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: 2017-18

Student race/ethnicity, region, and school locale	Enrollment					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 9.455 percent	9.456 to 15.905 percent	15.906 to 22.407 percent	22.408 percent or more		0 to 9.455 percent	9.456 to 15.905 percent	15.906 to 22.407 percent	22.408 percent or more
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Total	50,250,033	12,541,168	12,495,250	12,261,881	12,951,734	100.0	25.0	24.9	24.4	25.8
White	23,842,957	8,308,497	6,769,184	5,274,884	3,490,392	100.0	34.8	28.4	22.1	14.6
Black	7,696,585	743,434	1,426,103	1,961,593	3,565,455	100.0	9.7	18.5	25.5	46.3
Hispanic	13,433,268	1,777,796	2,892,572	3,929,772	4,833,128	100.0	13.2	21.5	29.3	36.0
Asian	2,618,712	1,076,623	657,219	417,166	467,704	100.0	41.1	25.1	15.9	17.9
Pacific Islander	183,283	27,241	95,423	37,317	23,302	100.0	14.9	52.1	20.4	12.7
American Indian/Alaska Native	491,330	55,052	107,326	121,080	207,872	100.0	11.2	21.8	24.6	42.3
Two or more races	1,937,255	552,450	546,693	474,335	363,777	100.0	28.5	28.2	24.5	18.8
Race unknown	46,643	75	730	45,734	104	100.0	0.2	1.6	98.1	0.2
Region
Northeast	7,934,060	3,071,124	1,633,086	991,919	2,237,931	100.0	38.7	20.6	12.5	28.2
White	4,261,036	2,277,224	1,059,895	491,391	432,526	100.0	53.4	24.9	11.5	10.2
Black	1,115,187	146,220	182,918	153,321	632,728	100.0	13.1	16.4	13.7	56.7
Hispanic	1,712,472	287,551	269,439	281,191	874,291	100.0	16.8	15.7	16.4	51.1
Asian	569,733	261,113	59,489	31,755	217,376	100.0	45.8	10.4	5.6	38.2
Pacific Islander	13,475	3,666	2,216	987	6,606	100.0	27.2	16.4	7.3	49.0
American Indian/Alaska Native	30,207	5,190	5,104	3,209	16,704	100.0	17.2	16.9	10.6	55.3
Two or more races	231,841	90,087	54,000	30,060	57,694	100.0	38.9	23.3	13.0	24.9
Race unknown	109	73	25	5	6	100.0	67.0	22.9	4.6	5.5
Midwest	8,516,808	3,040,910	2,400,703	1,695,761	1,379,434	100.0	35.7	28.2	19.9	16.2
White	5,861,251	2,424,897	1,815,107	1,076,618	544,629	100.0	41.4	31.0	18.4	9.3
Black	1,107,651	156,816	167,456	246,011	537,368	100.0	14.2	15.1	22.2	48.5
Hispanic	814,280	190,689	229,981	228,998	164,612	100.0	23.4	28.2	28.1	20.2
Asian	269,988	133,106	61,126	36,289	39,467	100.0	49.3	22.6	13.4	14.6
Pacific Islander	10,579	2,882	3,262	2,755	1,680	100.0	27.2	30.8	26.0	15.9
American Indian/Alaska Native	76,084	12,821	20,907	19,539	22,817	100.0	16.9	27.5	25.7	30.0
Two or more races	375,867	119,699	102,329	84,978	68,861	100.0	31.8	27.2	22.6	18.3
Race unknown	1,108	0	535	573	0	100.0	0.0	48.3	51.7	0.0
South	19,823,783	2,586,724	4,700,640	6,159,458	6,376,961	100.0	13.0	23.7	31.1	32.2
White	8,438,073	1,390,201	2,333,488	2,690,149	2,024,235	100.0	16.5	27.7	31.9	24.0
Black	4,554,700	324,350	889,059	1,311,550	2,029,741	100.0	7.1	19.5	28.8	44.6
Hispanic	5,248,709	495,355	1,028,863	1,732,465	1,992,026	100.0	9.4	19.6	33.0	38.0
Asian	688,762	235,906	212,844	147,468	92,544	100.0	34.3	30.9	21.4	13.4
Pacific Islander	31,673	3,907	7,625	13,218	6,923	100.0	12.3	24.1	41.7	21.9
American Indian/Alaska Native	173,754	13,793	36,344	49,625	73,992	100.0	7.9	20.9	28.6	42.6
Two or more races	688,001	123,212	192,416	214,971	157,402	100.0	17.9	28.0	31.2	22.9
Race unknown	111	0	1	12	98	100.0	0.0	0.9	10.8	88.3
West	13,975,382	3,842,410	3,760,821	3,414,743	2,957,408	100.0	27.5	26.9	24.4	21.2
White	5,282,597	2,216,175	1,560,694	1,016,726	489,002	100.0	42.0	29.5	19.2	9.3
Black	919,047	116,048	186,670	250,711	365,618	100.0	12.6	20.3	27.3	39.8
Hispanic	5,657,807	804,201	1,364,289	1,687,118	1,802,199	100.0	14.2	24.1	29.8	31.9
Asian	1,090,229	446,498	323,760	201,654	118,317	100.0	41.0	29.7	18.5	10.9
Pacific Islander	127,556	16,786	82,320	20,357	8,093	100.0	13.2	64.5	16.0	6.3
American Indian/Alaska Native	211,285	23,248	44,971	48,707	94,359	100.0	11.0	21.3	23.1	44.7
