Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 27
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| Elementary and high schools |
Year |-----------------------------------| Colleges
| Total |Elementary | High |
| |schools\1\ |schools\2\ |
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Percent of students who are white, non-Hispanic
1960\3,4\ .. 86.6 85.8 89.0 93.6
1965\4\..... 85.9 85.2 87.5 93.7
1970\4\..... 85.0 84.4 86.5 91.2
1975 ....... 77.4 76.9 78.4 84.0
1980 ....... 74.5 73.7 75.9 83.0
1985 ....... 71.3 70.2 73.3 80.8
1986 ....... 70.7 69.7 72.7 78.1
1987 ....... 70.2 69.5 71.6 78.1
1988 ....... 69.7 69.0 71.3 78.8
1989 ....... 69.3 68.9 70.1 79.4
1990 ....... 68.9 68.8 69.1 78.7
1991 ....... 68.8 68.6 69.2 76.9
1992........ 68.4 68.2 68.7 76.1
1993........ 68.4 68.5 68.2 75.3
1994 ........ 67.2 67.2 67.1 73.8
Percent of students who are black, non-Hispanic
1960\3,5\ .. 13.4 14.2 11.0 6.4
1965\5\ .... 14.1 14.8 12.5 6.3
1970\4\..... 13.8 14.3 12.5 7.0
1975 ....... 14.5 14.7 14.0 9.6
1980 ....... 15.2 15.3 15.0 9.8
1985 ....... 15.5 15.8 15.1 9.5
1986 ....... 15.5 15.7 15.1 10.6
1987 ....... 15.6 15.7 15.4 10.6
1988 ....... 15.8 15.8 15.6 10.0
1989 ....... 15.8 15.7 16.0 10.1
1990 ....... 15.7 15.8 15.3 10.3
1991 ....... 15.9 15.9 16.0 10.3
1992........ 15.9 15.8 16.1 10.3
1993........ 15.9 15.6 16.3 10.8
1994 ........ 16.0 15.9 16.3 11.9
Percent of students who are Hispanic
1975 ....... 6.5 6.8 6.0 4.2
1980 ....... 8.1 8.6 7.2 4.4
1985 ....... 9.7 10.4 8.3 5.3
1986 ....... 10.2 11.0 8.6 6.4
1987 ....... 10.4 11.1 9.1 6.1
1988 ....... 10.5 11.2 8.9 6.0
1989 ....... 10.9 11.3 9.9 5.8
1990 ....... 11.2 11.2 11.3 5.5
1991 ....... 11.1 11.3 10.5 6.2
1992........ 11.3 11.4 11.1 6.9
1993......... 11.5 11.5 11.5 7.5
1994 ....... 13.0 13.1 12.7 8.0
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/1/ Includes grades 1 through 8.
/2/ Includes grades 9 through 12.
/3/ Excludes 3- and 4-year-olds.
/4/ Includes persons of Hispanic origin.
/5/ Includes other races and persons of Hispanic origin.
NOTE: Enrollment includes students in any type of graded public, parochial, or other private school in regular school systems. Includes elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, universities, and professional schools. Attendance may be either full-time or part-time and during the day or night. Enrollments in special schools, such as trade schools, business colleges, or correspondence schools, are not included.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, unpublished data.
[Indicator 26. Reported High School Program]
[Indicator 28. School Completion]
