6 |
| Town |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
3,974,415 |
100.0 |
14.7 |
44.7 |
33.6 |
6.0 |
1.0 |
| Black |
651,595 |
100.0 |
3.2 |
16.8 |
39.2 |
40.4 |
0.4 |
| Hispanic |
951,609 |
100.0 |
6.7 |
21.5 |
38.1 |
33.3 |
0.5 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
112,906 |
100.0 |
13.6 |
45.5 |
31.5 |
8.6 |
0.8 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native |
126,060 |
100.0 |
9.2 |
29.7 |
38.1 |
22.2 |
0.8 |
| Race/ethnicity unknown |
83,745 |
100.0 |
10.1 |
32.0 |
43.6 |
12.5 |
1.9 |
| Rural |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
8,600,009 |
100.0 |
27.1 |
40.1 |
27.4 |
4.6 |
0.8 |
| Black |
1,258,166 |
100.0 |
12.1 |
27.0 |
34.5 |
25.8 |
0.6 |
| Hispanic |
1,389,640 |
100.0 |
17.3 |
27.6 |
33.3 |
21.3 |
0.6 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
283,510 |
100.0 |
48.2 |
31.2 |
15.2 |
4.4 |
0.9 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native |
248,958 |
100.0 |
7.7 |
20.6 |
32.8 |
37.9 |
0.9 |
| Race/ethnicity unknown |
152,873 |
100.0 |
31.0 |
35.6 |
24.9 |
7.4 |
1.1 |
| 1 Includes students enrolled in schools that did not report free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. |
| 2 Includes students enrolled in schools that did not report school locale information. |
| NOTE: The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program. To be eligible for free lunch under the program, a student must be from a household with an income at or below 130 percent of the poverty threshold; to be eligible for reduced-price lunch, a student must be from a household with an income between 130 percent and 185 percent of the poverty threshold. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For more information on race/ethnicity, locale, and poverty, see Appendix C – Commonly Used Measures. For more information on the Common Core of Data (CCD), see Appendix B – Guide to Sources.Percent detail may not sum to percent 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," 2009–10. |
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