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 | |||||||||
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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. |