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Table 216.30. | Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary students and schools, by traditional or charter school status and selected characteristics: School years 2011-12 and 2021-22 |
Selected characteristic | 2011-12 | 2021-22 | |||||||
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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 | |||
Fall enrollment (in thousands) | 49,256 | 47,199 | 2,058 | 49,090 | 45,415 | 3,675 | |||
Percentage distribution of students | |||||||||
Sex | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||
Male | 51.4 | 51.4 | 49.6 | 51.3 | 51.4 | 49.8 | |||
Female | 48.6 | 48.6 | 50.4 | 48.7 | 48.6 | 50.2 | |||
Race/ethnicity | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||
White | 51.7 | 52.4 | 35.6 | 45.3 | 46.5 | 29.4 | |||
Black | 15.8 | 15.2 | 28.7 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 24.4 | |||
Hispanic | 23.7 | 23.6 | 28.0 | 28.4 | 27.8 | 36.1 | |||
Asian/Pacific Islander | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.7 | |||
Asian | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 4.3 | |||
Pacific Islander | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |||
American Indian/Alaska Native | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | |||
Two or more races | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | |||
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program1 |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||
0 to 25.0 | 23.7 | 23.8 | 21.9 | 24.2 | 24.8 | 17.3 | |||
25.1 to 50.0 | 27.6 | 28.0 | 18.4 | 28.8 | 29.4 | 20.5 | |||
50.1 to 75.0 | 25.2 | 25.4 | 21.0 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 22.6 | |||
More than 75.0 | 18.9 | 18.3 | 30.8 | 21.5 | 20.7 | 31.3 | |||
Missing/school does not participate | 4.6 | 4.4 | 7.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 8.3 | |||
Number of teachers | 3,028,283 | 2,920,353 | 107,929 | 3,139,258 | 2 | 2,948,111 | 2 | 191,146 | 2 |
Pupil/teacher ratio3 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 17.3 | |||
Total number of schools | 98,328 | 92,632 | 5,696 | 99,239 | 91,392 | 7,847 | |||
Percentage distribution of schools | |||||||||
School level | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||
Prekindergarten | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | |||
Elementary | 53.3 | 53.8 | 44.7 | 52.9 | 53.3 | 47.2 | |||
Middle | 17.1 | 17.4 | 12.2 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 10.4 | |||
Secondary and high | 23.6 | 23.3 | 28.7 | 23.9 | 23.6 | 27.3 | |||
Other, ungraded, and not applicable/not reported | 4.9 | 4.4 | 13.9 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 14.8 | |||
Size of enrollment | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||
Less than 300 | 30.5 | 28.9 | 55.8 | 32.0 | 31.0 | 43.5 | |||
300 to 499 | 27.7 | 28.0 | 23.1 | 29.5 | 29.9 | 24.7 | |||
500 to 999 | 32.8 | 33.8 | 17.0 | 29.5 | 30.0 | 24.2 | |||
1,000 or more | 9.0 | 9.3 | 4.2 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 7.6 | |||
Racial/ethnic concentration | |||||||||
More than 50 percent White | 59.7 | 61.1 | 37.5 | 51.5 | 53.6 | 28.1 | |||
More than 50 percent Black | 10.3 | 9.4 | 25.3 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 21.6 | |||
More than 50 percent Hispanic | 15.0 | 14.6 | 21.8 | 18.6 | 17.6 | 29.9 | |||
No majority racial/ethnic group | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.7 | |||
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program1 |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||
0 to 25.0 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 18.7 | 20.3 | 20.6 | 16.1 | |||
25.1 to 50.0 | 25.8 | 26.3 | 17.9 | 27.0 | 27.7 | 18.6 | |||
50.1 to 75.0 | 25.7 | 26.1 | 19.9 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 21.9 | |||
More than 75.0 | 20.5 | 19.7 | 33.8 | 22.4 | 21.4 | 34.2 | |||
Missing/school does not participate | 8.3 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 9.2 | |||
Locale | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4 | 100.0 | 4 | 100.0 | 4 |
City | 26.2 | 24.4 | 55.4 | 27.4 | 4 | 24.9 | 4 | 56.3 | 4 |
Suburban | 27.3 | 27.7 | 21.2 | 31.5 | 4 | 32.0 | 4 | 25.7 | 4 |
Town | 13.6 | 14.0 | 7.4 | 13.1 | 4 | 13.7 | 4 | 6.0 | 4 |
Rural | 32.9 | 33.9 | 16.0 | 28.0 | 4 | 29.4 | 4 | 12.0 | 4 |
Region | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||
Northeast | 15.5 | 15.9 | 9.7 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 10.0 | |||
Midwest | 26.1 | 26.3 | 22.3 | 26.0 | 26.6 | 19.8 | |||
South | 34.9 | 35.1 | 30.8 | 34.8 | 34.8 | 35.0 | |||
West | 23.5 | 22.7 | 37.2 | 24.2 | 23.2 | 35.2 |
1The 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. The free or reduced-price lunch (FRPL) counts show large shifts in the last several years in some states. Based on state explanations, these changes were due to (1) the Seamless Summer Option (beginning October 1, 2020), which allowed schools to provide meals to all students, regardless of demonstrated need, and (2) the shift away from in-person instruction due to the coronavirus pandemic (particularly for school year 2020-21), which caused a decrease in the number of students applying for FRPL because they were not present to apply for it. Data for 2021-22 are missing for Alaska. | |||||||||
2Teacher data are missing for Nevada for 2021-22. | |||||||||
3Pupil/teacher ratio based on schools that reported both enrollment and teacher data. | |||||||||
4Excludes schools with missing locale information. | |||||||||
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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," 2011-12 and 2021-22; and Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public School File," 2011-12 and 2020-21. (This table was prepared October 2022.) |