Table G3. Percentage distribution of academic year 2009-10 ninth-graders who are in learning communities, by race/ethnicity: 2009

         
                          Learning Communities1
Characteristic No   Yes  
Total 68.3   31.7  
Race/ethnicity        
White 73.3   26.7  
Black 57.3   42.7  
Hispanic2 61.6   38.4  
Asian 72.8   27.2  
American Indian/Pacific Islander3 75.0   25.0 !
Asian 68.9   31.1  
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
1Learning communities include small learning communities or 9th Grade Academies.
2Hispanic includes both Hispanic, no race specified and Hispanic, race specified.
3American Indiana/Pacific Islander includes Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian.
NOTE: Totals are weighted by W3HSTRANS. Totals may not fall within the range of categorical values due to missing data. Details may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), First Follow-Up.