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| Table 206.30. | Percentage distribution of students enrolled in grades 1 through 12, by public school type and charter status, private school orientation, and selected child and household characteristics: 2016 |
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| Selected child or household characteristic and public school type | Total, all schools | Public school, total | Public school type1 | Public school charter status | Private school, total | Private school orientation | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Assigned | Chosen | Traditional2 | Charter | Religious | Nonsectarian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Percentage distribution of all enrolled students, by school type and charter status |
100.0 | (†) | 90.5 | (0.32) | 70.6 | (0.61) | 19.8 | (0.52) | 85.9 | (0.44) | 4.6 | (0.31) | 9.5 | (0.32) | 7.6 | (0.32) | 1.9 | (0.18) | |||||||||
| Percentage distribution of students in schools of each type or status, by characteristic |
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| Total, all students | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | |||||||||
| Sex of child | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 51.8 | (0.67) | 52.0 | (0.72) | 52.2 | (0.87) | 51.2 | (1.69) | 52.0 | (0.78) | 51.4 | (3.38) | 50.3 | (1.92) | 50.2 | (2.18) | 50.9 | (5.01) | |||||||||
| Female | 48.2 | (0.67) | 48.0 | (0.72) | 47.8 | (0.87) | 48.8 | (1.69) | 48.0 | (0.78) | 48.6 | (3.38) | 49.7 | (1.92) | 49.8 | (2.18) | 49.1 | (5.01) | |||||||||
| Race/ethnicity of child | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 51.8 | (0.41) | 50.7 | (0.44) | 54.6 | (0.57) | 36.9 | (1.19) | 51.8 | (0.47) | 30.4 | (2.85) | 62.1 | (1.85) | 64.0 | (2.15) | 54.6 | (5.02) | |||||||||
| Black | 14.3 | (0.19) | 14.5 | (0.26) | 12.1 | (0.41) | 23.2 | (1.27) | 13.9 | (0.31) | 26.2 | (3.63) | 12.2 | (1.34) | 12.3 | (1.57) | 11.6 | (2.75) | |||||||||
| Hispanic | 23.8 | (0.28) | 24.7 | (0.35) | 23.3 | (0.52) | 29.9 | (1.43) | 24.1 | (0.37) | 36.0 | (3.09) | 15.0 | (1.38) | 15.4 | (1.51) | 13.5 | (3.25) | |||||||||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 5.7 | (0.26) | 5.6 | (0.29) | 5.6 | (0.30) | 5.7 | (0.63) | 5.6 | (0.30) | 4.7 | (1.37) | 6.3 | (1.05) | 4.4 | (0.90) | 13.7 | (3.54) | |||||||||
| Asian | 5.4 | (0.25) | 5.3 | (0.28) | 5.3 | (0.29) | 5.3 | (0.60) | 5.4 | (0.28) | 4.0 | (1.15) | 6.0 | (1.02) | 4.1 | (0.85) | 13.7 | (3.54) | |||||||||
| Pacific Islander | 0.3 | (0.05) | 0.3 | (0.06) | 0.2 | (0.06) | 0.4 | ! | (0.19) | 0.2 | (0.05) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||
| Other3 | 4.5 | (0.26) | 4.5 | (0.29) | 4.5 | (0.33) | 4.3 | (0.49) | 4.6 | (0.30) | 2.7 | (0.71) | 4.4 | (0.63) | 3.9 | (0.64) | 6.7 | (1.85) | |||||||||
| Disability status of child as reported by parent |
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| Has a disability | 16.9 | (0.57) | 17.3 | (0.61) | 17.4 | (0.68) | 17.0 | (1.04) | 17.3 | (0.61) | 15.9 | (2.00) | 13.3 | (1.20) | 12.7 | (1.40) | 15.8 | (2.86) | |||||||||
| Does not have a disability | 83.1 | (0.57) | 82.7 | (0.61) | 82.6 | (0.68) | 83.0 | (1.04) | 82.7 | (0.61) | 84.1 | (2.00) | 86.7 | (1.20) | 87.3 | (1.40) | 84.2 | (2.86) | |||||||||
