Table 2. Percentage distribution of students enrolled in grades 1–12 within public and private school types, by student and household characteristics: 2007

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NCES 2010-004
April 2010

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Table 2.

Percentage distribution of students enrolled in grades 1–12 within public and private school types, by student and household characteristics: 2007

Student and household characteristics		School type
Student and household characteristics	Total	Public, assigned	Public, chosen		Private, religious		Private, nonsectarian
Total	100	100	100		100		100

Sex
Male	52	52	53		50		57
Female	48	48	47		50		43

Race/ethnicity¹
White	58	58	47		73		69
Black	15	14	22		9		11
Hispanic	19	19	21		12		9
Asian or Pacific Islander	3	3	3		3		6	!
Other race	5	5	6		3		5

Grade level
Grades 1–5	42	41	46		42		46
Grades 6–8	26	27	20		26		25
Grades 9–12	32	32	34		33		29

Disability status
Has a disability	24	24	21		20		24
Does not have a disability	76	76	79		80		76

Poverty status²
Poor	19	20	22		6		6	!
Near-poor	19	20	21		11		4	!
Nonpoor	62	60	57		84		90

Parents' highest level of education³
Less than high school diploma or GED	7	8	5		1	!	2	!
High school diploma or GED	22	24	22		9		10
Some college/vocational/technical	29	29	30		25		12
Bachelor's degree	22	21	22		30		20
Graduate/professional school	21	18	22		36		56

Family structure
Two parents	72	72	68		83		81
One parent	24	24	26		15		18
Nonparent guardians	4	4	6	!	2		1	!

Region
Northeast	18	18	14		22		24
South	36	37	33		35		33
Midwest	22	22	21		26		12	!
West	24	23	32		17		32

Locale
City	32	27	46		35		53
Suburb	37	38	29		45		34
Town	11	12	8		7		6
Rural	20	22	17		13		7	!
! Interpret data with caution; the estimates are unstable; coefficient of variation is 30 percent or more. ¹ Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. The Other race category includes students who are not Hispanic, who reported their race as either “American Indian or Alaska Native” or reported more than one race. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified. ² Poor students are defined as those with household incomes below 100 percent of the poverty threshold; near-poor students as those with household incomes from 100 through 199 percent of the poverty threshold; and nonpoor students as those with household incomes at or above 200 percent of the poverty threshold. ³ GED is General Educational Development. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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.