Table 203.75.

Enrollment and percentage distribution of enrollment in public schools, by family poverty rate of 5- to 17-year-olds living in the school district, student race/ethnicity, region, and school locale: 2013-14

Student race/ethnicity, region, and school locale	Enrollment in public schools					Percentage distribution of enrollment
	Total	Family poverty rate1  of 5- to 17-year-olds2  living in the school district				Total	Family poverty rate1  of 5- to 17-year-olds2  living in the school district
		0 to 12.0 percent	12.1 to 20.0 percent	20.1 to 28.0 percent	More than 28.0 percent		0 to 12.0 percent	12.1 to 20.0 percent	20.1 to 28.0 percent	More than 28.0 percent
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Total	49,481,720	12,301,079	12,922,300	12,094,711	12,163,630	100.0	24.9	26.1	24.4	24.6
White	24,845,481	8,692,937	7,476,122	5,691,098	2,985,324	100.0	35.0	30.1	22.9	12.0
Black	7,719,312	771,004	1,488,381	1,905,234	3,554,693	100.0	10.0	19.3	24.7	46.0
Hispanic	12,339,568	1,431,637	2,658,932	3,529,446	4,719,553	100.0	11.6	21.5	28.6	38.2
Asian	2,398,012	889,457	655,025	404,814	448,716	100.0	37.1	27.3	16.9	18.7
Pacific Islander	174,671	25,723	93,798	35,346	19,804	100.0	14.7	53.7	20.2	11.3
American Indian/Alaska Native	514,311	72,506	117,958	139,649	184,198	100.0	14.1	22.9	27.2	35.8
Two or more races	1,490,365	417,815	432,084	389,124	251,342	100.0	28.0	29.0	26.1	16.9
Region
Northeast	7,868,890	3,384,038	1,474,912	756,386	2,253,554	100.0	43.0	18.7	9.6	28.6
White	4,530,450	2,644,675	1,025,428	435,433	424,914	100.0	58.4	22.6	9.6	9.4
Black	1,141,778	166,961	146,847	106,649	721,321	100.0	14.6	12.9	9.3	63.2
Hispanic	1,483,514	261,431	212,600	170,445	839,038	100.0	17.6	14.3	11.5	56.6
Asian	524,451	237,102	51,055	23,392	212,902	100.0	45.2	9.7	4.5	40.6
Pacific Islander	6,405	3,190	1,470	555	1,190	100.0	49.8	23.0	8.7	18.6
American Indian/Alaska Native	26,723	6,379	4,654	2,860	12,830	100.0	23.9	17.4	10.7	48.0
Two or more races	155,569	64,300	32,858	17,052	41,359	100.0	41.3	21.1	11.0	26.6
Midwest	10,404,086	3,628,774	3,008,289	1,883,607	1,883,416	100.0	34.9	28.9	18.1	18.1
White	6,999,851	2,946,827	2,286,115	1,174,966	591,943	100.0	42.1	32.7	16.8	8.5
Black	1,433,910	166,580	209,790	272,151	785,389	100.0	11.6	14.6	19.0	54.8
Hispanic	1,197,286	232,755	304,204	282,979	377,348	100.0	19.4	25.4	23.6	31.5
Asian	326,685	156,921	78,301	53,191	38,272	100.0	48.0	24.0	16.3	11.7
Pacific Islander	10,657	3,324	3,147	2,684	1,502	100.0	31.2	29.5	25.2	14.1
American Indian/Alaska Native	84,113	15,354	27,889	20,904	19,966	100.0	18.3	33.2	24.9	23.7
Two or more races	351,584	107,013	98,843	76,732	68,996	100.0	30.4	28.1	21.8	19.6
South	19,199,289	2,655,102	4,900,385	6,295,205	5,348,597	100.0	13.8	25.5	32.8	27.9
White	8,671,331	1,491,574	2,548,037	3,073,684	1,558,036	100.0	17.2	29.4	35.4	18.0
Black	4,531,913	370,816	974,166	1,324,676	1,862,255	100.0	8.2	21.5	29.2	41.1
Hispanic	4,657,701	443,158	1,004,917	1,520,883	1,688,743	100.0	9.5	21.6	32.7	36.3
Asian	586,656	208,822	174,145	127,583	76,106	100.0	35.6	29.7	21.7	13.0
Pacific Islander	25,989	3,897	6,479	8,281	7,332	100.0	15.0	24.9	31.9	28.2
American Indian/Alaska Native	182,604	21,618	42,807	56,866	61,313	100.0	11.8	23.4	31.1	33.6
Two or more races	543,095	115,217	149,834	183,232	94,812	100.0	21.2	27.6	33.7	17.5
West	12,009,455	2,633,165	3,538,714	3,159,513	2,678,063	100.0	21.9	29.5	26.3	22.3
White	4,643,849	1,609,861	1,616,542	1,007,015	410,431	100.0	34.7	34.8	21.7	8.8
Black	611,711	66,647	157,578	201,758	185,728	100.0	10.9	25.8	33.0	30.4
Hispanic	5,001,067	494,293	1,137,211	1,555,139	1,814,424	100.0	9.9	22.7	31.1	36.3
Asian	960,220	286,612	351,524	200,648	121,436	100.0	29.8	36.6	20.9	12.6
Pacific Islander	131,620	15,312	82,702	23,826	9,780	100.0	11.6	62.8	18.1	7.4
American Indian/Alaska Native	220,871	29,155	42,608	59,019	90,089	100.0	13.2	19.3	26.7	40.8
Two or more races	440,117	131,285	150,549	112,108	46,175	100.0	29.8	34.2	25.5	10.5
School locale
City	15,033,168	1,534,603	2,801,732	3,828,456	6,868,377	100.0	10.2	18.6	25.5	45.7
White	4,469,681	832,736	1,259,612	1,333,178	1,044,155	100.0	18.6	28.2	29.8	23.4
Black	3,605,174	124,911	359,545	793,345	2,327,373	100.0	3.5	10.0	22.0	64.6
Hispanic	5,296,601	259,359	780,337	1,314,327	2,942,578	100.0	4.9	14.7	24.8	55.6
Asian	1,014,109	216,841	241,298	189,312	366,658	100.0	21.4	23.8	18.7	36.2
Pacific Islander	58,505	6,841	23,252	16,015	12,397	100.0	11.7	39.7	27.4	21.2
American Indian/Alaska Native	108,738	14,031	21,442	35,715	37,550	100.0	12.9	19.7	32.8	34.5
Two or more races	480,360	79,884	116,246	146,564	137,666	100.0	16.6	24.2	30.5	28.7
Suburban	19,681,922	7,934,194	5,641,891	4,085,643	2,020,194	100.0	40.3	28.7	20.8	10.3
White	10,125,473	5,497,938	2,777,160	1,456,154	394,221	100.0	54.3	27.4	14.4	3.9
Black	2,688,333	553,707	892,296	738,779	503,551	100.0	20.6	33.2	27.5	18.7
Hispanic	4,889,909	962,617	1,354,169	1,561,821	1,011,302	100.0	19.7	27.7	31.9	20.7
Asian	1,183,661	605,471	349,149	172,738	56,303	100.0	51.2	29.5	14.6	4.8
Pacific Islander	73,890	15,103	41,847	13,326	3,614	100.0	20.4	56.6	18.0	4.9
American Indian/Alaska Native	90,382	30,705	31,517	19,458	8,702	100.0	34.0	34.9	21.5	9.6
Two or more races	630,274	268,653	195,753	123,367	42,501	100.0	42.6	31.1	19.6	6.7
Town	5,656,097	757,138	1,660,327	1,699,017	1,539,615	100.0	13.4	29.4	30.0	27.2
White	3,659,321	634,632	1,239,716	1,143,382	641,591	100.0	17.3	33.9	31.2	17.5
Black	573,219	15,760	54,892	144,836	357,731	100.0	2.7	9.6	25.3	62.4
Hispanic	1,042,256	65,144	241,442	302,533	433,137	100.0	6.3	23.2	29.0	41.6
Asian	73,683	12,231	29,025	18,934	13,493	100.0	16.6	39.4	25.7	18.3
Pacific Islander	24,396	1,266	18,165	3,180	1,785	100.0	5.2	74.5	13.0	7.3
American Indian/Alaska Native	124,190	10,245	27,541	31,038	55,366	100.0	8.2	22.2	25.0	44.6
Two or more races	159,032	17,860	49,546	55,114	36,512	100.0	11.2	31.2	34.7	23.0
Rural	9,110,533	2,075,144	2,818,350	2,481,595	1,735,444	100.0	22.8	30.9	27.2	19.0
White	6,591,006	1,727,631	2,199,634	1,758,384	905,357	100.0	26.2	33.4	26.7	13.7
Black	852,586	76,626	181,648	228,274	366,038	100.0	9.0	21.3	26.8	42.9
Hispanic	1,110,802	144,517	282,984	350,765	332,536	100.0	13.0	25.5	31.6	29.9
Asian	126,559	54,914	35,553	23,830	12,262	100.0	43.4	28.1	18.8	9.7
Pacific Islander	17,880	2,513	10,534	2,825	2,008	100.0	14.1	58.9	15.8	11.2
American Indian/Alaska Native	191,001	17,525	37,458	53,438	82,580	100.0	9.2	19.6	28.0	43.2
Two or more races	220,699	51,418	70,539	64,079	34,663	100.0	23.3	32.0	29.0	15.7