| Grade level | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grades 1 through 5 | 43.5 | (0.33) | 43.6 | (0.35) | 44.2 | (0.51) | 41.3 | (1.15) | 43.2 | (0.40) | 51.6 | (3.23) | 42.7 | (1.89) | 43.2 | (2.14) | 40.9 | (4.79) | |||||||||
| Grades 6 through 8 | 25.2 | (0.33) | 24.9 | (0.34) | 25.3 | (0.52) | 23.8 | (1.11) | 24.8 | (0.37) | 27.9 | (2.89) | 27.4 | (1.55) | 27.8 | (1.74) | 25.8 | (3.80) | |||||||||
| Grades 9 through 12 | 31.3 | (0.27) | 31.5 | (0.32) | 30.5 | (0.44) | 34.8 | (1.09) | 32.0 | (0.35) | 20.5 | (2.13) | 29.9 | (1.60) | 29.0 | (1.84) | 33.4 | (3.54) | |||||||||
| Number of parents in the household | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Two parents | 70.3 | (0.51) | 69.3 | (0.57) | 70.5 | (0.72) | 64.9 | (1.34) | 69.3 | (0.57) | 68.2 | (3.61) | 80.6 | (1.52) | 80.0 | (1.71) | 82.7 | (2.59) | |||||||||
| One parent | 25.7 | (0.55) | 26.6 | (0.62) | 25.4 | (0.73) | 30.7 | (1.29) | 26.4 | (0.62) | 28.7 | (3.43) | 17.7 | (1.46) | 18.2 | (1.67) | 15.4 | (2.46) | |||||||||
| Nonparental guardians | 3.9 | (0.26) | 4.2 | (0.28) | 4.1 | (0.37) | 4.5 | (0.62) | 4.2 | (0.30) | 3.0 | (0.59) | 1.8 | (0.37) | 1.8 | (0.36) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Highest education level of parents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than a high school diploma | 10.7 | (0.30) | 11.3 | (0.34) | 10.9 | (0.44) | 12.4 | (1.13) | 11.0 | (0.35) | 17.1 | (3.53) | 5.5 | (1.27) | 5.8 | (1.37) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| High school diploma or GED | 20.0 | (0.27) | 21.3 | (0.30) | 21.3 | (0.48) | 21.4 | (1.28) | 21.5 | (0.36) | 17.7 | (3.26) | 8.0 | (1.43) | 8.9 | (1.62) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Vocational/technical, associate’s degree, or some college |
25.7 | (0.44) | 26.6 | (0.45) | 26.7 | (0.58) | 26.0 | (1.07) | 26.7 | (0.47) | 25.0 | (2.57) | 17.5 | (1.57) | 19.5 | (1.76) | 9.7 | (2.46) | |||||||||
| Bachelor’s degree/some graduate school |
26.7 | (0.46) | 25.6 | (0.47) | 26.0 | (0.60) | 24.2 | (0.99) | 25.8 | (0.50) | 22.8 | (1.96) | 37.2 | (1.60) | 38.2 | (1.89) | 33.1 | (3.76) | |||||||||
| Graduate/professional degree | 16.8 | (0.18) | 15.2 | (0.19) | 15.0 | (0.27) | 16.0 | (0.78) | 15.1 | (0.19) | 17.4 | (1.87) | 31.8 | (1.68) | 27.5 | (1.75) | 49.0 | (5.11) | |||||||||
| Poverty status of household4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poor | 17.3 | (0.42) | 18.3 | (0.47) | 18.1 | (0.50) | 18.8 | (1.26) | 18.2 | (0.46) | 19.9 | (2.80) | 7.6 | (1.36) | 7.0 | (1.38) | 9.9 | ! | (4.05) | ||||||||
| Near-poor | 21.4 | (0.45) | 22.2 | (0.51) | 21.3 | (0.59) | 25.6 | (1.50) | 21.9 | (0.52) | 28.2 | (4.09) | 13.1 | (1.59) | 14.9 | (1.90) | 6.0 | (1.70) | |||||||||
| Nonpoor | 61.4 | (0.46) | 59.5 | (0.49) | 60.6 | (0.66) | 55.6 | (1.33) | 59.9 | (0.51) | 51.8 | (3.60) | 79.3 | (1.79) | 78.1 | (2.07) | 84.1 | (3.83) | |||||||||
| Locale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | 31.2 | (0.74) | 30.5 | (0.79) | 25.6 | (0.80) | 48.1 | (1.58) | 29.1 | (0.74) | 57.8 | (3.20) | 37.2 | (1.76) | 36.8 | (2.02) | 38.6 | (3.24) | |||||||||
| Suburban | 44.5 | (0.73) | 44.1 | (0.77) | 46.0 | (0.82) | 37.7 | (1.47) | 44.6 | (0.76) | 34.8 | (2.90) | 48.1 | (1.90) | 47.9 | (2.19) | 48.6 | (3.38) | |||||||||
