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Table 216.90a. | Percentage distribution of enrollment in public traditional and charter schools and percentage of schools, by race/ethnicity, racial/ethnic concentration, and state: Fall 2016 |
State | Percentage distribution of enrollment, by race/ethnicity | Percent of schools, by racial/ethnic concentration | ||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional school enrollment | Charter school enrollment | Traditional schools | Charter schools | |||||||||||||||||
White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Pacific Islan-der | American Indian/ Alaska Native | Two or more races | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Pacific Islan-der | American Indian/ Alaska Native | Two or more races | More than 50 percent White | More than 50 percent Black | More than 50 percent Hispanic | More than 50 percent White | More than 50 percent Black | More than 50 percent Hispanic | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
Total | 49.2 | 14.6 | 26.0 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 32.2 | 26.5 | 32.6 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 57.4 | 8.8 | 16.3 | 33.3 | 23.1 | 25.8 |
Alabama | 54.9 | 33.0 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61.4 | 29.1 | 1.0 | — | — | — |
Alaska | 46.9 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 23.3 | 10.7 | 65.2 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 14.5 | 10.6 | 40.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 78.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Arizona | 37.6 | 5.2 | 46.8 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 44.9 | 6.1 | 37.3 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 40.7 | 43.7 | 0.2 | 36.7 |
Arkansas | 62.0 | 19.9 | 12.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 49.9 | 32.0 | 12.0 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 71.5 | 15.5 | 3.8 | 46.7 | 29.3 | 2.7 |
California | 23.1 | 5.3 | 54.6 | 12.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 28.3 | 8.0 | 50.9 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 19.2 | 0.8 | 53.3 | 26.4 | 3.9 | 47.5 |
Colorado | 53.9 | 4.4 | 33.6 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 52.7 | 5.7 | 33.3 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 62.2 | 0.1 | 26.2 | 58.4 | 0.4 | 29.8 |
Connecticut | 55.8 | 11.9 | 23.8 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 7.8 | 58.9 | 29.0 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 57.9 | 3.5 | 14.4 | 8.3 | 58.3 | 4.2 |
Delaware | 45.4 | 29.6 | 17.5 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 42.5 | 36.5 | 11.2 | 6.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 43.0 | 10.9 | 6.7 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 8.0 |
District of Columbia |
14.2 | 61.5 | 19.8 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 6.1 | 79.9 | 11.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 8.8 | 69.0 | 12.4 | 0.9 | 79.1 | 2.7 |
Florida | 39.4 | 22.5 | 31.4 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 32.2 | 20.6 | 41.3 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 37.5 | 18.6 | 16.8 | 31.4 | 18.2 | 27.7 |
Georgia | 40.4 | 36.4 | 15.4 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 38.0 | 46.0 | 8.6 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 41.7 | 33.1 | 4.7 | 30.1 | 51.8 | 1.2 |
Hawaii | 11.7 | 1.9 | 13.3 | 30.5 | 29.0 | 0.3 | 13.4 | 27.0 | 1.2 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 37.3 | 0.4 | 10.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Idaho | 75.1 | 1.1 | 18.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 83.0 | 1.0 | 10.4 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 90.7 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 96.4 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
Illinois | 50.0 | 15.7 | 25.3 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 54.1 | 39.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 59.5 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 1.6 | 61.3 | 24.2 |
Indiana | 69.8 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 40.6 | 40.1 | 12.7 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 79.9 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 35.5 | 46.2 | 5.4 |
Iowa | 76.6 | 5.9 | 10.6 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 49.0 | 22.6 | 13.3 | 1.8 | 5.5 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 90.8 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 |
Kansas | 64.6 | 6.9 | 19.5 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 78.6 | 4.5 | 10.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 81.1 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 90.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Kentucky | 77.5 | 10.5 | 6.4 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.6 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | 87.2 | 3.8 | 0.4 | † | † | † |
Louisiana | 48.2 | 40.6 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 20.0 | 70.9 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 47.2 | 39.3 | 0.6 | 13.3 | 78.7 | 0.7 |
Maine | 89.8 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 91.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 98.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Maryland | 38.9 | 32.9 | 16.7 | 6.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 12.4 | 77.0 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 39.1 | 28.5 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 79.6 | 2.0 |
Massachusetts | 62.8 | 7.9 | 18.8 | 6.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 30.2 | 29.9 | 31.7 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 72.0 | 2.5 | 11.6 | 32.1 | 25.6 | 16.7 |
Michigan | 70.7 | 14.1 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 32.6 | 51.0 | 9.0 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 79.9 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 35.9 | 48.3 | 3.8 |
