Table 2.1a. Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary school enrollment, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1986–87 to 2005

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Table 2.1a. Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary school enrollment, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1986–87 to 2005–06

Fall of school year	White	Total minority¹	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
1986	70.4	29.6	16.1	9.9	2.8	0.9
1991	67.4	32.6	16.4	11.8	3.4	1.0
1993	66.1	34.0	16.6	12.7	3.6	1.1
1994	65.6	34.4	16.7	13.0	3.6	1.1
1995	64.8	35.1	16.8	13.5	3.7	1.1
1996	64.2	35.8	16.9	14.0	3.8	1.1
1997	63.5	36.5	17.0	14.4	3.9	1.2
1998	62.9	37.1	17.1	15.0	3.9	1.1
1999	62.1	37.9	17.2	15.6	4.0	1.2
2000	61.2	38.8	17.2	16.3	4.1	1.2
2001	60.3	39.7	17.2	17.1	4.2	1.2
2002	59.2	40.9	17.1	18.1	4.4	1.2
2003	58.7	41.3	17.2	18.5	4.4	1.2
2004	57.9	42.1	17.3	19.2	4.5	1.2
2005	57.1	42.9	17.2	19.8	4.6	1.2

¹ Total minority includes Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students.

NOTE: Excludes students enrolled in Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 1986 State Summaries of Elementary and Secondary School Civil Rights Survey; and National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," selected years, 1991–92 through 2005–06.

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