Table C. Percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and percentage enrollment that is non-White in the 100 and 500 largest school districts, and in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2001-02

	All school districts	100 largest school districts	500 largest school districts
Percentage of schools reporting free and reduced-price lunch	91.8	94.8	94.2

Membership eligible for free or reduced-price lunch of those who reported free and reduced-price lunch	39.7¹	54.3¹	48.0¹

Percentage of schools reporting non-White membership	98.2	97.6	97.8

Percentage groups other than White, non-Hispanic enrollment	41.1	68.7	59.2
American Indian/Alaska Native	1.3	0.6	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.4	7.0	6.3
Hispanic	18.5	32.5	27.7
Black, non-Hispanic	16.9	28.7	24.5

Percentage White, non-Hispanic enrollment	58.9	31.3	40.8
¹ These percentages should be interpreted with caution; four states (AZ, CT, TN, and WY), DOD (overseas), DOD (domestic), Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Virgin Islands did not report free and reduced-price lunch eligibility and are not included in the national total. Also, states may not have reported students eligible for reduced-price meals, and a number of states reported participation instead of eligibility data which may not be strictly comparable. See Methodology section for further description. Percentages are based on those schools that reported.
NOTE: The universe for this table includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Data reported by states to U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2001-02, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2001-02, Version 1a.

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