Minnesota | 69.2 | 9.6 | 8.9 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 41.4 | 27.4 | 10.6 | 14.8 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 78.6 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 51.6 | 23.7 | 4.1 |
Mississippi | 44.4 | 48.8 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 97.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 40.6 | 50.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
Missouri | 73.1 | 14.8 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 15.5 | 63.2 | 16.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 84.9 | 10.2 | 0.5 | 8.3 | 68.1 | 13.9 |
Montana | 79.0 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.2 | 3.4 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | 89.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | † | † | † |
Nebraska | 66.9 | 6.7 | 18.6 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.6 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | 83.5 | 1.5 | 7.0 | † | † | † |
Nevada | 32.2 | 10.7 | 43.4 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 44.3 | 12.2 | 28.1 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 7.6 | 35.5 | 1.0 | 31.3 | 36.7 | 12.2 | 14.3 |
New Hampshire | 86.3 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 83.0 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 8.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 98.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 96.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
New Jersey | 46.6 | 14.2 | 27.0 | 10.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 7.9 | 53.2 | 32.8 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 53.4 | 8.2 | 16.2 | 9.2 | 40.2 | 26.4 |
New Mexico | 22.9 | 1.9 | 61.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 10.6 | 1.8 | 30.0 | 2.1 | 59.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 11.8 | 0.0 | 66.8 | 15.2 | 0.0 | 56.6 |
New York | 45.9 | 15.5 | 26.1 | 9.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 6.3 | 55.0 | 33.9 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 51.6 | 11.2 | 19.0 | 2.6 | 54.3 | 30.0 |
North Carolina | 48.5 | 25.5 | 17.4 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 55.8 | 26.2 | 9.2 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 50.6 | 15.8 | 3.0 | 60.5 | 25.1 | 1.8 |
North Dakota | 79.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 7.0 | 2.2 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | 93.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | † | † | † |
Ohio | 72.9 | 14.3 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 38.9 | 46.4 | 7.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 6.1 | 81.0 | 10.5 | 0.5 | 31.2 | 49.7 | 1.4 |
Oklahoma | 49.6 | 8.5 | 16.4 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 14.1 | 9.0 | 41.7 | 17.5 | 27.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 8.6 | 3.6 | 57.8 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 30.4 | 23.9 | 26.1 |
Oregon | 62.2 | 2.3 | 23.3 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 5.9 | 76.4 | 1.7 | 11.8 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 6.2 | 78.0 | 0.1 | 9.1 | 89.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
Pennsylvania | 69.5 | 12.3 | 10.5 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 33.4 | 43.2 | 16.3 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 80.0 | 8.2 | 4.0 | 30.3 | 46.1 | 13.5 |
Rhode Island | 60.9 | 8.0 | 22.8 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 22.7 | 15.3 | 56.0 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 23.3 | 0.0 | 66.7 |
South Carolina | 50.7 | 34.3 | 9.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 62.4 | 26.0 | 6.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 47.8 | 30.4 | 0.8 | 61.4 | 31.4 | 0.0 |
South Dakota | 74.7 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 3.7 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | 85.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | † | † | † |
Tennessee | 65.5 | 20.2 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 6.5 | 78.4 | 13.5 | 0.6 | # | 0.1 | 0.8 | 74.7 | 14.6 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 81.7 | 4.8 |
Texas | 28.9 | 12.2 | 51.9 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 14.6 | 18.5 | 60.5 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 28.4 | 3.8 | 46.5 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 55.6 |
Utah | 75.0 | 1.4 | 16.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 74.3 | 1.6 | 16.6 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 86.8 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 87.9 | 0.8 | 6.5 |
Vermont | 90.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.3 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | 98.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | † | † | † |
Virginia | 49.7 | 22.6 | 15.1 | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 48.2 | 33.0 | 7.7 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 7.3 | 55.0 | 14.9 | 4.7 | 62.5 | 25.0 | 0.0 |
Washington | 55.3 | 4.3 | 22.8 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 7.7 | 36.9 | 24.0 | 17.5 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 13.3 | 66.4 | 0.3 | 9.7 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
West Virginia | 90.4 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | # | 0.1 | 2.8 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | 99.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | † | † | † |
Wisconsin | 71.6 | 8.5 | 11.4 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 48.2 | 24.2 | 18.3 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 84.0 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 78.2 | 10.3 | 6.0 |
Wyoming | 78.1 | 1.1 | 14.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 68.0 | 2.0 | 17.1 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 95.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
—Not available. | ||||||||||||||||||||
†Not applicable. No charter schools in state. | ||||||||||||||||||||
# Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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," 2016-17. (This table was prepared December 2018.) |