| Town | 7.9 | (0.37) | 8.5 | (0.40) | 9.3 | (0.47) | 5.4 | (0.56) | 8.7 | (0.42) | 3.4 | (0.95) | 3.0 | (0.42) | 3.0 | (0.49) | 2.6 | ! | (0.89) | ||||||||
| Rural | 16.4 | (0.42) | 16.9 | (0.45) | 19.1 | (0.51) | 8.7 | (0.66) | 17.5 | (0.46) | 4.0 | (1.14) | 11.8 | (1.19) | 12.2 | (1.33) | 10.2 | (2.42) | |||||||||
| Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 19.9 | (0.50) | 19.3 | (0.57) | 20.8 | (0.65) | 13.8 | (1.23) | 19.4 | (0.57) | 16.8 | (2.93) | 26.1 | (1.81) | 25.0 | (2.02) | 30.4 | (4.34) | |||||||||
| South | 23.9 | (0.53) | 24.0 | (0.56) | 23.2 | (0.65) | 26.8 | (1.57) | 24.4 | (0.56) | 16.7 | (2.15) | 23.3 | (1.51) | 21.8 | (1.73) | 29.2 | (3.50) | |||||||||
| Midwest | 21.9 | (0.55) | 21.5 | (0.60) | 22.3 | (0.66) | 18.2 | (1.42) | 21.5 | (0.58) | 20.6 | (3.61) | 26.5 | (1.65) | 31.0 | (1.83) | 8.4 | (1.65) | |||||||||
| West | 34.2 | (0.63) | 35.3 | (0.68) | 33.7 | (0.79) | 41.2 | (1.73) | 34.7 | (0.71) | 45.9 | (3.25) | 24.1 | (1.59) | 22.2 | (1.82) | 32.1 | (3.71) | |||||||||
| Public school type1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assigned | 70.6 | (0.61) | 78.0 | (0.57) | 100.0 | (†) | † | (†) | 82.1 | (0.53) | 100.0 | (†) | † | (†) | † | (†) | † | (†) | |||||||||
| Chosen | 19.8 | (0.52) | 21.8 | (0.58) | † | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 17.6 | (0.54) | † | (†) | † | (†) | † | (†) | † | (†) | |||||||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 In 31 cases, questions about whether a student’s school was assigned were not asked because parents reported the school as a private school, and it was only later identified as a public school based on administrative data. Due to the missing data on whether the school was assigned or chosen, these cases were included neither with assigned public schools nor with chosen public schools. These cases were included in the public school totals, however, and they could still be accurately classified as either traditional or charter schools based on administrative data. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Includes all types of public noncharter schools. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Includes American Indian/Alaska Native, Two or more races, and race/ethnicity not reported. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Poor children are those whose family incomes were below the Census Bureau’s poverty threshold in the year prior to data collection; near-poor children are those whose family incomes ranged from the poverty threshold to 199 percent of the poverty threshold; and nonpoor children are those whose family incomes were at or above 200 percent of the poverty threshold. The poverty threshold is a dollar amount that varies depending on a family’s size and composition and is updated annually to account for inflation. In 2015, for example, the poverty threshold for a family of four with two children was $24,036. Survey respondents are asked to select the range within which their income falls, rather than giving the exact amount of their income; therefore, the measure of poverty status is an approximation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data exclude homeschooled children. 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, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (PFI-NHES:2016). (This table was prepared February 2018.) |
