2011 Black-White Achievement Gap Report​s
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Table 7. Difference in the percentage of Black and White 8th-grade students who were National School Lunch Program (NSLP) eligible and percentage who had a parent with more than a high school education from the 0-20 percent Black student density category, by Black student density category: 2011

NSLP Eligible
  Black Student Density Category
20-40 40-60 60-100
Average Standard error Average Standard error Average Standard error
White student difference in mean from 0-20 category7*1.214*2.725*3.2
Black student difference in mean from 0-20 category11*2.015*2.022*1.6
Difference in Black-White gap from 0-20 category4 2.31 3.3-2 3.5
 

 

Parent with more than a high school education
  Black Student Density Category
20-40 40-60 60-100
Average Standard error Average Standard error Average Standard error
White student difference in mean from 0-20 category-4*1.0-8*1.8-14*2.0
Black student difference in mean from 0-20 category-4*1.8-5*2.0-6*1.5
Difference in Black-White gap from 0-20 category# †2 2.78 2.5
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
*Statistically different from zero (p<=.05).
NOTE: "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).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Mathematics Grade 8 Assessment.
Last updated 06 August 2015 (TO)