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Table 116. | Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary students and schools, by traditional or charter school status and selected characteristics: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2010-11 |
Selected characteristic | 1999-2000 | Charter schools | 2010-11 | ||||||||
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Total, all public schools | Traditional (noncharter) schools | Charter schools | 2001-02 | 2003-04 | 2005-06 | 2007-08 | 2009-10 | Total, all public schools | Traditional (noncharter) schools | Charter schools | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Enrollment (in thousands) | 46,689 | 46,350 | 340 | 571 | 789 | 1,013 | 1,277 | 1,610 | 49,178 | 47,391 | 1,787 |
Percentage distribution of students |
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Sex | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Male | 51.4 | 51.4 | 51.0 | 50.8 | 50.3 | 49.9 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 51.4 | 51.4 | 49.5 |
Female | 48.6 | 48.6 | 49.0 | 49.2 | 49.7 | 50.1 | 50.5 | 50.5 | 48.6 | 48.6 | 50.5 |
Race/ethnicity | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
White | 61.8 | 61.9 | 42.5 | 42.6 | 41.8 | 40.5 | 38.8 | 37.3 | 52.5 | 53.1 | 36.2 |
Black | 17.1 | 16.9 | 33.5 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 32.1 | 31.8 | 30.3 | 16.0 | 15.5 | 28.9 |
Hispanic | 15.9 | 15.9 | 19.6 | 20.1 | 21.5 | 22.4 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 23.1 | 22.9 | 27.3 |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.7 |
American Indian/ Alaska Native |
1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
Two or more races | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
Percent of students eligible | |||||||||||
for free or reduced-price | |||||||||||
lunch program | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
0 to 25.0 | 44.9 | 45.0 | 36.9 | 42.5 | 33.2 | 36.1 | 19.8 | 20.6 | 24.1 | 24.0 | 27.2 |
25.1 to 50.0 | 25.4 | 25.5 | 12.7 | 14.3 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 16.5 | 18.8 | 28.9 | 29.2 | 18.9 |
50.1 to 75.0 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 13.0 | 14.7 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 18.9 | 20.2 | 26.6 | 26.8 | 20.4 |
More than 75.0 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 18.4 | 22.0 | 21.2 | 30.7 | 20.1 | 19.7 | 30.7 |
Missing/school does not participate |
1.4 | 1.2 | 23.2 | 13.3 | 15.2 | 8.6 | 23.6 | 9.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.7 |
Number of teachers1 | 2,636,277 | 2,622,678 | 13,599 | 23,415 | 36,406 | 49,142 | 69,725 | 84,983 | 3,001,994 | 2,910,869 | 91,126 |
Pupil/teacher ratio1 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 18.8 | 17.7 | 17.6 | 17.3 | 15.9 | 17.3 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 18.0 |
Total number of schools | 92,012 | 90,488 | 1,524 | 2,348 | 2,977 | 3,780 | 4,388 | 4,952 | 98,817 | 93,543 | 5,274 |
Percentage distribution of schools |
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School level | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Elementary2 | 69.7 | 70.0 | 54.6 | 50.6 | 52.0 | 52.1 | 53.3 | 54.1 | 67.9 | 68.7 | 54.3 |
Secondary3 | 24.3 | 24.3 | 25.9 | 24.2 | 26.2 | 28.0 | 27.8 | 26.8 | 24.8 | 24.8 | 25.9 |
Combined4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 18.6 | 21.6 | 21.0 | 18.6 | 18.3 | 18.8 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 19.5 |
Other | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
Size of enrollment | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Less than 300 | 31.4 | 30.7 | 77.1 | 73.6 | 71.1 | 69.6 | 65.6 | 61.5 | 30.9 | 29.3 | 59.0 |
300 to 499 | 26.4 | 26.7 | 12.0 | 13.6 | 15.6 | 16.5 | 19.3 | 20.8 | 27.8 | 28.1 | 22.3 |
500 to 999 | 32.6 | 33.0 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 32.3 | 33.4 | 14.8 |
1,000 or more | 9.5 | 9.7 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 3.9 |
Racial/ethnic concentration | |||||||||||
More than 50 percent White | 70.9 | 71.2 | 51.1 | 50.9 | 48.7 | 46.5 | 43.2 | 40.3 | 60.4 | 61.7 | 38.4 |
More than 50 percent Black | 11.1 | 10.8 | 26.5 | 23.8 | 24.5 | 26.4 | 26.5 | 25.8 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 25.4 |
More than 50 percent Hispanic | 8.8 | 8.7 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 17.8 | 19.8 | 14.5 | 14.1 | 20.8 |
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
0 to 25.0 | 42.3 | 42.3 | 44.5 | 47.8 | 28.7 | 32.7 | 20.2 | 19.3 | 23.4 | 23.2 | 28.3 |
25.1 to 50.0 | 25.6 | 25.9 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 17.2 | 26.9 | 27.4 | 17.4 |
50.1 to 75.0 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 10.2 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 16.9 | 18.8 | 20.9 | 26.4 | 26.8 | 20.1 |
More than 75.0 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 19.9 | 22.7 | 22.4 | 32.8 | 21.3 | 20.7 | 33.1 |
Missing/school does not participate |
3.3 | 3.0 | 21.9 | 14.9 | 19.5 | 12.5 | 23.0 | 9.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 |
Locale | — | — | — | — | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
City | — | — | — | — | 52.7 | 52.5 | 54.3 | 54.8 | 26.2 | 24.5 | 55.5 |
Suburban | — | — | — | — | 22.0 | 22.2 | 22.0 | 21.1 | 27.4 | 27.8 | 21.3 |
Town | — | — | — | — | 9.6 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 7.6 |
Rural | — | — | — | — | 15.8 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 32.3 | 33.3 | 15.6 |
Region | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Northeast | 16.1 | 16.3 | 7.2 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 9.5 |
Midwest | 28.9 | 29.0 | 24.9 | 22.6 | 23.7 | 27.4 | 26.5 | 24.0 | 26.4 | 26.6 | 23.1 |
South | 33.1 | 33.2 | 28.9 | 28.4 | 26.7 | 26.5 | 28.2 | 29.5 | 34.7 | 35.0 | 29.5 |
West | 21.8 | 21.6 | 38.9 | 38.9 | 40.3 | 37.2 | 36.6 | 37.4 | 23.4 | 22.5 | 37.9 |
—Not available. | |||||||||||
1 Data for 2010 include imputations for teachers in California and Vermont. | |||||||||||
2 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8. | |||||||||||
3 Includes schools with no grade lower than 7. | |||||||||||
4 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above. | |||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1999-2000 through 2010-11. (This table was prepared October 2012.) |