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2011 Black-White Achievement Gap Report​s
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Table 5. Percentage distribution of schools in each region, by Black student density 
category: 2011
Region  Black Student Density Category
Total 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-100
West10095411
South1006216914
Midwest100805312
Northeast1007211511
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)