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Trends in the Use of School Choice: 1993 to 2007
NCES 2010-004
April 2010


Figure 6.

Percentage of students in grades 1–12 whose parents reported having public school choice, considered other schools, reported current school was their first choice, or moved to their current neighborhood for the school, by race/ethnicity: 2007


Percentage of students in grades 1–12 whose parents reported having public school choice, considered other schools, reported current school was their first choice, or moved to their current neighborhood for the school, by race/ethnicity: 2007

1 Estimates for moved to neighborhood for school are for public school students only.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. The Other race category includes students who are not Hispanic, whose race was reported as either “American Indian or Alaska Native” or more than one race. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES), 2007.