Elementary and Secondary Education

School Characteristics and Climate

Table A-26-3. Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary school students of each racial/ethnic group, by percent combined enrollment of Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students, by year and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1990–91 through 2006–07

		Combined Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native enrollment

			Less than 25 percent	25–49 percent	50–74 percent	75 percent or more
Year and race/ethnicity	Total		Less than 25 percent	25–49 percent	50–74 percent	75 percent or more
1990–91
Total	100.0		54.3	18.4	11.4	15.9
White	100.0		74.2	17.4	6.5	1.9
Black	100.0		11.6	22.8	20.8	44.8
Hispanic	100.0		10.4	16.6	22.2	50.9
Asian/Pacific Islander	100.0		25.7	22.3	22.6	29.4
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0		33.0	24.3	14.8	27.9

1995–96
Total	100.0		51.1	18.6	12.3	18.0
White	100.0		72.2	18.3	7.3	2.2
Black	100.0		10.6	21.2	21.6	46.6
Hispanic	100.0		9.8	15.5	21.4	53.3
Asian/Pacific Islander	100.0		24.3	22.2	22.9	30.6
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0		29.8	24.7	16.2	29.2

2000–01
Total	100.0		46.6	19.0	13.1	21.3
White	100.0		69.3	19.8	8.2	2.8
Black	100.0		9.4	19.0	21.0	50.6
Hispanic	100.0		9.0	14.7	20.3	56.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	100.0		22.3	23.1	22.1	32.6
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0		28.0	26.6	16.8	28.6

2006–07
Total	100.0		40.6	20.9	14.4	24.2
White	100.0		64.3	23.0	9.3	3.3
Black	100.0		8.6	18.6	21.2	51.5
Hispanic	100.0		8.0	14.8	19.9	57.3
Asian/Pacific Islander	100.0		19.4	25.2	22.8	32.6
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0		24.1	27.7	19.4	28.8
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For more information on race/ethnicity, see supplemental note 1. For more information on the Common Core of Data (CCD), see supplemental note 3. Detail may not sum to 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,” 1990–91, 1995–96, 2000–01, and 2006–07

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