| Table 6. | Selected characteristics of public elementary and secondary school membership as a percentage of school membership by state: School year 1997-98 |
Percentage Percentage American
of membership of membership Indian / Asian / Black White
free lunch Individualized Alaskan Pacific Non Non
State eligible Education Program Native Islander Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic
United States -- 11.9 1.2 3.9 14.5 17.1 63.4
Alabama 38.2 13.2 0.8 0.7 0.8 36.0 61.7
Alaska 24.5 13.7 24.8 4.8 3.0 4.7 62.8
Arizona -- 10.1 7.0 1.8 30.8 4.4 56.0
Arkansas 37.1 10.5 0.4 0.8 2.2 23.7 72.9
California 47.0 10.7 0.9 11.1 40.5 8.8 38.8
Colorado 21.9 9.9 1.1 2.7 19.3 5.6 71.3
Connecticut 19.7 13.6 0.2 2.5 12.1 13.7 71.5
Delaware 30.5 12.2 0.2 1.9 4.6 30.1 63.2
District of Columbia -- 10.0 0.0 1.5 7.5 87.0 4.0
Florida 36.4 14.2 0.2 1.8 16.4 25.4 56.2
Georgia 43.1 10.0 0.1 1.9 2.9 38.0 57.1
Hawaii 27.3 9.2 0.4 70.7 4.7 2.6 21.6
Idaho 23.4 10.7 1.3 1.2 9.2 0.7 87.6
Illinois -- 11.8 0.2 3.1 13.2 21.3 62.3
Indiana 22.4 14.0 0.2 0.8 2.6 11.3 85.1
Iowa 20.6 13.5 0.5 1.6 2.6 3.5 91.8
Kansas 32.3 14.9 1.1 2.0 7.0 8.6 81.3
Kentucky 39.6 12.9 0.1 0.5 0.5 10.3 88.5
Louisiana 50.8 12.1 0.6 1.3 1.2 46.7 50.2
Maine 24.2 14.4 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.9 97.1
Maryland 25.5 13.0 0.3 4.0 3.7 36.1 55.9
Massachusetts -- 17.2 0.2 4.1 9.7 8.5 77.5
Michigan 25.4 4.1 1.0 1.6 2.8 19.1 75.4
Minnesota 19.2 12.0 2.0 4.4 2.5 5.6 85.5
Mississippi 55.6 12.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 50.9 47.6
Missouri 27.9 15.2 0.3 1.1 1.3 16.7 80.6
Montana 22.8 11.6 10.0 0.8 1.5 0.5 87.1
Nebraska 21.8 14.5 1.5 1.4 5.3 6.2 85.7
Nevada 32.9 10.7 1.9 4.8 20.5 9.7 63.2
New Hampshire 11.3 13.6 0.2 1.1 1.4 1.0 96.3
New Jersey 24.5 6.2 0.2 5.7 14.0 18.3 61.9
New Mexico -- 17.2 10.6 1.0 48.0 2.4 38.0
New York 36.6 14.2 0.5 5.4 17.8 20.4 55.9
North Carolina 31.2 12.9 1.5 1.6 2.7 31.0 63.2
North Dakota 21.5 10.9 8.3 0.8 1.1 0.9 88.9
Ohio 22.2 11.9 0.1 1.0 1.5 15.5 81.9
Oklahoma 36.4 12.4 15.5 1.3 4.5 10.6 68.1
Oregon 24.8 10.7 2.1 3.5 8.1 2.6 83.7
Pennsylvania -- 11.0 0.1 1.8 3.9 14.5 79.7
Rhode Island 28.0 17.7 0.5 3.4 11.5 7.5 77.2
South Carolina 42.3 12.9 0.2 0.8 1.0 42.2 55.8
South Dakota 32.3 11.4 14.4 0.8 0.9 1.0 82.9
Tennessee -- 13.6 0.1 1.0 0.9 23.2 74.8
Texas 38.9 12.1 0.3 2.4 37.9 14.4 45.0
Utah 19.0 11.3 1.5 2.5 6.6 0.8 88.6
Vermont -- 10.6 0.5 1.1 0.4 0.9 97.1
Virginia 25.6 13.3 0.2 3.6 3.6 27.0 65.5
Washington -- 10.7 2.8 6.9 8.6 4.9 76.8
West Virginia 40.3 16.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 4.1 95.1
Wisconsin 20.0 12.8 1.4 3.0 3.6 9.8 82.2
Wyoming 19.9 12.3 2.9 0.8 6.6 1.1 88.6
Outlying areas
DOD Dependents -- 8.5 1.0 10.1 8.5 21.9 58.5
American Samoa 94.9 3.1 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Guam 27.6 5.9 0.1 95.9 0.3 0.6 3.1
Northern Marianas 38.8 3.6 0.0 99.1 0.0 0.0 0.9
Puerto Rico 80.9 8.2 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Virgin Islands 66.4 7.7 0.0 0.3 14.1 84.7 0.9
| NOTE: | Data are shown as "---" if reported for less than 70 percent of schools or agencies. Percentages are based on schools and agencies reporting. National percentages are shown as "---" if data were missing for one or more states. U.S. totals exclude outlying areas. Percentages are rounded to the nearest tenth and may not add to 100. |
| SOURCE: | U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, School and Agency Universes, 1997-98. |
