Table E-3-1.  Percentage of students in grades K through 12 whose parents reported participation in school-related activities, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2007

Sex and race/ethnicity	Number of students (in thousands)	Participation in school activities by parent or other household member
			Attended a general school or PTO/PTA meeting	Attended a regularly scheduled parent-teacher conference	Attended a school or class event	Volunteered or served on a school committee	Participated in school fundraising
Total1	51,596		89.4	78.1	74.5	46.4	65.3
Sex
Male	26,872		89.3	79.2	71.5	44.8	64.7
Female	24,723		89.6	76.8	77.7	48.1	65.8
Race/ethnicity
White	29,830		91.0	77.8	80.1	54.2	72.5
Black	7,837		86.7	77.3	64.7	35.0	57.8
Hispanic	9,765		86.8	80.2	65.0	31.8	50.6
Asian	1,383		91.0	79.9	71.4	45.8	60.5
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	372		94.2	79.7	80.8	58.4	49.5
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	15,361		91.2	79.1	77.4	54.3	72.2
Black	4,323		84.1	77.7	62.1	31.6	56.9
Hispanic	5,117		87.2	82.7	60.8	29.1	50.7
Asian	719		88.9	82.3	73.7	40.0	61.4
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Female
White	14,469		90.6	76.3	82.9	54.0	72.8
Black	3,514		89.9	76.9	67.9	39.1	58.9
Hispanic	4,648		86.2	77.4	69.6	34.7	50.5
Asian	663		93.2	77.2	68.9	52.1	59.5
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	234	!	95.2	80.8	93.1	70.3	46.3	!

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

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.