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Table 101. Public elementary and secondary school students, by racial/ethnic enrollment concentration of school: Fall 1995, fall 2000, and fall 2008
Racial/ethnic group Distribution of students in racial/ethnic group, by percent combined Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native students in the school Distribution of students in each racial/ethnic group, by percent of that racial/ethnic group in the school
Total Less than 10 percent 10 to 24 percent 25 to 49 percent 50 to 74 percent 75 to 89 percent 90 percent or more Total Less than 10 percent of group 10 to 24 percent of group 25 to 49 percent of group 50 to 74 percent of group 75 to 89 percent of group 90 percent or more 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
Total, selected groups 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/
    Alaska 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, 2000
46,120,425 12,761,478 8,736,252 8,760,300 6,013,131 3,472,083 6,377,181
White 28,146,613 12,218,862 7,271,285 5,566,681 2,303,106 596,478 190,201 28,146,613 189,779 595,137 2,294,232 5,556,108 7,279,301 12,232,056
Total, selected groups 17,973,812 542,616 1,464,967 3,193,619 3,710,025 2,875,605 6,186,980
Black 7,854,032 178,185 561,488 1,485,130 1,652,393 1,043,907 2,932,929 7,854,032 735,459 1,199,865 1,899,982 1,366,363 871,399 1,780,964
Hispanic 7,649,728 181,685 505,612 1,121,809 1,542,982 1,432,639 2,865,001 7,649,728 738,509 1,054,396 1,696,944 1,739,038 1,134,466 1,286,375
Asian/Pacific
    Islander
1,924,875 132,813 295,437 441,769 423,175 353,395 278,286 1,924,875 799,220 524,279 331,576 171,739 81,461 16,600
American Indian/
    Alaska Native
545,177 49,933 102,430 144,911 91,475 45,664 110,764 545,177 251,983 81,119 75,831 39,944 15,363 80,937
                             
Total students
   enrolled, 2008
48,566,678 9,335,142 9,062,421 10,269,626 7,178,472 4,447,648 8,273,369
White 26,655,206 8,872,938 7,530,519 6,498,016 2,724,852 761,614 267,267 26,655,206 263,040 741,385 2,654,942 6,427,654 7,599,841 8,968,344
Total, selected groups 21,911,472 462,204 1,531,902 3,771,610 4,453,620 3,686,034 8,006,102
Black 8,225,299 144,078 527,106 1,462,655 1,718,729 1,207,549 3,165,182 8,225,299 876,408 1,444,408 1,980,487 1,403,984 871,014 1,648,998
Hispanic 10,439,072 174,124 578,299 1,470,129 1,994,543 1,940,422 4,281,555 10,439,072 863,435 1,409,966 2,203,867 2,430,896 1,713,221 1,817,687
Asian/Pacific
    Islander
2,419,695 101,577 315,230 601,718 548,823 443,063 409,284 2,419,695 974,599 676,841 404,394 235,263 106,117 22,481
American Indian/
    Alaska Native
583,384 37,501 92,030 163,862 115,046 52,760 122,185 583,384 275,483 80,815 90,654 38,370 20,669 77,393
Other1  244,022 4,924 19,237 73,246 76,479 42,240 27,896
                             
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
Total, selected groups 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/
    Alaska 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, 2000
100.0 27.7 18.9 19.0 13.0 7.5 13.8
White 100.0 43.4 25.8 19.8 8.2 2.1 0.7 100.0 0.7 2.1 8.2 19.7 25.9 43.5
Total, selected groups 100.0 3.0 8.2 17.8 20.6 16.0 34.4
Black 100.0 2.3 7.1 18.9 21.0 13.3 37.3 100.0 9.4 15.3 24.2 17.4 11.1 22.7
Hispanic 100.0 2.4 6.6 14.7 20.2 18.7 37.5 100.0 9.7 13.8 22.2 22.7 14.8 16.8
Asian/Pacific
    Islander
100.0 6.9 15.3 23.0 22.0 18.4 14.5 100.0 41.5 27.2 17.2 8.9 4.2 0.9
American Indian/
    Alaska Native
100.0 9.2 18.8 26.6 16.8 8.4 20.3 100.0 46.2 14.9 13.9 7.3 2.8 14.8
                             
Percent of students
   enrolled, 2008
100.0 19.2 18.7 21.1 14.8 9.2 17.0
White 100.0 33.3 28.3 24.4 10.2 2.9 1.0 100.0 1.0 2.8 10.0 24.1 28.5 33.6
Total, selected groups 100.0 2.1 7.0 17.2 20.3 16.8 36.5
Black 100.0 1.8 6.4 17.8 20.9 14.7 38.5 100.0 10.7 17.6 24.1 17.1 10.6 20.0
Hispanic 100.0 1.7 5.5 14.1 19.1 18.6 41.0 100.0 8.3 13.5 21.1 23.3 16.4 17.4
Asian/Pacific
    Islander
100.0 4.2 13.0 24.9 22.7 18.3 16.9 100.0 40.3 28.0 16.7 9.7 4.4 0.9
American Indian/
    Alaska Native
100.0 6.4 15.8 28.1 19.7 9.0 20.9 100.0 47.2 13.9 15.5 6.6 3.5 13.3
†Not applicable.
1 Includes data for two or more races reported by Alaska, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Vermont.
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 2000 data for Tennessee because racial/ethnic data were not reported. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1995-96, 2000-01, and 2008-09. (This table was prepared July 2010.)

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