Table 2. Percentage of public elementary and secondary school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and percentage enrollment that is other than White, non-Hispanic in the 100 and 500 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2005–06

Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2005–06

NCES 2008-339
June 2008

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Table 2. Percentage of public elementary and secondary school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and percentage enrollment that is other than White, non-Hispanic in the 100 and 500 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2005–06
District characteristic	All school districts	100 largest school districts	500 largest school districts
Membership eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, of those schools that reported free and reduced-price lunch¹	41.0	50.8	47.0

Percent of schools reporting other than White, non-Hispanic membership	97.4	99.9	99.8

Percentage other than White, non-Hispanic enrollment	43.7	70.6	61.7
American Indian/Alaska Native	1.3	0.5	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.7	7.2	6.6
Hispanic	20.7	35.2	30.3
Black, non-Hispanic	17.0	27.7	24.0

Percentage of White, non-Hispanic enrollment	56.3	29.4	38.3
¹ These percentages should be interpreted with caution. The Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic), the Bureau of Indian Education, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands did not report free and reduced-price lunch eligibility and are not included in the totals. Also, states may not have reported students eligible for reduced-price meals, and a number of states reported participation instead of eligibility data, which may not be strictly comparable. See the Methodology section, appendix B, for further description. Percentages are based on those schools that reported.
NOTE: Data include all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic). 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," 2005–06, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2005–06, Version 1a.

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