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Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)


Table 10.  Percentage distribution of public charter school students by sex and race/ethnicity, by selected public charter school characteristics: 1999–2000

Characteristics
Sex
 
Race/ethnicity
Male Female   White
non-
Hispanic
Black
non-
Hispanic
Hispanic American
Indian/
Alaska Native
Asian/
Pacific
Islander
Minority
ALL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS
50.5 49.5   46.4 27.3 20.8 2.3 3.2 53.6
   
State1 
Arizona
49.5 50.5   52.0 8.2 29.2 9.2 1.5 48.0
California
50.8 49.2   47.4 10.6 33.6 1.4 7.1 52.6
Michigan
48.2 51.8   42.7 51.4 4.4 1.0 0.4 57.3
All other states
51.4 48.6   45.2 34.9 16.3 1.0 2.6 54.8
   
Community type 
Central city
50.4 49.6   29.4 39.8 26.3 1.3 3.2 70.6
Urban fringe/large town
50.6 49.4   64.2 14.8 15.3 2.2 3.6 35.8
Rural/small town
50.9 49.1   69.5 6.9 11.8 10.6 1.2 30.5
   
School level 
Elementary
50.2 49.8   44.7 31.0 19.5 1.5 3.3 55.3
Secondary
50.7 49.3   42.0 23.4 28.9 3.0 2.8 58.0
Combined
51.2 48.8   57.0 19.9 15.5 4.1 3.5 43.0
   
Student enrollment 
Fewer than 100
52.3 47.7   55.9 22.8 13.9 5.7 1.7 44.1
100–199
50.9 49.1   46.5 29.9 18.0 3.6 2.0 53.5
200–349
50.5 49.5   43.7 38.0 14.9 1.6 1.8 56.3
350–499
50.7 49.3   46.3 25.9 21.6 2.6 3.6 53.7
500, or more
50.1 49.9   46.1 23.0 25.0 1.6 4.3 53.9
   
School origin 
Newly created
50.1 49.9   46.1 31.2 17.6 2.7 2.4 53.9
Pre-existing public
51.1 48.9   48.2 17.7 27.1 1.7 5.4 51.8
Pre-existing private
52.0 48.0   40.4 36.8 20.6 1.2 1.0 59.6
   
Minority enrollment 
Less than 30%
50.1 49.9   87.1 4.4 5.7 1.1 1.8 12.9
30% or more
50.7 49.3   23.6 40.1 29.2 3.0 4.0 76.4
1 Arizona, California, and Michigan were included because these states contained the largest number of public charter schools in 1999–2000. "All other states" includes 25 states with public charter schools open during the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 school years but were not reported individually due to small sample sizes.
NOTE: Public charter schools include all public charter schools open during the 1998–99 school year and still open in the 1999–2000 school year. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 1999–2000 "Public Charter School Survey."

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