Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008

NCES 2008-084
September 2008

List of Tables

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Chapter I. Demographic Overview
Chapter II. Preprimary, Elementary, and Secondary Education
Chapter III. Postsecondary Education
Chapter IV. Outcomes of Education
Appendix A: Supplemental Tables

Chapter I. Demographic Overview

Table 1.1a.	Size of the American Indian/Alaska Native population, by race/ethnicity: 2006
Table 1.1b.	Percentage distribution of American Indians/Alaska Natives alone, by race subcategory and tribal affiliation: 2006
Table 1.1c.	Resident population and percentage distribution, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1980 to 2006 and projections to 2050
Table 1.2a.	Number and percentage distribution of the American Indian/Alaska Native population, by race and region: 2006
Table 1.2b.	Size of the American Indian/Alaska Native population and percentage distribution of the total population, by race and states with the largest American Indian/Alaska Native populations: 2006
Table 1.2c.	Number and percentage distribution of the non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native alone population, by designated area: 2000
Table 1.2d.	Number and percentage distribution of population in American Indian/Alaska Native areas and Alaska Native regional areas, by race/ethnicity: 2000
Table 1.3.	Largest American Indian and Alaska Native tribes according to number of self-identified members, by race and tribal group: 2000
Table 1.4a.	Median age of the population, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1990 to 2006
Table 1.4b.	Percentage of the population under the age of 18, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1990 to 2006
Table 1.5.	Number and percentage distribution of families with children, by family status and race/ethnicity: 2006
Table 1.6a.	Percentage of individuals living in poverty, by age group and race/ethnicity: 2006
Table 1.6b.	Percentage of family households with children under 18 living in poverty, by family status and race/ethnicity: 1989, 1999, 2003, and 2006
Table 1.6c.	Percentage of American Indian/Alaska Native families living in poverty, by American Indian/Alaska Native area: 1989 and 1999
Table 1.7.	Percentage of children ages 19 to 35 months vaccinated with the 4:3:1:3 vaccination series, by race/ethnicity: 1995, 2000, 2003, and 2006
Table 1.8a	Fertility rates, by race/ethnicity and age group of mother: Selected years, 1990 to 2005
Table 1.8b.	Infant mortality rates, by race/ethnicity of mother: Selected years, 1984 to 2004
Table 1.8c.	Child mortality rates, by age group of child and race/ethnicity of mother: 2005
Table 1.9.	Percentage distribution of primary type of care arrangements at about 9 months, 2 years, and 4 years of age, by race/ethnicity: 2001, 2004, and 2006
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Table 2.1a.	Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary school enrollment, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1986–87 to 2005–06
Table 2.1b.	Percentage distribution of private elementary and secondary school enrollment, by type of private school and race/ethnicity: 2001–02, 2003–04, and 2005–06
Table 2.2a.	Number and percentage distribution of Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) school enrollment, by grade level: 2003–04 and 2006–07
Table 2.2b.	Percentage distribution of schools and students, by Bureau of Indian Education school status, density of American Indian/Alaska Native enrollment in schools, and enrollment size: 2005–06
Table 2.3a.	Number, percentage, and percentage distribution of children ages 3 to 21 served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), by race/ethnicity: 2006
Table 2.3b.	Percentage of children ages 3 to 21 served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), by race/ethnicity: 1998 to 2006
Table 3.1.	Percentage distribution of 8th-grade students, by number of days absent from school in the preceding month and race/ethnicity: 2007
Table 3.2.	Number and percentage of public school students in kindergarten through 12th grade who were suspended or expelled, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2004
Table 3.3.	Percentage of spring 2002 high school sophomores, by high school completion status and race/ethnicity: 2006
Table 3.4a.	Percentage of noninstitutionalized 16- to 24-year-olds who were high school status dropouts, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2006