Two or more races	641,546	219,452	197,948	144,326	79,820	100.0	34.2	30.9	22.5	12.4
Race unknown	45,315	2	169	45,144	0	100.0	#	0.4	99.6	0.0
School locale
City	15,925,912	1,777,744	2,589,539	4,375,049	7,183,580	100.0	11.2	16.3	27.5	45.1
White	4,637,207	901,110	1,144,964	1,425,591	1,165,542	100.0	19.4	24.7	30.7	25.1
Black	3,540,268	124,678	261,029	894,276	2,260,285	100.0	3.5	7.4	25.3	63.8
Hispanic	5,858,525	355,300	809,826	1,569,627	3,123,772	100.0	6.1	13.8	26.8	53.3
Asian	1,053,594	274,788	194,354	196,255	388,197	100.0	26.1	18.4	18.6	36.8
Pacific Islander	61,152	5,490	18,595	21,074	15,993	100.0	9.0	30.4	34.5	26.2
American Indian/Alaska Native	112,360	11,335	24,035	36,903	40,087	100.0	10.1	21.4	32.8	35.7
Two or more races	631,959	105,034	136,734	200,584	189,607	100.0	16.6	21.6	31.7	30.0
Race unknown	30,847	9	2	30,739	97	100.0	#	#	99.6	0.3
Suburban	21,483,887	8,623,754	6,338,434	4,443,742	2,077,957	100.0	40.1	29.5	20.7	9.7
White	10,418,436	5,642,790	2,890,889	1,414,566	470,191	100.0	54.2	27.7	13.6	4.5
Black	2,995,727	562,433	999,255	854,898	579,141	100.0	18.8	33.4	28.5	19.3
Hispanic	5,553,818	1,230,642	1,634,579	1,784,515	904,082	100.0	22.2	29.4	32.1	16.3
Asian	1,420,673	758,511	423,856	187,632	50,674	100.0	53.4	29.8	13.2	3.6
Pacific Islander	104,967	19,152	71,963	10,741	3,111	100.0	18.2	68.6	10.2	3.0
American Indian/Alaska Native	92,057	29,076	31,583	23,337	8,061	100.0	31.6	34.3	25.4	8.8
Two or more races	883,704	381,089	286,284	153,635	62,696	100.0	43.1	32.4	17.4	7.1
Race unknown	14,505	61	25	14,418	1	100.0	0.4	0.2	99.4	#
Town	5,487,936	702,496	1,540,260	1,552,055	1,693,125	100.0	12.8	28.1	28.3	30.9
White	3,494,835	574,280	1,156,507	1,044,263	719,785	100.0	16.4	33.1	29.9	20.6
Black	484,328	15,320	41,543	83,354	344,111	100.0	3.2	8.6	17.2	71.0
Hispanic	1,120,420	69,888	240,571	317,850	492,111	100.0	6.2	21.5	28.4	43.9
Asian	64,490	12,537	19,202	16,783	15,968	100.0	19.4	29.8	26.0	24.8
Pacific Islander	9,838	1,177	2,657	3,758	2,246	100.0	12.0	27.0	38.2	22.8
American Indian/Alaska Native	122,496	6,651	24,146	28,135	63,564	100.0	5.4	19.7	23.0	51.9
Two or more races	191,525	22,642	55,634	57,909	55,340	100.0	11.8	29.0	30.2	28.9
Race unknown	4	1	0	3	0	100.0	25.0	0.0	75.0	0.0
Rural	7,653,484	1,508,564	2,193,245	1,952,066	1,999,609	100.0	19.7	28.7	25.5	26.1
White	5,519,664	1,248,320	1,703,272	1,431,351	1,136,721	100.0	22.6	30.9	25.9	20.6
Black	679,507	41,859	126,095	129,623	381,930	100.0	6.2	18.6	19.1	56.2
Hispanic	955,051	130,200	237,195	274,205	313,451	100.0	13.6	24.8	28.7	32.8
Asian	83,675	32,009	21,730	17,061	12,875	100.0	38.3	26.0	20.4	15.4
Pacific Islander	8,288	1,666	2,723	1,942	1,957	100.0	20.1	32.9	23.4	23.6
American Indian/Alaska Native	167,862	8,401	29,051	33,989	96,421	100.0	5.0	17.3	20.2	57.4
Two or more races	238,150	46,105	72,476	63,321	56,248	100.0	19.4	30.4	26.6	23.6
Race unknown	1,287	4	703	574	6	100.0	0.3	54.6	44.6	0.5

#Rounds to zero.

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 2018, for example, the poverty threshold for a family of four with two children was $25,465. 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). For additional information about poverty status, see https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/poverty/guidance/poverty-measures.html.

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 county containing the zip code listed for their superintendent's location. This table excludes 7,494 enrolled children whose poverty status could not be determined. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2017–18; and Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public School File," 2017-18. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program, 2018 Poverty Estimates for School Districts. (This table was prepared December 2019.)