Table 3. Percentage distribution of students, by sex, race/ethnicity, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007

Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary Schools in the United States:Results From the 2007–08 Schools and Staffing Survey

NCES 2009-321
June 2009

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Table 3. Percentage distribution of students, by sex, race/ethnicity, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007–08
	Sex		Race/ethnicity
School type and selected school characteristic			White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Hispanic, regardless of race	American Indian/Alaska Native		Asian/Pacific Islander

	Male	Female
All schools	50.2	49.8	59.3	15.3	19.3	1.4		4.6

All public schools	50.2	49.8	57.8	16.0	20.4	1.4		4.4

School classification
Traditional public	50.2	49.8	58.2	15.7	20.3	1.4		4.4
Charter school	49.1	50.9	41.0	29.0	23.8	2.3		3.8

Community type
City	49.3	50.7	33.5	25.1	33.4	0.9		7.0
Suburban	50.4	49.6	59.7	14.8	19.2	0.9		5.4
Town	50.3	49.7	69.5	11.0	15.2	2.6		1.7
Rural	50.7	49.3	75.0	10.4	10.7	2.1		1.7

School level
Elementary	50.3	49.7	55.8	16.2	22.1	1.4		4.5
Secondary	49.8	50.2	60.1	15.9	18.2	1.2		4.7
Combined	52.1	47.9	69.5	12.7	12.6	3.6		1.6

Student enrollment
Less than 100	57.3	42.7	64.8	13.7	16.4	4.1		1.0	!
100-199	51.3	48.7	68.7	13.2	12.8	3.3		1.9
200-499	50.4	49.6	61.3	17.6	16.0	2.1		3.0
500-749	50.6	49.4	59.2	14.9	20.3	1.3		4.3
750-999	50.2	49.8	54.9	16.1	23.7	0.9		4.4
1,000 or more	49.4	50.6	53.8	15.6	23.5	0.9		6.2

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	50.2	49.8	75.0	8.4	10.8	0.8		5.1
35-49	50.4	49.6	63.1	15.9	15.7	1.3		4.0
50-74	50.3	49.7	45.8	22.5	26.0	1.8		3.8
75 or more	49.4	50.6	20.3	28.7	44.8	2.6		3.7
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	52.1	47.9	67.0	12.4	12.6	1.5		6.4	!

All BIE schools	49.7	50.3	1.2	0.1	0.2	98.5		#

All private schools	50.5	49.5	74.3	9.5	9.4	0.7		6.0

School classification
Catholic	49.4	50.6	73.3	7.5	13.6	0.7		4.9
Other religious	50.9	49.1	75.7	11.8	6.0	0.7	!	5.8
Nonsectarian	52.4	47.6	73.8	9.5	6.9	1.0	!	8.9

Community type
City	50.7	49.3	67.6	12.4	12.3	0.7		7.0
Suburban	50.3	49.7	76.1	9.0	8.6	0.6		5.7
Town	50.4	49.6	87.8	3.2	3.3	0.7	!	5.1	!
Rural	50.7	49.3	84.8	4.7	5.6	1.6	!	3.4

School level
Elementary	50.4	49.6	71.9	9.9	11.2	0.8		6.2
Secondary	49.6	50.4	75.9	7.1	10.1	0.9	!	6.0
Combined	51.2	48.8	76.9	10.1	6.8	0.5		5.7

Student enrollment
Less than 100	53.4	46.6	71.9	14.3	8.5	1.0		4.3
100-199	51.7	48.3	68.1	15.1	9.9	1.2	!	5.6
200-499	48.9	51.1	74.1	8.9	10.5	0.5		5.9
500-749	48.2	51.8	77.7	5.5	9.5	0.6		6.7
750 or more	53.5	46.5	79.1	6.2	7.2	0.7	!	6.7

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	50.6	49.4	86.4	5.6	4.7	0.7	!	2.7
35-49	57.3	42.7	35.5	38.3	19.6	0.2	!	6.4	!
50-74	57.6	42.4	36.6	25.8	30.8	2.4	!	4.4	!
75 or more	54.2	45.8	40.2	29.0	22.9	3.5	!	4.3	!
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	50.0	50.0	74.9	8.5	9.1	0.6		6.9
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
NOTE: BIE school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) that are operated by the BIE, a tribe, or a private contractor and not by a regular school district. Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School, BIE School, and Private School Data Files," 2007–08.

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