Table 3.4b.	Percentage of all (institutionalized and noninstitutionalized) 16- to 24-year-olds who were high school status dropouts, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2006
Table 3.5.	Percentage of 2003–04 high school seniors, by the highest expected level of educational attainment and race/ethnicity: 2004
Table 4.2a.	Average reading scale scores, by race/ethnicity and grade: 2000, 2002, 2005, and 2007
Table 4.2b.	Percentage distribution of students across reading achievement levels, by race/ethnicity and grade: 2007
Table 4.2c.	Average reading scale scores and achievement levels for American Indians/Alaska Natives attending Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools and other public schools, by grade and selected states: 2005 and 2007
Table 4.3a.	Average mathematics scale scores, by race/ethnicity and grade: 1996, 2000, 2005, and 2007
Table 4.3b.	Percentage distribution of students across mathematics achievement levels, by race/ethnicity and grade: 2007
Table 4.3c.	Average mathematics scale scores and achievement levels for American Indians/Alaska Natives attending Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools and other public schools, by grade and selected states: 2005 and 2007
Table 4.4a.	Average science scale scores, by race/ethnicity and grade: 2000 and 2005
Table 4.4b.	Percentage distribution of students across science achievement levels, by race/ethnicity and grade: 2005
Table 4.5a.	Average U.S. history scale scores, by race/ethnicity and grade: Selected years, 1994, 2001, and 2006
Table 4.5b.	Percentage distribution of students across U.S. history achievement levels, by race/ethnicity and grade: 2001 and 2006
Table 4.6.	Percentage of public high school graduates who had completed a core academic track, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1982 to 2005
Table 4.7.	Percentage of high school graduates who completed advanced academic courses, by school subject and race/ethnicity: 2004
Table 4.8a.	Number and percent change of 12th-grade students taking Advanced Placement (AP) examinations, by race/ethnicity: 1999 through 2007
Table 4.8b.	Average scores of 12th-grade students on Advanced Placement (AP) examinations, by subject and race/ethnicity: 2007
Table 4.9a.	Average SAT scores for college-bound seniors, by race/ethnicity and section: 1996–97 through 2006–07
Table 4.9b.	Average ACT scores by race/ethnicity and subject: 1996–97 through 2006–07
Table 5.1a.	Percentage of 8th-grade students in public schools with selected literacy resources at home, by race/ethnicity: 2007
Table 5.1b	Percentage distribution of 8th-grade students in public schools according to frequency of reading for fun, by race/ethnicity: 2007
Table 5.2.	Percentage of 8th-grade students in public schools who use a computer at home, by race/ethnicity: 2007
Table 5.3.	Percentage of children ages 6–18 whose parents had completed high school, by parent and race/ethnicity: 2007
Table 5.4a.	Number and percentage of children ages 5–17 who spoke a language other than English at home and who spoke English with difficulty, by race/ethnicity: 2006
Table 5.4b.	Percentage of students who qualify for limited-English-proficient (LEP) services, by LEP enrollment status and race/ethnicity: 2006
Table 5.4c.	Percentage distribution of 4th- and 8th-grade American Indian/Alaska Native students reporting use of traditional languages within families, by school density: 2007
Table 5.4d.	Percentage distribution of 4th- and 8th-grade American Indian/Alaska Native students reporting attendance at American Indian/Alaska Native ceremonies and gatherings, by school density: 2007
Table 5.5a.	Percentage of American Indian/Alaska Native students whose teachers integrated American Indian/Alaska Native culture and history into their curriculum, by school density, grade, curriculum, and frequency: 2007
Table 5.5b.	Percentage of American Indian/Alaska Native school administrators reporting annual American Indian/Alaska Native community representative involvement in their school, by school density, grade, and frequency: 2007
Table 5.6.	Percentage of American Indian/Alaska Native students, by the severity of problems reported by school administrators, density of the American Indian/Alaska Native schools, grade, and types of problems in school: 2007
Table 5.7.	Percentage of children ages 12–17 who used alcohol, smoked cigarettes, or used marijuana, by selected time period and race/ethnicity: 2006
Table 5.8.	Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported that they were threatened or injured with a weapon on school property, engaged in a physical fight on school property, or carried a weapon to school, by race/ethnicity: 2005
