Table E-8-1.  Number and percentage distribution of students in public elementary and secondary schools, by school type, race/ethnicity, and sex: School year 2010–11

Race/ethnicity and sex	Total	Regular	Special education1	Vocational education2	Alternative3		Charter4	Magnet5
	Number
Total6	49,212,031	48,291,063	191,677	164,074	565,217		1,789,496	2,057,769
Race/ethnicity
White	25,801,021	25,448,326	87,226	70,795	194,674		647,735	686,555
Black	7,873,809	7,641,434	50,859	41,125	140,391		516,703	653,158
Hispanic	11,367,157	11,099,087	40,318	38,685	189,067		489,462	534,799
Asian	2,281,908	2,247,723	7,066	10,507	16,612		58,239	115,958
Pacific Islander	169,678	166,747	441	161	2,329		8,421	4,630
American Indian/Alaska Native	561,126	547,609	2,005	855	10,657		16,963	12,020
Two or more races	1,157,332	1,140,137	3,762	1,946	11,487		51,973	50,649
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male	25,277,620	24,746,160	123,956	89,387	318,117		886,502	1,026,397
White	13,316,510	13,109,690	56,251	41,128	109,441		324,541	347,997
Black	4,016,659	3,881,909	33,411	20,586	80,753		254,564	317,991
Hispanic	5,822,182	5,670,336	25,845	20,281	105,720		240,852	268,992
Asian	1,163,246	1,143,814	4,437	5,876	9,119		28,723	58,388
Pacific Islander	87,657	86,022	281	87	1,267		4,282	2,297
American Indian/Alaska Native	287,382	280,063	1,297	449	5,573		8,438	6,033
Two or more races	583,984	574,326	2,434	980	6,244		25,102	24,699
Female	23,934,411	23,544,903	67,721	74,687	247,100		902,994	1,031,372
White	12,484,511	12,338,636	30,975	29,667	85,233		323,194	338,558
Black	3,857,150	3,759,525	17,448	20,539	59,638		262,139	335,167
Hispanic	5,544,975	5,428,751	14,473	18,404	83,347		248,610	265,807
Asian	1,118,662	1,103,909	2,629	4,631	7,493		29,516	57,570
Pacific Islander	82,021	80,725	160	74	1,062		4,139	2,333
American Indian/Alaska Native	273,744	267,546	708	406	5,084		8,525	5,987
Two or more races	573,348	565,811	1,328	966	5,243		26,871	25,950
	Percent of total
Total6	100.0	98.1	0.4	0.3	1.1		3.6	4.2
Race/ethnicity
White	100.0	98.6	0.3	0.3	0.8		2.5	2.7
Black	100.0	97.0	0.6	0.5	1.8		6.6	8.3
Hispanic	100.0	97.6	0.4	0.3	1.7		4.3	4.7
Asian	100.0	98.5	0.3	0.5	0.7		2.6	5.1
Pacific Islander	100.0	98.3	0.3	0.1	1.4		5.0	2.7
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0	97.6	0.4	0.2	1.9		3.0	2.1
Two or more races	100.0	98.5	0.3	0.2	1.0		4.5	4.4
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male	100.0	97.9	0.5	0.4	1.3		3.5	4.1
White	100.0	98.4	0.4	0.3	0.8		2.4	2.6
Black	100.0	96.6	0.8	0.5	2.0		6.3	7.9
Hispanic	100.0	97.4	0.4	0.3	1.8		4.1	4.6
Asian	100.0	98.3	0.4	0.5	0.8		2.5	5.0
Pacific Islander	100.0	98.1	0.3	0.1	1.4		4.9	2.6
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0	97.5	0.5	0.2	1.9		2.9	2.1
Two or more races	100.0	98.3	0.4	0.2	1.1		4.3	4.2
Female	100.0	98.4	0.3	0.3	1.0		3.8	4.3
White	100.0	98.8	0.2	0.2	0.7		2.6	2.7
Black	100.0	97.5	0.5	0.5	1.5		6.8	8.7
Hispanic	100.0	97.9	0.3	0.3	1.5		4.5	4.8
Asian	100.0	98.7	0.2	0.4	0.7		2.6	5.1
Pacific Islander	100.0	98.4	0.2	0.1	1.3		5.0	2.8
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0	97.7	0.3	0.1	1.9		3.1	2.2
Two or more races	100.0	98.7	0.2	0.2	0.9		4.7	4.5

1 A public elementary/secondary school that focuses primarily on special education—including instruction for students with various conditions—and that adapts curriculum, materials, or instruction for students served.

2 A public elementary/secondary school that focuses primarily on providing formal preparation for semiskilled, skilled, technical, or professional occupations for high- school-age students who have opted to develop or expand their employment opportunities, often in lieu of preparing for college entry.

3 A public elementary/secondary school that (1) addresses needs of students that typically cannot be met in a regular school, (2) provides nontraditional education, (3) serves as an adjunct to a regular school, or (4) falls outside the categories of regular, special education, or vocational education.

4 A school providing free public elementary and/or secondary education to eligible students under a specific charter granted by an appropriate authority and designated by such authority to be a charter school.

5 A special school or program designed to attract students of different racial/ethnic backgrounds for the purpose of reducing, preventing, or eliminating racial isolation or to provide an academic or social focus on a particular theme, or both.

6 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately.

NOTE: Excludes schools for which enrollment data by race/ethnicity and sex were not available. Regular, special education, vocational education, and alternative school categories are mutually exclusive, whereas charter and magnet schools can also be categorized as one of these types of schools. 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, Common Core of Data (CCD), “Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey,” 2010–11.