Table 7.4. Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary school students of each racial/ethnic group, by percent enrollment in school of selected racial/ethnic group: 2007

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Table 7.4.

Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary school students of each racial/ethnic group, by percent enrollment in school of selected racial/ethnic group: 2007–08

	Percent White enrollment
				50 percent or more
Race/ethnicity	Total	Less than 25 percent	25–49 percent	Total	50–74 percent	75 percent or more
Total¹	100.0	25.5	14.4	60.1	20.7	39.4
White	100.0	3.7	9.8	86.6	23.5	63.1
Black	100.0	53.1	20.6	26.3	17.9	8.4
Hispanic	100.0	58.7	19.3	22.0	14.3	7.6
Asian/Pacific Islander	100.0	34.3	22.5	43.2	24.8	18.4
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0	29.7	19.2	51.2	27.9	23.3

	Percent Black enrollment
				50 percent or more
	Total	Less than 25 percent	25–49 percent	Total	50–74 percent	75 percent or more
Total¹	100.0	77.9	11.5	10.6	4.8	5.8
White	100.0	89.7	7.9	2.3	1.9	0.4
Black	100.0	27.8	23.8	48.3	17.1	31.2
Hispanic	100.0	84.4	11.5	4.1	3.0	1.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	100.0	86.4	10.3	3.3	2.4	0.9
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0	91.2	6.2	2.7	1.8	0.9

	Percent Hispanic enrollment
				50 percent or more
	Total	Less than 25 percent	25–49 percent	Total	50–74 percent	75 percent or more
Total¹	100.0	71.5	12.5	15.9	8.0	7.9
White	100.0	88.3	8.4	3.3	2.6	0.7
Black	100.0	78.5	13.2	8.4	6.5	1.8
Hispanic	100.0	21.9	21.4	56.7	23.5	33.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	100.0	68.8	19.3	11.9	8.7	3.2
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0	81.7	10.4	7.9	5.4	2.5
¹ Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2007–08.