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Table 6.1a.	Percentage distribution of students enrolled in public and private degree-granting institutions, by type of institution and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1976 through 2006
Table 6.1b.	Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in colleges or universities, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, October 1996 to 2006
Table 6.2.	Enrollment in tribally controlled colleges and number and percentage of students who are American Indians/Alaska Natives: Fall 2006
Table 6.3a.	Percentage of full-time, full-year undergraduates receiving financial aid from any source, by race/ethnicity: 2003–04
Table 6.3b.	Average amount of financial aid awarded from any source per full-time, full-year undergraduate student, by type of aid and race/ethnicity: 2003–04
Table 6.4.	Number and percentage distribution of degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by level of degree, race/ethnicity, and sex: 2005–06
Table 6.5.	Percentage of bachelor's degrees conferred in total and to American Indians/Alaska Natives by degree-granting institutions, by the 10 most popular fields of study: 2005–06
Table 6.6.	Percentage of master's and doctoral degrees conferred in total and to American Indians/Alaska Natives by degree-granting institutions, by the most popular fields of study: 2005–06
Table 6.7.	Percentage distribution of full-time instructional faculty in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and academic rank: 2005
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Table 7.1.	Percentage distribution of adults ages 25 and over, by highest level of educational attainment and race/ethnicity: 2007
Table 7.2.	Unemployment rates of persons 16 years old and over, by educational attainment and race/ethnicity: 2007
Table 7.3.	Median annual earnings of full-time, full-year wage and salary workers ages 25–34, by highest level of educational attainment and race/ethnicity: 2006
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Table A-2.1a.	Enrollment, American Indians/Alaska Natives as a percentage of total enrollment, and percentage distribution of American Indians/Alaska Natives enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: 2005–06
Table A-2.1b.	Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary students, by race/ethnicity and locale: 2005–06
Table A-2.1c.	Number and percentage distribution of American Indians/Alaska Natives enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, by percent of American Indian/Alaska Native enrollment: 2005–06
Table A-2.2.	Number of Bureau of Indian Education(BIE)-funded school programs, by operational structure: Selected years, 1996–97 to 2006–07
Table A-2.3.	Number of children ages 3 to 21 and number of children served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ages 3 to 21, in thousands, by race/ethnicity: 1998 to 2006
Table A-4.1a.	Percentage of children demonstrating specific cognitive and motor skills at about 9 months of age, by race/ethnicity: 2000–01
Table A-4.1b.	Percentage of children demonstrating specific cognitive and motor skills at about 2 years of age, by race/ethnicity: 2003–04
Table A-4.1c.	Children demonstrating specific language, literacy, mathematics, color knowledge and fine motor skills at about 4 years of age, by race/ethnicity: 2005–06
Table A-6.1a.	American Indian/Alaska Native enrollment (in thousands) in public and private degree-granting institutions, by type of institution and sex: Selected years, 1976 through 2006
Table A-6.1b.	Percentage of total public and private degree-granting institution enrollment that is male, percentage that is female, and difference between male and female percentages, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1976 through 2006
Table A-6.2.	Enrollment in tribally controlled colleges: Fall 1997 through fall 2006
Table A-6.4.	Number and percentage of degrees awarded to American Indian/Alaska Native students, by level of degree and sex: 1976–77 through 2005–06
Table A-7.2.	Unemployment rates for persons ages 16 and over, by race/ethnicity: 1997 through 2007

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List of Tables

Select a Table category:

Chapter I. Demographic Overview

Chapter II. Preprimary, Elementary, and Secondary Education

Chapter III. Postsecondary Education

Chapter IV. Outcomes of Education

Appendix A: Supplemental Tables