2011 Black-White Achievement Gap Reports
Table 5. Percentage distribution of schools in each region, by Black student density
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(15KB)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 | |
| West | 100 | 95 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| South | 100 | 62 | 16 | 9 | 14 |
| Midwest | 100 | 80 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| Northeast | 100 | 72 | 11 | 5 | 11 |
| 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)