Table 7.4b. Percentage distribution of 4th-graders, by percentage of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and race/ethnicity: 2005

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Table 7.4b.

Percentage distribution of 4th-graders, by percentage of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and race/ethnicity: 2005

Race/ethnicity	Total	10 percent or less	11-25 percent	26-50 percent	51-75 percent	More than 75 percent
Total ¹	100	15	16	26	21	22
White	100	21	23	32	19	5
Black	100	4	6	18	24	48
Hispanic	100	4	6	16	24	49
Asian/Pacific Islander	100	27	19	21	16	16
American Indian/Alaska Native	100	4	8	21	31	36
¹ Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NOTE: To be eligible for the National School Lunch Program, a student must be from a household with an income at or below 185 percent of the poverty level for reduced-price lunch or at or below 130 percent of the poverty level for free lunch. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Reading Assessment, NAEP Data Explorer.