2011 Black-White Achievement Gap Reports
Table 4. Percentage distribution of schools in each Black student density category,
Last updated 06 August 2015 (DS)
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(25KB)Table 4. Percentage distribution of schools in each Black student density category,
by region and by locale type: 2011
| Region | Black Student Density Category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-20 | 20-40 | 40-60 | 60-100 | ||
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| West | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | |
| South | 26 | 55 | 60 | 46 | |
| Midwest | 29 | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| Northeast | 15 | 19 | 19 | 19 | |
| Locale Type | Black Student Density Category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-20 | 20-40 | 40-60 | 60-100 | ||
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| Rural | 48 | 23 | 20 | 12 | |
| Town | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | |
| Suburb | 22 | 28 | 24 | 15 | |
| City | 17 | 41 | 47 | 67 | |
| NOTE: "Black student density" is the percentage of students in a school who were Black (e.g., schools in the 0-20 percent category had a percentage of students who were Black between 0 and 20 percent). Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Calculations based on the number of schools that offer eighth grade and whose Type = Regular school. (For a definition of a “regular” school, see Common Core of Data documentation at http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/psadd.asp.) | |||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2010-11. | |||||
Last updated 06 August 2015 (DS)