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Digest of Education Statistics: 2004
Digest of Education Statistics: 2004

NCES 2006-005
October 2005


Table 95. Public elementary and secondary school students, by racial/ethnic enrollment concentration of school: Fall 1995 and fall 2002

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                      |      Distribution of students in racial/ethnic group, by percent minori|         Distribution of students in each racial/ethnic group, by
                      |                               in the school                            |            percent of that racial/ethnic group in the school
                      |________________________________________________________________________|________________________________________________________________________
Racial/ethnic group   |          |Less than |10 to 24 |25 to 49 |50 to 74 |75 to 89 |90 percent|          |Less than |10 to 24 |25 to 49 |50 to 74 |75 to 89 |90 percent
                      |    Total |10 percent| percent | percent | percent | percent |  or more |    Total |10 percent| percent | percent | percent | percent |  or more
                      |          | minority |minority |minority |minority |minority | minority |          | of group |of group |of group |of group |of group | of group
______________________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________
1                     |        2 |        3 |       4 |       5 |       6 |       7 |        8 |        9 |       10 |      11 |      12 |      13 |      14 |       15
______________________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________
Total students        |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
    enrolled, 1995 ...|44,424,467|14,508,573|8,182,484|8,261,110|5,467,784|2,876,302| 5,128,214|       †  |       †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |       †
                      |__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________
  White ..............|28,736,961|13,939,633|6,812,196|5,246,785|2,094,440|  499,884|   144,023|28,736,961|   143,787|  498,649|2,084,689|5,244,015|6,813,804|13,952,017
  Minority ...........|15,687,506|   568,940|1,370,288|3,014,325|3,373,344|2,376,418| 4,984,191|       †  |       †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |       †
    Black ............| 7,510,678|   198,386|  598,716|1,588,850|1,622,448|  941,335| 2,560,943| 7,510,678|   657,403|1,119,556|1,873,303|1,386,802|  811,898| 1,661,716
    Hispanic .........| 6,016,293|   174,140|  415,761|  932,949|1,289,184|1,099,109| 2,105,150| 6,016,293|   646,364|  847,792|1,359,649|1,360,020|  874,878|   927,590
    Asian/Pacific     |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
       Islander ......| 1,656,787|   142,886|  259,335|  367,888|  379,110|  297,680|   209,888| 1,656,787|   703,101|  435,495|  301,984|  135,001|   67,558|    13,648
    American Indian/  |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
       Alaskan Native |   503,748|    53,528|   96,476|  124,638|   82,602|   38,294|   108,210|   503,748|   223,244|   75,019|   63,070|   39,200|   15,084|    88,131
                      |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
Total students        |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
    enrolled, 2002 ...|46,950,290|11,807,244|8,880,921|9,206,761|6,346,233|3,762,115| 6,947,016|       †  |       †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |       †
                      |__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________
  White ..............|27,808,670|11,284,634|7,391,416|5,855,275|2,424,434|  643,134|   209,777|27,808,670|   209,212|  641,333|2,415,032|5,852,055|7,389,691|11,301,347
  Minority ...........|19,141,620|   522,610|1,489,505|3,351,486|3,921,799|3,118,981| 6,737,239|       †  |       †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |       †
    Black ............| 8,024,866|   170,542|  552,501|1,487,186|1,677,334|1,075,527| 3,061,776| 8,024,866|   780,411|1,280,953|1,920,127|1,375,087|  842,679| 1,825,609
    Hispanic .........| 8,482,592|   178,066|  530,337|1,228,251|1,680,792|1,615,232| 3,249,914| 8,482,592|   779,673|1,153,551|1,843,231|1,944,299|1,302,422| 1,459,416
    Asian/Pacific     |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
       Islander ......| 2,055,990|   126,737|  302,657|  485,314|  461,510|  374,942|   304,830| 2,055,990|   850,088|  563,628|  348,197|  189,966|   86,650|    17,461
    American Indian/  |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
       Alaskan Native |   578,172|    47,265|  104,010|  150,735|  102,163|   53,280|   120,719|   578,172|   265,053|   82,713|   80,572|   43,697|   20,911|    85,226
                      |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
Percent of students   |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
    enrolled, 1995 ...|     100.0|      32.7|     18.4|     18.6|     12.3|      6.5|      11.5|       †  |       †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |       †
                      |__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|______________________________|_________|_________|__________
  White ..............|     100.0|      48.5|     23.7|     18.3|      7.3|      1.7|       0.5|     100.0|       0.5|      1.7|      7.3|     18.2|     23.7|      48.6
  Minority ...........|     100.0|       3.6|      8.7|     19.2|     21.5|     15.1|      31.8|       †  |       †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |       †
    Black ............|     100.0|       2.6|      8.0|     21.2|     21.6|     12.5|      34.1|     100.0|       8.8|     14.9|     24.9|     18.5|     10.8|      22.1
    Hispanic .........|     100.0|       2.9|      6.9|     15.5|     21.4|     18.3|      35.0|     100.0|      10.7|     14.1|     22.6|     22.6|     14.5|      15.4
    Asian/Pacific     |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
       Islander ......|     100.0|       8.6|     15.7|     22.2|     22.9|     18.0|      12.7|     100.0|      42.4|     26.3|     18.2|      8.1|      4.1|       0.8
    American Indian/  |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
       Alaskan Native |     100.0|      10.6|     19.2|     24.7|     16.4|      7.6|      21.5|     100.0|      44.3|     14.9|     12.5|      7.8|      3.0|      17.5
                      |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
Percent of students   |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
    enrolled, 2002 ...|     100.0|      25.1|     18.9|     19.6|     13.5|      8.0|      14.8|       †  |       †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |       †
                      |__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________
  White ..............|     100.0|      40.6|     26.6|     21.1|      8.7|      2.3|       0.8|     100.0|       0.8|      2.3|      8.7|     21.0|     26.6|      40.6
  Minority ...........|     100.0|       2.7|      7.8|     17.5|     20.5|     16.3|      35.2|       †  |       †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |      †  |       †
    Black ............|     100.0|       2.1|      6.9|     18.5|     20.9|     13.4|      38.2|     100.0|       9.7|     16.0|     23.9|     17.1|     10.5|      22.7
    Hispanic .........|     100.0|       2.1|      6.3|     14.5|     19.8|     19.0|      38.3|     100.0|       9.2|     13.6|     21.7|     22.9|     15.4|      17.2
    Asian/Pacific     |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
       Islander ......|     100.0|       6.2|     14.7|     23.6|     22.4|     18.2|      14.8|     100.0|      41.3|     27.4|     16.9|      9.2|      4.2|       0.8
    American Indian/  |          |          |         |         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |
       Alaskan Native |     100.0|       8.2|     18.0|     26.1|     17.7|      9.2|      20.9|     100.0|      45.8|     14.3|     13.9|      7.6|      3.6|      14.7
______________________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________

†Not applicable.

NOTE: Data reflect racial/ethnic data reported by schools. Because some schools do not report complete racial/ethnic data, totals may differ from figures in other tables. Excludes 1995 data for Idaho and 2002 data for Tennessee because racial/ethnic data were not reported. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1995 and 2002. (This table was prepared September 2004.)