1 A family is in poverty if its income falls below the Census Bureau's poverty threshold, which is a dollar amount that varies depending on a family's size and composition and is updated annually to account for inflation. In 2013, for example, the poverty threshold for a family of four with two children was $23,624. The family poverty rate of 5- to 17-year-olds is the percentage of children in this age group whose families are in poverty. Includes only children classified as "related" and "relevant" (see footnote 2).

2 Includes only those children who live in households and meet both of the following conditions: (1) The children are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption (except a child who is the spouse of the householder). The householder is the person (or one of the people) who owns or rents (maintains) the housing unit. (2) The children are relevant to the school district. Children are relevant if they reside within the geographical boundaries of the district and are at a grade level served by the district, even if they do not attend a school in the district.

NOTE: School enrollment data were obtained from the Common Core of Data and poverty rate data were obtained from the Census Bureau. To create the school district categories, public school districts were ranked and divided into quarters based on the family poverty rate of their 5- to 17-year-old population; the cut points between the four quarters were chosen so that, at the national level, each quarter contains approximately the same number of students. For the approximately 3 percent of public school students who attended charter or other special districts, no data were available on their school district's family poverty rate. The rate for their district was imputed to be the same as the rate for the regular public school district within which their charter or other special district was geographically located. 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," 2013-14. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program, 2013 Poverty Estimates for School Districts. (This table was prepared March 2016.)