Table 216.30.

Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary students and schools, by traditional or charter school status and selected characteristics: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2014-15

Selected characteristic	1999-2000			2004-05			Charter schools				2014-15
	Total, all public schools	Traditional (noncharter) schools	Charter schools	Total, all public schools	Traditional (noncharter) schools	Charter schools	2009-10	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	Total, all public schools	Traditional (noncharter) schools	Charter schools
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Fall enrollment (in thousands)	46,689	46,350	340	48,584	47,696	887	1,610	2,058	2,269	2,522	50,010	47,288	2,722
Percentage distribution       of students
Sex	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Male	51.4	51.4	51.0	51.4	51.4	50.1	49.5	49.6	49.6	49.6	51.4	51.5	49.6
Female	48.6	48.6	49.0	48.6	48.6	49.9	50.5	50.4	50.4	50.4	48.6	48.5	50.4
Race/ethnicity	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
White	61.8	61.9	42.5	57.7	58.0	42.0	37.3	35.6	35.3	34.9	49.6	50.5	34.0
Black	17.1	16.9	33.5	17.1	16.9	31.3	30.3	28.7	27.7	27.1	15.5	14.9	27.0
Hispanic	15.9	15.9	19.6	19.4	19.4	21.8	26.0	28.0	29.2	30.0	25.4	25.1	30.8
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.1	4.1	2.8	4.5	4.6	3.3	3.9	4.0	4.2	4.1	5.3	5.3	4.2
American Indian/       Alaska Native	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.8
Two or more races	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4	2.8	2.9	3.0	3.2	3.2	3.3
Percent of students eligible       for free or reduced-price       lunch program1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
0 to 25.0	44.9	45.0	36.9	33.3	33.3	32.1	20.6	21.9	19.2	20.0	20.4	20.4	20.8
25.1 to 50.0	25.4	25.5	12.7	26.7	26.9	17.4	18.8	18.4	19.9	19.0	27.5	28.1	17.2
50.1 to 75.0	16.0	16.1	13.0	19.0	19.0	17.4	20.2	21.0	22.4	21.7	27.5	27.8	22.4
More than 75.0	12.2	12.2	14.3	13.8	13.7	20.3	30.7	30.8	36.1	37.1	24.3	23.7	35.3
Missing/school does not       participate	1.4	1.2	23.2	7.2	7.1	12.8	9.7	7.9	2.3	2.2	0.3	0.1	4.3
Number of teachers2	2,636,277	2,622,678	13,599	2,971,995	2,928,535	43,461	84,983	107,929	116,384	127,500	2,874,654	2,745,487	129,167
Pupil/teacher ratio2	16.6	16.6	18.8	16.2	16.2	17.0	17.3	17.6	17.8	18.0	16.2	16.1	17.4
Total number of schools	92,012	90,488	1,524	96,513	93,114	3,399	4,952	5,696	6,079	6,465	98,176	91,429	6,747
Percentage distribution       of schools
School level	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Elementary3	69.7	70.0	54.6	68.4	69.0	51.9	54.1	54.9	55.7	56.2	68.3	69.1	57.1
Secondary4	24.3	24.3	25.9	24.3	24.2	27.2	26.8	24.9	24.1	23.5	24.6	24.7	23.2
Combined5	4.4	4.2	18.6	5.8	5.3	19.8	18.8	19.5	19.8	19.6	6.5	5.5	19.7
Other	1.6	1.6	0.9	1.6	1.6	1.1	0.3	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	#
Size of enrollment	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Less than 300	31.4	30.7	77.1	32.4	31.0	71.1	61.5	55.8	54.0	51.8	30.2	28.7	50.1
300 to 499	26.4	26.7	12.0	26.7	27.1	15.9	20.8	23.1	23.6	24.3	27.4	27.6	24.7
500 to 999	32.6	33.0	8.6	31.0	31.7	10.1	14.0	17.0	18.0	19.0	33.2	34.2	20.0
1,000 or more	9.5	9.7	2.4	9.9	10.1	2.9	3.7	4.2	4.4	5.0	9.2	9.5	5.3
Racial/ethnic concentration
More than 50 percent White	70.9	71.2	51.1	66.2	66.9	48.5	40.3	37.5	36.6	35.8	57.3	59.0	35.7
More than 50 percent Black	11.1	10.8	26.5	11.5	11.0	24.9	25.8	25.3	24.9	24.3	10.0	9.0	23.6
More than 50 percent Hispanic	8.8	8.7	11.4	11.4	11.3	14.4	19.8	21.8	22.5	23.4	16.3	15.7	23.9
Percent of students eligible       for free or reduced-price       lunch program1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
0 to 25.0	42.3	42.3	44.5	27.9	27.8	29.0	19.3	18.7	18.3	18.4	19.0	19.0	19.4
25.1 to 50.0	25.6	25.9	11.1	26.1	26.5	15.4	17.2	17.9	18.7	18.2	25.9	26.6	17.1
50.1 to 75.0	16.8	16.9	10.2	19.7	19.9	16.3	20.9	19.9	21.2	20.6	27.6	28.1	21.7
More than 75.0	11.9	11.9	12.4	14.9	14.6	21.8	32.8	33.8	37.7	39.3	24.8	24.0	36.4
Missing/school does not       participate	3.3	3.0	21.9	11.4	11.2	17.6	9.8	9.7	4.0	3.5	2.6	2.4	5.5
Locale	—	—	—	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
City	—	—	—	26.0	25.1	51.4	54.8	55.4	56.7	56.5	27.1	24.9	56.0
Suburban	—	—	—	27.7	27.9	22.7	21.1	21.2	25.5	26.1	31.7	32.1	26.2
Town	—	—	—	15.1	15.3	9.7	8.0	7.4	7.0	7.0	13.6	14.1	6.9
Rural	—	—	—	31.1	31.7	16.1	16.1	16.0	10.8	10.4	27.6	28.9	10.8
Region	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Northeast	16.1	16.3	7.2	15.8	16.0	9.0	9.1	9.7	10.0	10.1	15.6	16.0	10.1
Midwest	28.9	29.0	24.9	28.1	28.1	25.7	24.0	22.3	21.9	21.7	25.8	26.1	21.2
South	33.1	33.2	28.9	33.6	33.9	26.5	29.5	30.8	30.7	31.2	34.8	35.0	31.6
West	21.8	21.6	38.9	22.6	22.0	38.9	37.4	37.2	37.3	37.0	23.8	22.8	37.1

—Not available.

#Rounds to zero.

1 The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program. To be eligible for free lunch under the program, a student must be from a household with an income at or below 130 percent of the poverty threshold; to be eligible for reduced-price lunch, a student must be from a household with an income between 130 percent and 185 percent of the poverty threshold.

2 Pupil/teacher ratio based on schools that reported both enrollment and teacher data.

3 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.

4 Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.

5 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1999-2000 through 2014-15. (This table was prepared October 2016.)