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, 2000-01 through 2016-17

Selected characteristic	2000-01			2005-06			2010-11			2016-17
	Total, all public schools	Traditional (noncharter) schools	Charter schools	Total, all public schools	Traditional (noncharter) schools	Charter schools	Total, all public schools	Traditional (noncharter) schools	Charter schools	Total, all public schools	Traditional (noncharter) schools	Charter schools
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Fall enrollment (in thousands)	47,061	46,612	448	48,912	47,899	1,013	49,178	47,391	1,787	50,275	47,264	3,010
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
Male	51.4	51.4	51.2	51.4	51.4	49.9	51.4	51.4	49.5	51.4	51.5	49.6
Female	48.6	48.6	48.8	48.6	48.6	50.1	48.6	48.6	50.5	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
White	61.0	61.2	42.7	57.1	57.4	40.5	52.5	53.1	36.2	48.2	49.2	32.2
Black	17.0	16.9	33.2	17.2	16.9	32.1	16.0	15.5	28.9	15.3	14.6	26.5
Hispanic	16.6	16.6	19.4	19.8	19.8	22.4	23.1	22.9	27.3	26.4	26.0	32.6
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.2	4.2	2.9	4.6	4.6	3.6	5.0	5.0	3.7	5.5	5.5	4.4
American Indian/    Alaska Native	1.2	1.2	1.8	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.7
Two or more races	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.4	2.3	2.9	3.6	3.6	3.6
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
0 to 25.0	34.3	34.3	39.3	32.9	32.9	36.1	23.9	23.8	26.7	21.2	21.2	20.2
25.1 to 50.0	24.7	24.8	12.7	29.1	29.4	15.9	28.9	29.2	18.9	28.3	28.9	19.4
50.1 to 75.0	16.0	16.1	14.9	21.0	21.0	17.4	26.6	26.8	20.4	25.7	25.9	21.5
More than 75.0	12.4	12.4	14.7	15.9	15.8	22.0	20.1	19.7	30.7	24.2	23.5	33.8
Missing/school does not participate	12.5	12.4	18.4	1.0	0.9	8.6	0.5	0.4	3.2	0.7	0.4	5.1
Number of teachers2	2,747,649	2,729,033	18,616	3,057,723	3,008,581	49,142	3,001,994	2,910,869	91,126	3,096,459	2,942,705	153,754
Pupil/teacher ratio2	16.4	16.4	18.2	16.0	16.0	17.3	16.4	16.4	18.0	16.2	16.1	17.8
Total number of schools	93,273	91,280	1,993	97,382	93,602	3,780	98,817	93,543	5,274	98,158	91,147	7,011
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
Elementary3	69.3	69.7	50.7	67.8	68.4	52.1	67.9	68.7	54.3	68.1	69.0	56.1
Secondary4	23.6	23.6	23.4	24.6	24.5	28.0	24.8	24.8	25.9	24.3	24.4	23.1
Combined5	5.5	5.1	22.5	5.9	5.3	18.6	6.2	5.5	19.5	6.9	5.8	20.7
Other	1.7	1.7	3.4	1.7	1.7	1.3	1.1	1.1	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.1
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
Less than 300	31.9	31.0	75.2	32.3	30.7	69.6	30.9	29.3	59.0	30.0	28.7	46.8
300 to 499	26.5	26.8	12.7	26.7	27.1	16.5	27.8	28.1	22.3	27.8	28.0	25.4
500 to 999	32.0	32.5	9.7	31.2	32.1	10.9	32.3	33.4	14.8	32.8	33.7	21.6
1,000 or more	9.6	9.8	2.4	9.8	10.1	3.0	9.0	9.3	3.9	9.3	9.6	6.2
Racial/ethnic concentration
More than 50 percent White	70.2	70.6	51.6	65.4	66.2	46.5	60.4	61.7	38.4	55.6	57.4	33.3
More than 50 percent Black	11.1	10.8	25.1	11.6	10.9	26.4	10.7	9.8	25.4	9.8	8.8	23.1
More than 50 percent Hispanic	9.2	9.1	11.5	11.9	11.7	15.1	14.5	14.1	20.8	17.0	16.3	25.8
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
0 to 25.0	29.9	29.8	33.1	28.3	28.1	32.7	23.2	22.9	27.7	18.0	17.9	18.3
25.1 to 50.0	25.0	25.3	11.5	27.9	28.4	15.2	26.9	27.4	17.4	27.0	27.6	18.6
50.1 to 75.0	16.8	16.9	11.1	21.6	21.8	16.9	26.4	26.8	20.1	25.8	26.0	22.0
More than 75.0	12.2	12.2	13.1	16.6	16.4	22.7	21.3	20.7	33.1	24.7	23.9	35.9
Missing/school does not participate	16.2	15.8	31.1	5.6	5.3	12.5	2.2	2.3	1.7	4.6	4.5	5.3
Locale	—	—	—	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
City	—	—	—	25.0	24.0	52.5	26.2	24.5	55.5	27.2	24.9	56.0
Suburban	—	—	—	28.2	28.4	22.2	27.4	27.8	21.3	31.7	32.1	26.2
Town	—	—	—	15.3	15.5	9.4	14.0	14.4	7.6	13.4	13.9	6.4
Rural	—	—	—	31.5	32.1	16.0	32.3	33.3	15.6	27.8	29.1	11.3
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
Northeast	16.2	16.3	10.9	15.7	16.0	9.0	15.5	15.9	9.5	15.5	15.9	10.1
Midwest	28.7	28.8	23.3	27.9	27.9	27.4	26.4	26.6	23.1	25.8	26.2	20.5
South	33.1	33.2	27.5	33.8	34.1	26.5	34.7	35.0	29.5	34.8	35.0	32.9
West	22.0	21.6	38.3	22.6	22.0	37.2	23.4	22.5	37.9	23.9	22.9	36.6

—Not available.

1 The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) 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. Data include students whose NSLP eligibility has been determined through direct certification.

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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000-01 through 2016-17. (This table was prepared February 2019.)